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Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... body is either the board of directors of a regional health authority or, in the case of private facilities, the ... CT images in three of British Columbia’s five regional health authorities became a concern. While the number of ... was significant. In response, the BC Ministry of Health commissioned an investigation by Dr Doug Cochrane,[ 3 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Karen Rideout, PhD, January/February 2014
...   As a wealthy province with publicly funded health care and schools, employment insurance, and social ... of poor quality and low nutritional value. The Ministry of Health considers a safe, nutritious, culturally acceptable ... food insecurity.  Food insecurity leads to poor health through a complex network of factors. Nutrition and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2014
... that were previously fatal, but they are left with chronic health conditions that impair their functional independence ... elderly patients increase pressure on an already stressed health care system. Although the percentage of Canadians over ... accounting for 40% of inpatient days. In-hospital care Our health care system is designed to prevent and treat episodic, ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2014
... this 90-year-old with end-stage lung disease. In my health region we have a document called Medical Orders for ...
Letters / BY: Jeffrey Quon, DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSC January/February 2014
... indeed employed by a for-profit organization (Palladin Health). However, this was neither as fee-for-service ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, MD January/February 2014
... cold, dry winter climate of the Interior. At the Reichwald Health Sciences Centre at UBC Okanagan we were greeted with ...
News January/February 2014
A new report by the Health Council of Canada says that governments must make a greater effort to collaborate to improve health care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis seniors. The ... of the population often does not receive the same level of health care as non-Aboriginal Canadians because of poor ...
News January/February 2014
... to the third edition of the Canadian Rx Atlas, but UBC health economists predict the break will be short lived. ... population. Steve Morgan, a professor with the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, and the Rx Atlas’s lead author, analyzed drug ...
News January/February 2014
... and infant care. Because the pandemic spread quickly both Health Canada and the US Centers for Disease Control advised ... for vaccination during pregnancy as a bona fide public health strategy. The newly available data, combined with ... contact Lilija Berngards, Research Nurse at the Women’s Health Research Institute, by telephone at 604 875-2424 or ...
News January/February 2014
... a medical student or resident who advocates for change in health care? Nominate them for the recognition they deserve ... who goes out of their way to advocate for a stronger health care system.  Each winner will be awarded an engraved ...