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News April 2015
... for each hospital in BC. The information is available to health care providers and the general public. Data are ... expectant mothers and their families informed about the health services they receive, help them prepare for their ... practitioners about their labor and delivery options. Health care teams can use this information to continue to ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2015
... categories:  •    Negotiating •    Influencing health care policy •    Advocating on behalf of ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Benjamin Ross, MD, April 2015
... Dr John Sullivan, cardiac surgeon at Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. He was a mentor for me and ... advance do you most anticipate? A complete overhaul of e-health records, more direct patient access to specialists, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Harry Karlinsky, MD, FRCPC April 2015
... and possibly referring your patient to a community mental health program, private psychiatrist, or other mental health professional. You should also encourage your patient ... access local private psychiatrists or appropriate mental health teams directly, and to copy WorkSafeBC on your ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha J. Ignaszewski, May 2015
... patients with mental illness, and difficult-to-access health networks. At the very least, a schizophrenia diagnosis ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Linda Dix-Cooper, MSc, May 2015
... newcomer women will help prevent future health risks passed to offspring during pregnancy and ... mercury, and cadmium) and other developmental toxicants. Health care providers who serve women originally from India, ... completing a 1.5 hour in-person survey about one’s health, diet, everyday product use, and exposures. In ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2015
... options for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The Council on Health Promotion’s Nutrition Committee would like to alert ... by the College of Dietitians of British Columbia under the Health Professions Act. Referral to a registered dietitian ensures that your patient will be counseled by a health professional with at least 5 years of training, ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD May 2015
... in malls. Obesity has become one of the world’s greatest health concerns and threatens to undo the gains made in life ... expectancy during the 20th century according to the World Health Organization (2015). Despite strong evidence of adverse health events associated with obesity—diabetes mellitus, ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD May 2015
... 13%[ 2 ] between 2003 and 2013. Most notable, the Fraser Health Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority saw declines of 27% and 24%2 respectively. The Ministry of Health developed five residential care service agreements in ...
News / BY: H. Douglas Cooper, MD, May 2015
... first section deals with the issue of who is in charge of health care information. Here Topol comes down firmly on the ... era where increased access to information about one’s health can lead to individual empowerment regarding health care choices. I found Topol’s extensive coverage in ...