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Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB September 2013
... Recently, a new code has crept into the lexicon in our health authority. While doing ward rounds a few weeks ago, I ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2013
... they have a problem for which they have seen a licensed health care practioner who is recommending further tests. ... in order? These patients are genuinely worried about their health and potential serious pathology in part due to the advice given to them by their allied health care practioner.  Often the only thing that will ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD September 2013
... 2013, the BC Medical Association and the Ministry of Health announced the development of the In-patient Care ... to a comprehensive suite of joint BCMA/Ministry of Health initiatives design­ed to strengthen BC’s primary ... family practice can lower the overall annual cost to the health care system (projected cost savings of about $85 ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... Arctic Winter Games, served as vice-chair of the Mental Health Review Board, and was president of Medical Staff at ... in BC. The organization creates a great deal of BC health policy, solves problems collaboratively to create excellent patient care, negotiates the value of the health care product, and changes the product as the system ...
News September 2013
Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), has implemented the first ... privacy, risk, and IT departments from all five regional health authorities in BC.  HEARTis improves access to critical health-related information and eliminates the need to ...
News / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD September 2013
... bowel disease within the setting of the Canadian health care system.  This book is one that anyone treating ... head on by personally educating medical students and health care professionals about how to communicate, and how ...
News / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG September 2013
... years[ 4 ] and has been shown to be cost-effective for the health care system. Despite these facts, half of British ... be considered on a case-by-case basis for patients in good health, taking into account that the benefit of colorectal ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, September 2013
... A wet house has a high risk of mold development and health risk to the people living in it. However, many of the ... reduce moisture and humidity can present serious long-term health risks. Standing water and wet materials are a breeding ...
News September 2013
... HPV Vaccine Introduction in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2003–2010.” ...
News / BY: Trixie Baker, September 2013
... to individuals and their loved ones, even if a future health issue prevents an individual from managing his or her ...