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WorkSafeBC / BY: David Ho, June 2015
In 2013 BC workers received $469 million in long-term disability ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... deaths represent an emerging public health concern in BC. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is far more potent ... response to the increase in fentanyl-detected deaths, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) supported several ... from opioid overdose such as brain damage and death. The BC Take Home Naloxone program, initiated in 2012, is ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD July/August 2015
... it? The Mini-Profiles are made available by Doctors of BC to all physicians billing MSP so that physicians can see ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS July/August 2015
... while another tool, UpToDate, is available from most BC health authority libraries and the provincial Divisions of ... services by librarians at either the College Library or BC health authority libraries offer timeliness and expertise ... for physicians are offered by librarians in six of the BC health authorities and for the entire province by the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2015
... still choose to die naturally. The concern is that in BC equitable access to quality palliative care is not a ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD July/August 2015
... example of this. Until recently the only regulation in BC pertaining to service dogs was the Guide Animal Act (RSBC ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: John Hamilton, MD, July/August 2015
... between the provincial government and Doctors of BC. Although each of the three committees has its own unique ... to bring about system-wide improvement.[ 5 ] The value to BC physicians and their partners is that evaluation is now ... Group  —Sarah Fielden, PhD Evaluation Lead, Doctors of BC Family Practice Services Committee The power of collective ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2015
Many BC doctors are familiar with the antihistamine with the brand ...
Letters / BY: John Stewart, MBBS, July/August 2015
... this, as for deep brain stimulation, is so limited here in BC, as in most places, that it hardly deserves mention. ...
News July/August 2015
... general practice, he served as head of family practice at BC Children’s Hospital and medical director of the ... As an advocate, he held key positions with Doctors of BC, serving as a board member, director of professional ... Advisory Board. News Honorary degree to former Doctors of BC CEO ...