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News March 2013
... gross clinical payments averaged $307482 in 2010–11, a 3.1% increase—the smallest in 5 years, according to a report ... Ontario accounting for $2.7 billion and Quebec almost $1 billion. CIHI said over half of all physicians received ...
News March 2013
... and concluded that Ontario’s bill reaches almost $1.4 trillion, Quebec’s bill amounts to $768 billion, and ... gross clinical payments averaged $307482 in 2010–11, a 3.1% increase—the smallest in 5 years, according to a report ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD March 2013
... last year said she exercises to reduce her stress.[ 1 ] She finds she’s a much better wife, mother, and ... were to recommend a lifestyle change to their patients.[ 1 ] In this study, 73% of physicians didn’t get enough ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, March 2013
... of the children for whom they created their stories.”[ 1 ] He often used fiction to break down the challenging ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2013
... including asbestos-related claims, call Teleclaim at 1 888 WORKERS (1 888 967-5377), Monday to Friday, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... to de­termine the incidence of cardiac disease.[ 1 ] He studied methods to cor­relate ECG findings with ... a myocardial infarction (MI) could safely return to work.[ 1 ] Pioneering post-infarction care   At the time Dr ... for 6 weeks was the treatment of choice for an infarct.[ 1 ] The practice of allowing patients to sit up in bed or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... common kinds of heritable thrombophilia (HT) ( Table ).[ 1 ] These can be classified according to their associated ... to establish how many tests for FVL were performed from 1 April 2005 to 30 March 2009. FVL was chosen to represent HT ... Provincial FVL test data   As shown in  Figure 1 , VGH received 7928 orders for FVL testing during the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... with chronic obstruc­tive pulmonary disease (COPD),[ 1-4 ] and more trials are currently underway.[ 5 ] There is ... established by the health authority.  Approximately 1 month after setup, patients are contacted by the health ... ambulatory oxygen, patients must be able to walk more than 1 minute. In accordance with the criteria in effect since ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2013
... self-limiting infection; most people will recover within 1 to 3 days without medical treatment.  This infection is ... in New Zealand, the United States, Belgium, and Denmark.[ 1 ] In BC, sequencing has revealed that GII.4 Sydney (2012) ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD April 2013
... Among the general population this occurs in 1 in 133 patients. If there is a family history the incidence jumps to 1 in 22. Treatment of celiac disease requires strict ... auto­immune illnesses such as hypo­thyroid­ism, type 1 diabetes, connective tissue diseases, and also preterm ...