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Letters / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS December 2016
... not necessarily the official position of Doctors of BC. Presidents who serve the association are given this forum ... —Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS Doctors of BC President Letters Re: Opioid prescribing. The president ...
Letters / BY: Paul Harris, BSc, MBBCh, LMCC, CCFP December 2016
... 17 years has afforded me some unique perspectives on the BC opioid crisis that I would like to share. Addiction is a ... all physicians who are permitted to prescribe opioids. The BC government has an obligation to fund this so that ... to it requires training. Are the College and government of BC listening? This is their responsibility. In order to ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD December 2016
... That is entirely the responsibility of Doctors of BC, the advocate for the profession. We encourage Dr Harris ... of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia Letters The BC opioid crisis. The College replies ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper December 2016
... August the BCMJ conducted an online survey of Doctors of BC members. The objective was to gather member insights to ... The online survey sampled approximately 3000 Doctors of BC members, which is about one-third of active members. We ... membership. The survey was conducted by TWI Surveys, a BC-based firm that has conducted member and employee research ...
News&Notes December 2016
... Vancouver resident Dr Rodney Andrew is this year’s BC winner of the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s ... medicine for the benefit of his patients and colleagues in BC. Dr Andrew received his medical degree from the University ... CFPC’s executive director from 1985 to 1996. News&Notes BC’s “top doc” in family medicine honored ...
News&Notes December 2016
A new BC Guideline has been developed to provide recommendations to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2016
... B titres.  Immunity testing requested most frequently in BC is for measles, mumps, and rubella. Such testing is ... vaccination: How is it defined? Hum Vaccin 2008;4:316-319. BC Centre for Disease Control. Communicable disease control ... 2016.  www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cig-gci/p04-eng.php . BC Centre for Disease Control Immunization of those with no ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2016
... the default payee if an alternative payee (ICBC, WorkSafe BC, patient-pay) is not selected, and some EMRs may default ... about the Laboratory Services Act, go to  www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the  BCMJ ...
News&Notes December 2016
... While not many email accounts were affected, Doctors of BC is concerned there may be a targeted effort to hack into ... Association and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC are aware of the incidents, and MD Financial Management and Doctors of BC are implementing added security. All physicians are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD May 2016
... for health promotion and disease prevention. Resources for BC physicians and patients •    Dietitian services at HealthLink BC ( www.healthlinkbc.ca  or 8-1-1). •    MEND (mind, ... nutrition, do it) and Shapedown programs throughout BC. •    SCOPE’s Live 5-2-1-0 program ( ...