Editorials /
BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD
October 2017
... there was more than a little bit of Darwin informing my practice of which plants were going to make it with my ...
Letters /
BY: Mike Figurski, MD, CA-CPHIMS
October 2017
... this turnaround time, which I consider to be a dangerous practice for patient safety. The patients present back to my practice during the week, and I have no idea what the ...
News /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
October 2017
... residents, several doctors in their first years of practice, and an almost equal gender representation. The CMA ...
Obituaries /
BY: Beverley Tamboline, MD
October 2017
... Hospital in Montreal. The plan was to then do general practice in a small town in Quebec, but Alcan was looking for ... as the local rabbi. In further preparation for general practice, the couple then went to London to do a year of ... chief resident. Following residency, the Cambons set up practice in Vancouver, but the Alcan connection remained, and ...
President's Comment /
BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD
October 2017
... viability. Becoming a locum or working in certain focused practice areas will be more stable. For new graduates with ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Bruce Hobson, MD
November 2017
... running a computer business and an average-sized medical practice. It was what I had expected from my training as a ... a keyboard and mouse, so when a physician community of practice/EMR user group started in my small town, I decided ... requests. Staff would be confused by each physician in the practice insisting that a particular task be done in a ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
November 2017
... numbers to a clinic’s bank account, which is not a good practice. While it is quite common for payments to be ... arrangements. —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Using payment numbers and ...
Editorials /
BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB
November 2017
... of British Columbia that has the mandate to regulate the practice of medicine in our province ( ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
November 2017
... in residential care. Personally, in over 20 years of practice, I have never had a patient end up in an ...
News /
BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd
November 2017
... skills not taught in medical school but critical in their practice and in leadership roles they take on. Physicians are ...