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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Daljeet Mahal, MSc, March 2014
... and implementing the WelTel mobile health program, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Oak Tree Clinic at the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre are establishing themselves as mHealth leaders in BC. WelTel, which involves sending weekly interactive text ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2014
... Columbia to help create a physical activity strategy for BC. There are many voices present vying for priority at this ... task, based on Exercise is Medicine Canada, Doctors of BC has produced exercise prescription pads in which ... Walk With Your Doc event in your community. As Doctors of BC we can take the lead and make a difference for ourselves ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI March 2014
... reduction among women who chose to be screened in BC.[ 1 ] That is not a slight decrease. 4. Overdiagnosis is ...
Letters / BY: Andrew J. Coldman, PhD March 2014
... will increase for participants in screening. In a study of BC data[ 1 ] we found that screening had only a modest effect ... for ensuring that this technology is being evaluated in BC. However, we would caution that increased cancer detection ... FRCPC Medical Director, Screening Mammography Program of BC, BCCA, and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of ...
Letters / BY: James Quan, MD, March 2014
... he has little chance of finding a way to enter practice in BC and will likely enter practice in Australia or seek a residency in a specialty there. He is one of a few dozen BC-born in the same situation in Australia. As a further ...
Letters / BY: Murray McFadden, MD, March 2014
Thank you for explaining the BC audit process ( BCMJ 2013;55:390-393 ). Not mentioned in ... of Justice Cory’s check-and-balance safeguards exist in BC. Ontario law limits the audit period to 19 months.[ 5 ] BC considers the physician guilty before audit and employs a ...
Letters / BY: Keith J. White, MD March 2014
... report were in part based on the existing structures in BC. BC structures include: –    Having medical inspectors ... Committee Letters Re: Why an audit? The audit process in BC explained. Dr White responds ...
News March 2014
... Society Act to become the Health Profession Regulators of BC Society. The society will collaborate on the development ...
News / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG March 2014
... —Jennifer J. Telford, MD Medical Director, BC Cancer Agency Colon Screening Program News What an ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ). The article ... allergies, and epilepsy, is not fully accommodated in the BC school system and has had far-reaching negative effects ... the past few years an advocacy movement has been afoot in BC. On 22 October 2013, in response to increasing pressure ...