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Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... at the same time.  Responses to privileging problems in BC An effective privileging system protects the patient from ... Traditionally, permissive privileges have been granted in BC, or privileges have been determined using a checklist ... on public confidence was significant. In response, the BC Ministry of Health commissioned an investigation by Dr ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
... January/February 2014 issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:29,46). The BC Centre for Disease Control corrected an error that ... access to sufficient nutritious food. Still, over 8% of BC residents experience food insecurity,[ 1 ] and food bank ... about available food security resources   HealthLink BC and the Ministry of Health websites provide information ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2014
... Bridges: A call for a coordinated dementia strategy in BC.”[ 5 ] The paper called for BC to develop a multifocal, coordinated dementia strategy, ... research into prevention and treatment. The province of BC released its Dementia Action Plan[ 6 ] in 2012, developed ...
Letters / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2014
... medication presents a potential public safety risk.  In BC there are 14572 patients registered[ 3 ] on methadone ... many other commonly used over-the-counter medications. In BC new prescriptions are required starting 1 February 2014.  ... visit http://towardtheheart.com , or contact the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 1 800 567-8911. ...
Letters / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC January/February 2014
... I have also been involved in a number of legal cases in BC that have to do with the right-to-die issue. I have been ... help with an assisted death. Even more recently, respected BC physician Dr Marco Terwiel wrote an editorial in the ...
News January/February 2014
... authority to the new First Nations Health Authority in BC as an example. To view the full report visit ...
News January/February 2014
... you would like to ask WorkSafeBC? If so, then Doctors of BC wants to hear from you. Doctors of BC members may not be aware of two committees that serve as a ... of communication and collaboration between Doctors of BC and WorkSafeBC: •    BCMA-WorkSafeBC Liaison ...
News January/February 2014
... recognition they deserve in the first annual Doctors of BC Changemaker Awards.  The Changemaker Medical Resident and Student Advocate Awards recognize a Doctors of BC medical resident member and a Doctors of BC medical student member who goes out of their way to ...
News January/February 2014
Approximately 7000 people living in BC have an inherited heart rhythm condition, which ... them to sudden cardiac arrest and sudden death. The new BC Inherited Arrhythmia Program (BCIAP) is designed to ... and the public. The BCIAP is funded by Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, ...
News January/February 2014
... authorities, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, the Ministry of Health, the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, and Doctors of BC. News New website: Strengthening the Quality Framework ...