BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
September 2015
... consideration than a benefit to society as a whole.[ 5 ] Most concerns about vaccine safety can be addressed by ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
September 2015
... who the audit team members are, and other specifics. 5. The Billing Integrity Program prepares for the ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2015
... (males 21.4%, females 14.8%) but still totaling about 5.4 million people.[ 1 ] BC (14.3%) and Ontario (17.4%) are ... rate of diabetes is also increasing. Data from 2014 show 7.5% of men and 5.8% of women having reported being diabetic. Manitoba, ...
News
September 2015
... clubs. Ms Phillips has played violin since she was 5 years old and won the position of concertmaster of the ... was chosen to be the BC delegate on the Peacebus—a 5-week road trip across Canada with 10 other students that ...
News /
BY: Andrew Guy,
September 2015
... crowding, site access, and communication difficulties.[ 5-7 ] These unique challenges, along with increased rates of ...
Obituaries /
BY: Robert N. Baker, MD,
September 2015
... wins, the most recent of which was approximately $1.5 million in 1995. As the face of medicine understandably ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Brad Fritz, MD
September 2015
... to be funded by government but administered by the BCMA.[ 5 ] Over time, funding from government did not increase, and ... points was reached in minutes.”[ 8 ] The BCMA signed a 5-year master agreement with the government, and its members ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... cause of much of the inflicted head trauma in children.[ 5,6 ] This seemed particularly pertinent to a subset of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... in child abuse imaging review all such skeletal surveys.[ 5 ] This is the standard practised in the Department of ... prospective study published in 2013 showed that in 21.5% of cases the follow-up skeletal survey helped identify new ... and is felt to provide little value in children older than 5.[ 1 ] A recent review of data on the yield of skeletal ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
October 2015
... with the services described in the clinical records. 5. Services claimed were provided by the ...