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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2016
... (STIs) through their family physician or a sexual health clinic, this isn’t the case for everyone. Each year ... for appointments, worrying about negative reactions from health care providers, or experiencing the stigma that is ... and on Vancouver Island in partnership with the Interior Health Authority, Island Health, and LifeLabs. Currently, ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD March 2016
... the Billing Integrity Program (BIP) at the Ministry of Health also sends out educational letters, as well as ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2016
... An unsubstantiated rumor (started by me) is that the World Health Organization is considering using us as a potential ...
Letters / BY: Alan Tung, MD March 2016
... I also think that an in-service for nurses and allied health care professionals on this topic should be made ... it already is? If a patient with a history of mental health issues (especially drug abuse) becomes difficult or ...
Letters / BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC March 2016
... my opinion the patient could be certified under the Mental Health Act and hospitalized because he has a mental illness ... could be treated against his will under the Mental Health Act would depend on whether his mental state was being ...
Letters / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA March 2016
... when engaging in sexual activity, are a public health expectation. It would be difficult to hold Jamie ... their lives, is a live question. Working with thoughtful health care teams and substitute decision makers, and keeping ...
Letters / BY: Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC March 2016
... that “offers us a unique opportunity to engage with health authorities” [ BCMJ  2015;57:379 ]. I agree ... of Dermatology Letters Re: Physician engagement in our health facilities ...
Letters / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB March 2016
... physicians improve their involvement and influence in our health system. Members have repeatedly told us this was an ... avenues for physicians to collaborate with and influence health authorities—avenues that do not exist anywhere else ... We will continue to work with our members, the Ministry of Health, and health authorities to refine our engagement ...
Letters / BY: Jeff Lynskey, MD, March 2016
... trying to complete my reappointment for Vancouver Coastal Health via a website called AppCentral. I registered with a ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Nicolson, MD March 2016
... is to increase capacity while continuing to improve health care outcomes, minimize costs, and be vigilant with ... are most required (complex care, chronic disease, mental health, etc.) and away from high-volume low-intensity ... funding directed specifically toward integrating a team of health care professionals who patients would identify as ...