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Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD April 2017
... bond with other doctors regardless of their area of practice, age, or location. We were all trainees once, and we ... recollections of hilarious events during our training and practice that strike a chord with everyone. There was an ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... doctors in caring for patients with chronic pain.   The Practice Support Program (PSP) Pain Management module One of ... and resources to patients.  Divisions of Family Practice resources Divisions around the province have created ... Surgeons of BC’s Methadone and Buprenorphine: Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Use Disorder[ 5 ] as the ...
Letters / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD April 2017
After 43 years in the trenches of general practice, I applaud the fortitude and wisdom of the Pemberton ... requests for chart copies and reports (the bane of practice!), stringent opiate-prescribing guidelines, and ...
News / BY: Brent Weiss April 2017
... of Lumby, east of Vernon, in 1968. He had a general practice and practised anesthesia before he moved to Vernon a ... knowledge and discuss issues they may be facing in practice. It’s the highlight of the year for many and ...
News April 2017
... model to educate doctors in training and evaluate those in practice. The CanMEDS Framework organizes a common set of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc May 2017
... account for up to 28% of all problems seen in the family practice office.[ 2 ] Musculoskeletal disorders are also the ... The study included all patients referred to the shoulder practice of this article’s senior author (DPG) between ... of a retrospective design eliminated any alterations in practice patterns that can occur during a prospective study. ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD May 2017
... to use one system for both tasks.  The Patterns of Practice Committee has a few audit tips for physicians who ... and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) for more information on good practice guidelines pertaining to EMRs. •    CMPA. ... ) —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee$ Billing Tips EMR audit pitfalls ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Susan Papadionissiou May 2017
... and initiatives currently being led by divisions of family practice. One example is North Peace Division’s team-based ... created when 16 of the community’s physicians left practice in 2013 and 2014, leaving 23 344 patients without ... the North Peace Primary Care Clinic, Fort St. John Family Practice Associates, and ABC Medical Clinic. Community and ...
Letters / BY: Brady Bouchard, CCFP May 2017
... also states that the process “is not [meant] to restrict practice.” If not, then what is the goal? A quick look ... various privileging documents will show that restricting practice is exactly what is intended—if you don’t have ...
Letters / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD May 2017
... quote. —Brenda Hefford, MD Executive Director, Community Practice, Quality, and Integration Letters Re: The patient ...