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WorkSafeBC /
BY: Kenmau Chow, MD,
April 2013
... for work-related compensation associated with mental health problems. It’s important to note that the new ... has created the centralized, multidisciplinary Mental Health Claims Unit (MHCU), which oversees processing of work-related mental health disorders. Should your patient meet the causation ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bruce Fleming, MD
May 2013
... of community resources and the roles of allied health professionals. Enhanced engagement in the clinical ... infrastructure and a greater educational role for allied health professionals. Although the original integrated ... recommendations are the result of a project supported by Health Canada and published in 2009 in The Future of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Richard T. Lester, MD,
May 2013
... Syphilis prevention should be included in sexual health counseling. Barrier methods such as condoms reduce ... can be ordered. The direct line for the syphilis public health nurse is 604 707-5607, and the physician contact ... British Columbia —Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, University of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
May 2013
Vaccines stand out as one of the most cost-effective health interventions in modern medicine.[ 1 ] It is ... more Canadian lives over the last 50 years than any other health program.1 Vaccines are credited with reducing the ... too recently to see the night-and-day difference in public health brought about by immunizations—individuals who ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
May 2013
“Pharmacists pitch cure for ailing health care budgets,” read the front page headline of our ... proposal to government on “staking out a bigger role in health care.” They plan to build on their experience ... a prescription. Pharmacists claim they would save the health care system tens of millions of dollars if they could ...
Letters /
BY: Brian Day, MB
May 2013
The argument was for a “hybrid public-private health system embracing competition, choice, and ...
News
May 2013
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) reports that 1 in 200 seniors was ...
News
May 2013
The RCMP is overhauling its employee health, disability, and support services regimen. Federal ... definition of an “insured person” under the Canada Health Act, and as a result of these changes members of the ... as insured persons under provincial and territorial health programs. As of 1 April, regular members and special ...
News
May 2013
... access to end-of-life care. The plan proposes redesigning health services to deliver coordinated end-of-life care ... telemonitoring); providing individuals, caregivers, and health care providers with palliative care information, ... education, tools, and resources; and strengthening health system accountability and efficiency, including ...