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Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... panel costs $292.09 per patient in BC, based on the 2012 Medical Service Plan laboratory fee schedule), the assays are ... at VGH during the study period (based on unpublished BC Medical Service Plan data from 2008), whereas tests for ... Jason Pal for producing the three figures used in this article. Background:  Given the lack of agreement in the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2013
... most people will recover within 1 to 3 days without medical treatment.  This infection is spread from hu­man to ... Laboratory, Provincial Health Services Authority   This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2013
... with the purchase of gluten-free products as an eligible medical expense on their income tax returns.  HealthLink BC ... Acknowledgment Special thanks to Dr Paul Martiquet, Medical Health Officer for Rural Vancouver Coastal Health. This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kenmau Chow, MD, April 2013
... and the insurer. WorkSafe­BC case managers work with MHCU medical, psychology, nursing, vocational rehabilitation, and ... Fee codes for phone calls with WorkSafeBC officers/medical advisors to discuss SAW/RTW and a bundled code for ... Advisors, Mental Health Claims Unit, WorkSafeBC   This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2013
... the front page headline of our local daily newspaper. The article that followed summarized the BC Pharmacy ... by lightening our caseloads. Interestingly, the article makes no mention of whether the pharmacists’ ... training required is already available and it is called medical school. Does the BCPA really think there isn’t a ...
Letters / BY: Jerry Nussbaum, May 2013
I was very happy to read the article introducing Dr Janusz Korczak to the readers of your ... Dr Korczak among the youngest generation of physicians and medical students. Dr Korczak, the great humanitarian, ... and philosophy.  I would like to thank the authors of the article, Martha J. Ignaszewski, Kevin Lichtenstein, and Maya ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Hughes, MD, May 2013
... a few key ideas for specialists in the province. Shared medical visits Shared medical visits have reduced wait times at the Cleveland ... that care.  —Ken Hughes, MD —Ian Courtice, MD This article is the opinion of the SSC and has not been peer ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karen Hossack, MD, June 2013
... dose (IR because short-gut syndrome from unrelated medical comorbidities devel­oped along the way). The dose ... Hossack, MD —Maire Durnin-Goodman, MD  WorkSafeBC Medical Advisors, Medication Review Team, Special Care Services This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM July/August 2013
... fact can come as quite a surprise to caregivers, including medical staff. Consequently, patients at the end stages of ... recognized terminal illnesses are. An eye-opening article by Dr Susan Mitchell in the  New England Journal of ...
Letters / BY: Ernst Schneider, July/August 2013
In a recent article in the British Columbia Medical Journal I learned that Health Canada now licenses ...