News
January/February 2014
... raise awareness and offer educational opportunities for health care providers and the public. The BCIAP is funded by Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, and the Specialist Services ... committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. The program is delivered jointly by Providence Health ...
News
January/February 2014
... collaborating committee with representatives from the health authorities, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, the Ministry of Health, the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, and Doctors ...
News
January/February 2014
... in consultation with BC Women’s Reproductive Mental Health, teaching cognitive behavioral self-help techniques ...
News
January/February 2014
... quick question” method. • Use the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) to aid in diagnosing and ...
News
January/February 2014
University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health scientists have developed a drug that appears to ...
News&Notes /
BY: Michal Smialowski, MD,
January/February 2014
... the community had not had a physician since the Interior Health Authority took over jurisdiction of the area from the ...
News&Notes /
BY: Chris Fraser, MD,
January/February 2014
... illnesses. Surrounded daily by the overwhelming, horrific health consequences and human suffering imposed by the ...
President's Comment /
BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM)
January/February 2014
... more influential so we can help build a stronger health care system. You told us that you want us to do better ... you, but also by partnering with patients, government, health authorities, and other professionals to promote physician services in our communities and health care facilities. You told us you want us to be a ...
Shared Care Committee /
BY: Gary Mazowita, MD,
January/February 2014
... that provides family physicians in the Vancouver Coastal Health region with timely access to specialist consultation. ... minutes. RACE is a project of the joint BCMA/Ministry of Health Shared Care Committee, Providence Health Care (PHC), and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). It is ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc,
January/February 2014
... care on a continuous basis, is cooperative with other health care professionals, is community based, cost ...