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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2013
... divisions of family practice to work collaboratively with health authorities to support better access to primary care. ... in the studied pilot communities was the use of alli­ed health professionals to lighten the load for the physicians ... likely have a GP but see a nurse practitioner or other health professional during many of their visits. I’m not ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
On 22 February Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid and BCMA President Dr ... attachment has not been tried before in a fee-for-service health care system, but recognizing the proven benefits of a ... family practice, the lower the overall annual cost to the health care system. Other studies had previously proven the ...
Letters / BY: Ralph Jones, MD April 2013
... is a drastically smaller board. One elected member per health authority region means directors will be less ...
Letters / BY: Peter Blair, MD, April 2013
... years in practice and 4 years working at a high level of health administration, I realize that our system of physician ... full potential and earning capacity. Future investments in health care will be in treating chronic disease, elder care, and health promotion—not acute care. This changing pattern of ...
News April 2013
For the most part, Canadians believe the health care system is better than it was 5 years ago, a new ... revealed that a majority of respondents (52%) believe the health care system is not efficiently using financial and ... with the proposition that they feel abandoned in the health system and are left to figure out what to do next, and ...
News April 2013
Australia’s universal health care system outperforms Canada across many measures of ... and outcomes, and offers important lessons for Canada on health policy reform, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. The study, entitled “Health Care Lessons from Australia,” states that government ...
News April 2013
... $234 million less than projected in last year’s budget. Health spending is fore­cast to go up 2.3% in 2013–14, ... in the next two years as part of a 3-year plan. Regional health authorities, who are responsible for over $11 billion ... performance-based, patient-focused funding incentives in health authority base budgets. This formula was to amount to ...
News April 2013
... gain in prostate cancer.  •    Dr Hon Leong, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario. Dr Leong will be ...
News April 2013
The World Health Organization has designated the Division of ... dedicated to bringing together complexity science and health systems decision making. Complexity science is a field ... at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Complexity Science for Health Systems (CS4HS) aims to apply complexity science in ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2013
... waits, quality-of-life decisions, juggling limit­ed health care resources, and the obligation to promote health in my community. And like many of my urban colleagues, ... aware of the same, yet different, challenges of delivering health care in the rural and remote regions. I have great ...