News
March 2015
... to the coverage of DPP-4 inhibitors on physicians’ practice and patient care. The majority of surveyed ... primarily given the potential implication on their practice. • 97% believe physicians will be impacted ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS
March 2015
... of perfect happiness? A rewarding and inspiring day in my practice followed by an epic kiteboarding session on one of ... patients share? Longevity. My Doctors of BC annual practice profile reminds me that my average patient is now in ...
Shared Care Committee /
BY: Sandy Whitehouse, MD,
March 2015
... Care initiative engaged a number of divisions of family practice as prototype sites to develop approaches for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Patrick Tang, MD, PhD,
April 2015
... with effective clinical and public health policies and practice, will help substantially reduce TB incidence in our ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
April 2015
It has come to the attention of the Patterns of Practice Committee that physicians may be inappropriately ... the results. —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips When to bill fee item 15142 ...
Editorials /
BY: Brian Day, MB
April 2015
... in pain, make private insurance illegal, and forbid dual practice by physicians. Over 150 young un-employed ... when it is not available within the system, is the current practice and is unethical. An ethical physician must advocate ... minority of physicians who are often not in clinical practice. In their enthusiasm to uphold the status quo, they ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brenda Hefford, MD
April 2015
Local divisions of family practice have identified team-based care as an integral part ... rates in BC. As of 1 March 2015, 22 divisions of family practice have completed an evaluation of their community ... recruitment, retention, and retirement strategies; practice support and coaching; and health promotion and ...
Letters /
BY: Denise McLeod, MD,
April 2015
... of the patient’s medical home—a model of family practice promoted by the College of Family Physicians of ... is but one innovative approach to advance collaborative practice and access to family physicians for all—similar ... efforts in backing other patient’s medical home practice models will yield the best results for the health of ...
News /
BY: Channelle Sawyer
April 2015
... a physician. The protection that it provides secures your practice and your family’s well-being regardless of your ... shortly after residency, then again a few years into practice, your income now may be substantially higher. We can ... of residency training • After first year or two of practice • Change in income • Incorporation ...
Obituaries /
BY: Robert Douglas Bebb,
April 2015
... to his patients, he set the gold standard for family practice in the days of the full-service family doctor. ...