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News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2014
... are a resource for mental health concerns. The Doctors of BC Council on Health Promotion (COHP) made this issue a major ... care providers. There exists an opportunity for Doctors of BC to raise awareness among youth and to increase the ... (from government to community groups and youth) Doctors of BC produced a policy paper that committed to highlight for ...
News&Notes / BY: Neil Pollock, MD, October 2014
... pasts. In 2008, Dr David Patrick, head of the BC Centre for Disease Control at the time, contacted me about ...
Obituaries / BY: Irwin Stewart, MD, October 2014
... with the rank of major. He then moved from Ontario to BC, where he met Dr Ivan Logan at Vancouver General Hospital, ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD October 2014
... the Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal of a BC case that found the Criminal Code prohibition on ... agreed. We need to do better in this area. Doctors of BC fully supports a continued robust and open public ... on both sides of this issue. --Bill Cavers, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Doctors' attitudes shifting ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2014
The Doctors of BC Board is made up of 39 elected members. Of that number, ... only six are female--three of whom serve on the Doctors of BC Executive. With such a paucity of female representation, ... The first step was becoming a member of the Doctors of BC Board of Directors, soon followed by founding and leading ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... the increase in polypharmacy among the elderly.[ 10 ] In BC, patients in residential care are prescribed an average of ... as family physicians currently practising in Vancouver, BC, and providing care for 10 or more patients living in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MSc November 2014
The BC Drug and Poison Information Centre handled 95 cases of ... previously thought. If you suspect an overdose, call the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 604 682-5050 or 1 800 567-8911. —Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MSc BC Drug and Poison Information Centre BC Centre for Disease ...
Billing Tips November 2014
... of documentation within a medical record. The  Doctors of BC Guide to Fees  and the MSC Payment Schedule define the ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD November 2014
... According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC regulations, physicians must work at least 2 months per ... membership in the CFPC or RCPSC, CMPA, Doctors of BC, and College dues will erode the profitability of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD November 2014
... or opting to leave obstetrics out of their practices, BC is in growing need of family practice providers of primary ... and valued service, the GPSC, a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government, has committed nearly $1 million to increasing ...