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News May 2014
In response to a Ministry of Health Report,  Improving Health Services for Individuals with Severe Addiction and ... improve care for patients with severe addiction and mental health needs. The Assertive Outreach Team includes a nurse, ...
News May 2014
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health is Canada’s largest integrated brain centre, uniting ... the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health that is designed to accelerate discovery and translate ... www.centreforbrainhealth.ca . News New centre for brain health ...
News May 2014
... a research associate at the Institute for Heart and Lung Health at St. Paul’s Hospital on the BRONCH project, tries ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) May 2014
... as a standard of care—regardless of age, life stage, or health status, because you never know when a crisis will ... care plans, collaborating with government to ensure all health care providers have access to appropriate patient ... in their consultation notes details about transition in health status as a standard of communication for all ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Sean Virani, MD, May 2014
The Ministry of Health recently released its health system planning guide,  Setting Priorities for the BC Health System . Priority one in the guide is to shift the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Haroon Hasan, BSc, MPH, June 2014
... for GHRT cannot be justified, given fiscal constraints in health care, the high cost of GHRT, and the lack of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... were often left to die in pain and were ignored by the health care team. Dr Mount knew about St. Christopher’s ... with medical therapy alone prolonged life. Depression and health-related quality of life were also improved in LVAD ... bleeding, multiorgan failure, and thromboembolic disease. Health Canada has not yet approved LVADs for destination ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2014
... and diarrhea over a short period, do you report to public health? In BC, summer marks the start of the bacterial and ... , the following can be requested from the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory: •    ELISA ... in January 2014 to increase the specificity in public health reporting and investigation (see  ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014, June 2014
Controversy surrounding ignored potential health effects of coal transfer facilities in the Lower Mainland has reinvigorated the push for mandatory health impact assessments in BC. A proposed new coal transfer ... cause significant adverse environmental, socioeconomic, or health effect.”[ 1 ] The chief medical health officers of ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2014
... Association’s Dr Charles H. Best award, recognizing a health professional who made a significant impact in ...