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Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2014
... Committee (POPC), a regular column will appear in the  BC Medical Journal  that provides information on the most ... providing ongoing education and information to Doctors of BC members. Counseling is defined in the Preamble (D.3.3) to the  Doctors of BC Guide to Fees  as “the discussion with the patient, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tom Warshawski, MD, May 2014
... The CHWII has three components: MEND, Shapedown BC, and telehealth. Each program has unique attributes and is ... MEND (mind, exercise, nutrition, do it!) and Shapedown BC are free evidence-based family intervention programs that ... Families can register for MEND at participating YMCA or BC Recreation and Parks Association member recreation ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2014
... rainforest that is Vancouver. I have just completed the  BC Medical Journal ’s biennial CME cruise with a ...
Letters / BY: Nicholas Rety, MD May 2014
... about the change of our association’s name to Doctors of BC. I proposed renaming the association Doctors BC some 30 years ago, as described in an article I wrote for the May 1983 issue of the  BC Medical Journal , ( BCMJ  1983;25:232-233 ). I welcome ...
Letters / BY: Jim Gilmore May 2014
... he advanced the idea of renaming the BCMA to Doctors BC. We liked the idea and used it as a tagline for some of ... In a recent letter that he sent me a copy of [ Doctors BC ], Dr Rety wrote that the new name should be Doctors BC, rather than the cumbersome Doctors of BC. Team Canada is ...
Letters / BY: John de Couto, MD, May 2014
... ). This concept has been highlighted by Doctors of BC during the past few years with the aim of keeping it ... from. He ends by commenting on the unfortunate situation BC residents face—having to train overseas to complete ...
News / BY: Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC May 2014
... participation rates are significantly lower than the BC average for some regions in BC, particularly urban areas like Richmond, Vancouver, and ... . —Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC Medical Director, BC Cancer Agency Cervical Cancer Screening Program   ...
News May 2014
... Individuals with Severe Addiction and Mental Illness , the BC government is launching an Assertive Outreach Team in ... the Ministry of Health Care report, visit www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2013/improving-severe-add... ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) May 2014
... Advance care planning is being promoted by Doctors of BC—we’ve just released a policy paper on the ... position to support them and their families. Doctors of BC makes four commitments and four recommendations based on ... illness. Our policy paper can be found on the Doctors of BC website at  www.doctorsofbc.ca . As well, more ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Sean Virani, MD, May 2014
... health system planning guide,  Setting Priorities for the BC Health System . Priority one in the guide is to shift the ... been a unifying vision and central activity for Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health for the past 4 years. A number ... helping improve the specialist care system for patients in BC. BC Inherited Arrhythmia Program The multidisciplinary BC ...