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News October 2015
... (a joint committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health). Access to UpToDate is also available to residents ...
News October 2015
... acknowledge the contributions she’s made to the mental health of the people of Saskatoon. Dr Thakur came to ... role in the community as a volunteer for numerous mental health and mental illness initiatives. As president of the ... doctors were taking for their patients’ psychiatric health. When Dr Thakur moved to BC in 2012 she chose to ...
News / BY: Renee Bricker October 2015
... if they are declined for insurance coverage due to health or lifestyle issues. High–net worth individuals who ...
Premise / BY: T. Chan, MHsc, MD, October 2015
Surgical wait times have been a central focus for health policy since the 2003 First Ministers' Accord on Health Care Renewal,[ 1 ] which allocated $34 billion for health care. The 2004 Accord and Ten-Year Plan to Strengthen ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB October 2015
... and their focus is on making a positive difference in our health care system for our patients and for our profession. ... for our profession, for our patients, and for our health care system as a whole. --Charles Webb, MBChB Doctors ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Yu Ling Cheng, BSc, MD, October 2015
... interactions becomes increasingly important in patient health and safety. We have created a resource to bridge the ... the card and then show the card to the patients’ other health care professionals. While the list is not ... initiative has been supported by the interCultural Online Health Network, a program that supports multicultural ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCPC, November 2015
... project in collaboration with BC pediatricians and Child Health BC.[ 16 ] We then conducted a formal qualitative ... Laboratory at BCCH. We invited community pediatricians and health care professionals from different regions (Lower ... workshop that was organized under the umbrella of Child Health BC—the network linking the province’s health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Vu, MD, FRCPC, November 2015
The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) is a highly specialized health care delivery system that can be rapidly deployed ... mandate that includes providing support for public health clinics, hospital renovations, primary and secondary ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rakel Kling, MD, MSc, November 2015
... major labs across North America, including the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory. Enzyme ... antigens,[ 5 ] leading to false positives. The BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory uses a ... be ordered from accredited labs such as the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory and interpreted ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD November 2015
... D has been a nutrient of interest for its role in bone health and its potential roles in cancer and diabetes ... unwarranted, it may be unsafe. Current recommendations Health Canada’s recommendations for dietary reference ... upper limit are still promoted by some groups for better health outcomes. Recent controversy was sparked by Paul ...