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Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD March 2017
... Keith White’s quote from the College standard, Access to Medical Care, in context. The advice not to charge for ... of screening visits, usually alleging discrimination. Article 16 of the  CMA Code of Ethics  outlines the ... joins a practice, but must look to Doctors of BC and the Medical Services Commission to ensure that this is adequately ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... medications. This may stem from the fact that medical schools provide little to no training on the subject ... can be difficult.  A study published in the  BC Medical Journal  in 2014 surveyed family physicians in ... in the prevention of inappropriate prescribing. A review article showed that introducing electronic prescribing and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... function, and delayed placement in long-term care.[ 8 ] 5. Medical treatment of modifiable vascular risk factors for ... it is imperative to document the patient’s general medical and nutritional status, care provider health, and ... care provider and the patient.[ 28,29 ] Summary In this article, a comprehensive literature review provides support ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... professional opioid-prescribing tools and resources into medical practices to ensure patient safety.[ 2 ]  ... are as follows. Chilliwack   The Chilliwack Division Mini Medical School series includes a presentation on Chronic Pain ... and opioid-prescribing resources mentioned in this article can be found on the Divisions of Family Practice ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc May 2017
... all patients referred to the shoulder practice of this article’s senior author (DPG) between January 2011 and May ... the study period were identified through an electronic medical record system (Plexia) using International ... exhibit skeletal maturity, and have insurance through the Medical Services Plan of British Columbia. Patients were ...
College Library / BY: Robert Melrose May 2017
... journals to which the library subscribes. If you find an article of interest, you may download it or we can send you a full-text PDF of almost any article. A third available service is the free Read by QxMD ... subject areas to create a customized feed from the latest medical journals. The app is integrated with the College ...
Letters / BY: Brady Bouchard, CCFP May 2017
I want to commend Dr Wade on his well-written Premise article detailing the troubled, arguably unnecessary, process that is medical privileging in BC (“Privileging for new medical school graduates in BC,” [ BCMJ  2017;59:123-124 ...
Letters / BY: Mike Figurski, MD, CA-CPHIMS May 2017
I enjoyed the patient medical home article in the January/February issue ( BCMJ ... the College of Family Physicians of Canada, referencing an article from 2016. Wikipedia (Medical home) says the first ...
Letters / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD May 2017
... . We acknowledge that iterations of the term  patient medical home  have been broadly used by health care ... of Canada’s terminology that we referenced in this article specifically relates to the care model upon which the ... Practice, Quality, and Integration Letters Re: The patient medical home. Author replies ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... care, opioid overuse, and controversies about futile medical care, medically assisted death, and the right to die ... will share other worthy resources and books written by medical professionals through the journal’s Personal View section, and that this article will generate discussion, not only among us but also ...