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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ian Courtice, MD, January/February 2013
What does the Cleveland Clinic have to do with health care in BC? Well, the two of us traveled to Ohio with a group of BC specialists and health care executives in November to find out. The ... impact on physician and staff work life and patient health care. It’s a true service-oriented culture with ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Janice Mason, MD, BSc, Dipl Sport Med (CASEM), January/February 2013
... specialists. To ensure a patient’s claim is open for health care benefits for a specific area of injury, go to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean-François Kozak, PhD, March 2013
... lives, a significant number suffer from multiple chronic health problems that limit their activities and require many social and health services. For example, over 250 000 Canadians have ... ]  Similar large increases have been projected for mental health disorders, cardiovascular disease, and impairments in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP March 2013
... unrelieved pain. This vulnerability, their reliance on health care providers to treat their pain, and the terminal ... experience.  When communication is severely impaired, the health care provider must rely on different sources of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Natalie Drouillard, MD, March 2013
... A guideline recently produced by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH) helps clinicians tailor treatment ... by the Regional Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, the Health Authority Medical Advisory Council, and the VCH ... may not be entirely appropriate in a different setting or health authority, and may be subject to revision.The ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary Mazowita, MD, March 2013
... mellitus is a major metabolic disease with known poor health outcomes and significant costs to the individual and the health care system. It is one of several chronic disabling ... diabetes. These guidelines are intended to promote better health outcomes for diabetic patients and the population as a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Marsha Taylor, MSc, March 2013
... this to develop resources for pregnant women and their health care providers.[ 1 ] Three focus groups were conducted with women in the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) who had recently delivered; ... consumed by 17% of participants.  Relationship with the health care provider is important. Women felt that their ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS March 2013
... Press to provide physicians with high-quality mental health information for continued learning and use in the ... Director, Library Services College Library New mental health videos ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM March 2013
... that virtually all major emergencies and disasters require health care response plans, the question must be asked: how ... BC and Alberta. It was an event that called upon local health care professionals to quickly respond and one that ... (or subspecialty of emergency, trauma, and public health medicine),[ 3 , 4 ] while in Canada disaster emergency ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2013
... The 2005 Chaoulli decision, which legalizes private health insurance in Quebec, was rated one of the most ... the world, we alone outlaw a citizen’s right to purchase health care for themselves or for a loved one. Even the most ... benefits of more private sector involvement in our health system are documented in the world literature. French ...