News /
BY: Sinden Luciuk,
June 2012
... If you change from a sole practitioner to an incorporated practice with no change in expenses it will not alter your ... To determine your eligible monthly PDI benefit, both your practice type and your earned income are considered. Earned ...
News&Notes /
BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC,
June 2012
... The Canadian Diabetes Association’s 2008 clinical practice guidelines describe insulin therapy as the ... using outside agencies for medical care, an existing practice in BC schools, could meet this need. In the past, ...
Premise /
BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP
June 2012
... by implementing numerous initiatives through the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) to stem the decline of family practice and facilitate the provision of longitudinal care. ... in a unique initiative, namely involvement in a type of practice that is funded largely based on the illness burden ...
President's Comment /
BY: Nasir Jetha, MD,
June 2012
... Programs such as those offered through the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) and the Specialist ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Gibong Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD,
July/August 2012
... are now available. Current use is limited to veterinary practice, where levamisole serves as an anthelmintic.[ 3 ] ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC
July/August 2012
... 2010, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, UBC), was collected in summer ... information, see page 301, “Using methadone for pain: Practice points.” Risks Despite methadone’s many ... other products, Abstral. Using methadone for pain: Practice points • To apply for an exemption from the ...
Editorials /
BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD
July/August 2012
... to something you don’t even realize might help your practice. In an educational world that is now so ...
News&Notes /
BY: Jay Draper
July/August 2012
... It continues the collaborative initiatives of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services ... Committee, the Shared Care Committee, and the General Practice Services Committee ($2.2 million). But despite the ... and complex disease management fees. Where would general practice be without those fees? “Some of the increases to ...
Obituaries /
BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC
July/August 2012
... the patients’ medical records. He also established the practice of skin lesion specimens being collected by the ... in the management of immunocompromised patients and the practice of infection control. Peter was a very effective ...
President's Comment /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
July/August 2012
... how we deliver health care. Programs such as the General Practice Services Committee and the Specialist Services ... changes forced upon us—such as expanding scopes of practice for allied health care professionals such as ...