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News May 2017
... a physician triage model at 8-1-1 has any value in helping 9-1-1 triage calls.  News Successful pilot test of new ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... patients, and grapple with how we would each like to die[ 9 ] can we help others address the existential angst that ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Val Tregillus May 2017
... Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Collaborative was held 9 and 10 March 2017 in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. ... were featured in a storyboard session on the afternoon of 9 March. Details of the work can be found at: ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elena Terekhova, MD, PhD June 2017
... limitations of technology-based patient consultations.[ 8,9 ] Despite the undeniable benefits of telemedicine, one ... has led to increased Medical Services Plan costs.[ 9 ] In both BC and Canada as a whole there is a lack of ... number of consultations per patient, and the  ICD-9  or Society of General Practitioners (SGP) diagnostic ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Agatha Jassem, PhD, (D)ABMM, FCCM June 2017
... mumps virus RNA can be detected in buccal swabs up to 9 days, it is recommended that specimens be collected within ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD June 2017
... International Classification of Diseases  ( ICD-9 ) diagnostic codes. The ratio of the  observed  to  ... of your peers. Since the ACG system relies on the  ICD-9  diagnostic codes, it is important that you use the ... codes when billing MSP. If you enter only generic  ICD-9  codes, your profile may reflect a lower morbidity score ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tania Morrison, MHSc, RD June 2017
... rose significantly in BC between 2005 and 2012,[ 9 ] and to prevent it from increasing further, action is ...
Letters June 2017
... in this commentary, is that this percentage had reached 8.9% in 2011 (before legalization took effect). I am concerned ...
News June 2017
... population (a 12% to 13% risk in black men vs a 7% to 9% risk in the general population). An accompanying editorial ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... the study period, ranging from a low of 0 to a high of 9 ( Figure 2 ).  Assisted deaths took place most often at ... with 91% of assessments occurring in person and 9% by telehealth. Two additional backup assessments of ...