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News March 2017
... aimed at supporting family doctors working with teams of health professionals. To participate or to learn more, visit ...
News / BY: Rory Sutherland, UBC MD Candidate, Class of 2019 March 2017
... province. The SAVE BC program is aimed at a major public health challenge caused by a high burden of premature AsCVD ... community and to agencies and ministries involved in health care within BC. •    The family-based nature of ...
Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
... for exhaustive resubmission of documentation to multiple health authorities and, separately, to the College. There is ... provincial mandate of privileging, communication between health authorities is apparently nonexistent. Woe betide the ... locum who would choose to work in both Merritt (Interior Health) and Hope (Fraser Health), for this necessitates ...
Premise / BY: Martin C. Wale, BM BS, FRCPath, MBA March 2017
... project, completed at the end of 2015 and used by most health authorities for the first time during the 2016 ... This is ably chaired by Dr Becky Temple from Northern Health and the Medical Directors of BC Network. This exercise ... to streamline processes as far as possible. Currently each health authority has somewhat different processes, although ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Blackburn, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... can be challenging.  Impact As the most common mental health problem in older adults, LLD exerts a profoundly ... (e.g., loss, separation, financial crisis, declining health, marital problems). Recently bereaved patients should ... LLD, antidepressant treatment and referral to mental health services are recommended. Psychotherapy Although ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... reviews led by physicians, pharmacists, and other health care professionals resulted in a 36% reduction in ... community dwelling patients reported global improvement in health when polypharmacy was addressed.[ 15 ] A recent ... for multiple classes of drugs and may improve global health.[ 11,15 ] Although patients have concerns about ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... burnout, increased institutionalization rate, and overall health care costs. For patients presenting with behavioral ... general medical and nutritional status, care provider health, and personal safety issues.[ 7 ] Urinary and fecal ... progresses, the patient’s capacity to make personal and health care decisions will be affected. Discussing goals of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Melissa McLaws, DVM, PhD April 2017
... high risk for rabies should be discussed with the medical health officer, who must approve all requests for RPEP.  In ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD April 2017
... Doc this spring Spring is approaching and so is Move for Health Day on 10 May. During that week (6–14 May) we invite ... Doctors of BC Athletics and Recreation Committe Council on Health Promotion Preparing for an in-flight medical emergency ...
Editorials / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS April 2017
... of older people, both in terms of their background health conditions and surrounding circumstances. Older people ... 14 ] We need to support physicians and all other health professionals so that they feel empowered and ready ...