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Letters / BY: Stephen Shore, MD, CCFP September 2016
... received the new College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC professional standards on safe prescribing last week to ... pain. Not all patients are con artists or junkies. Not all doctors are inappropriate prescribers. We care about our ...
Letters / BY: Andre C. Piver, MD, FCFP September 2016
A recent article in the Globe and Mail , included in a Doctors of BC newsflash, led me to write about electronic health records ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Karen LeComte, MSN, RN September 2016
... care provided through the Children’s Heart Centre at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) and adult care provided ... the growing population of adults with CHD throughout BC, a closer-to-home care model, patterned on the success of ... Specialist Services Committee (SSC)—joint committees of Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health. ON TRAC reflects ...
Obituaries / BY: Sherrill Purves, MD September 2016
... after interning at Chicago Cook County Hospital, moved to BC to do his residency in neurosurgery at Vancouver General ... in the 1980s, and as the North Shore representative for Doctors of BC from 1982–84. In 1992, frustrated by the lack of ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2016
... made. *The Preamble to the General Practice section of the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees states that out-of-office visit fees are ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... the whole spectrum of what medicine could present to young doctors. In my Canadian community clinic I didn’t see that ... I’d like to live and work in Canada, the Interior of BC, and particularly the South Okanagan, most closely ... In talking to my mum, and recognizing there were a few doctors in our family lineage, I started to think more about ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2016
... by the Directorate of Agencies for School Health (DASH) BC and Action Schools BC, with new government funding. During October the Doctors of BC Be Active Every Day initiative will be ... to engage as many students as possible. That means we need doctors in every community to step up and help us lead the ...
News September 2016
Three BC physicians were among the group of 16 civic leaders ... Columbia, the province’s highest honor. The Order of BC recognizes persons who have served with distinction and ... in liver disease. Formerly medical director of the BC Liver Transplant Program, Dr Yoshida’s work enabled ... Drs Yoshida, Eaves and Wong. News Three BC doctors awarded Order of BC ...
News September 2016
Doctors of BC is calling for nominations of members in good standing for ... consensus among physicians and groups of physicians. Doctors of BC Silver Medal of Service Criteria for nominees include any ...
News September 2016
... Program, one of the negotiated benefits administered by Doctors of BC. In addition to pregnancy benefits for female physicians, ...