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Obituaries / BY: Christopher Morrant, MBBS, January/February 2015
... Livingstone, who gave half a century of his life to family practice. Charles Dickens once said that great men are seldom ... St. Paul’s Hospital for 2 years before choosing family practice in Richmond, where he sometimes cared for several ...
Obituaries / BY: Lawrence Burr, MD, January/February 2015
... in 1977. In Bhopal he became a major influence in the practice of cardiac surgery and the teaching of medical and ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
... expectation of success. A committee called the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC). Over the last 14 years ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD January/February 2015
... There is enhanced access for appointments. 5.    The practice includes well-supported information technology, ... health care provider satisfaction, knowledge, skills, and practice behaviors; broader range of services; better access, ... are four main issues: 1.    Clarification of scope of practice and roles 2.    Information sharing 3.    ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd January/February 2015
... case. In the 1920s medical specialties emerged and medical practice began to shift from home to office and hospital. ... and Surgeons of Canada in 1931. Since the 1950s general practice has become a specialty in its own right. As medicine ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD March 2015
... with a written order [also referred to as a Patterns of Practice Order] made under Section 37(1)(e) to adopt an appropriate pattern of practice or billing. De-enrollment does not mean a physician ... you have been audited before and have signed a Patterns of Practice Order, it is critically important that you comply ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2015
... by 30%.[ 1 ] We have been encouraging divisions of family practice to organize these events in their communities, and ... (BCRPA) along with the Chilliwack Division of Family Practice. That division partnered with its local RPA around ... make these connections for us. And divisions of family practice can work directly with their local RPA if they ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2015
... more level-headed colleagues might have mentioned that the practice of dictating discharge summaries was actually good ...
Letters / BY: Rick Potter-Cogan, CCFP March 2015
... article promoting a living and local method of family practice review and quality improvement [ BCMJ ... Re: Measuring and improving quality of care in family practice ...
News / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD March 2015
... biography; autobiography; memoirs; tales of medical practice in the Arctic, North, and on the West Coast; First ... eyes and are unique additions to the history of medical practice in the province. My next objective is to showcase ...