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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD, April 2015
... effective treatment, isolation precautions, and public health responses, a rapid and accurate diagnosis of TB is ... takes 4 weeks or more to complete. At the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, DNA tests are available to help guide the treatment and public health management of TB. Rapid, high-throughput testing for  ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB April 2015
... of documents” were being released by the Ministry of Health. Government lawyers asked for another delay of at ... orthopaedics and you have a prime example of what ails our health system. Ethical arguments will feature in the trial. ... unethical. An ethical physician must advocate for quality health care that is appropriate, effective, and timely. When ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2015
... A recent development in hospitals across our health region is the daily announcement of our over-capacity ... for the vice president of patient experience (yes, Fraser Health has one of those) because I would really like to know ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD April 2015
... practice have completed an evaluation of their community health needs and have developed comprehensive implementation ... retirement strategies; practice support and coaching; and health promotion and public education. The majority of these ... enable physicians to better understand their patients’ health concerns and life circumstances.[ 4 ] Thus, physicians ...
Letters / BY: Alexander Boggie, MD April 2015
... next 5 years. As for the promise of collaboration with the health care bureaucrats, history and continual loss of input ... to budget restrictions.” The development of regional health districts (a bad idea) has made consultation difficult ... system,” a frequently used alibi! While the Minister of Health and various departments are mainly responsible for our ...
Letters / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2015
... to have a stronger voice and greater influence in health authority decision making. Will it be tremendously ...
Letters / BY: Denise McLeod, MD, April 2015
... of the journal [ Building the business case for allied health care professionals in family physician practices in ... improved patient and provider satisfaction, superior health outcomes, and reduced system costs through decreased ... medical records, the information exchange between health professionals can be quick and efficient, resulting in ...
MDs To Be / BY: Csilla Egri, MSc, April 2015
The Canadian health care system is frequently (and almost exclusively)[ 1 ... comparing the experience of entering and navigating our health care system to that of the customer service support ... Bell, or Shaw, and encounters (real or imaginary) with the health care system. To enhance accuracy of recollection, all ...
News&Notes April 2015
... epigenome. The project, called the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Epigenomics Program, provides a core set of ... for studying the role of the epigenome in human health and disease. In particular, the paper “Integrative ... . News&Notes BC researchers unravel health/disease map ...
News April 2015
... to pledge to make one small change to improve the health and social care system leading up to Change Day BC on ... a wave of action that contributes to improvements of the health care system. If you are involved with health, community, or social care, try something new or do ...