News
May 2017
... closer to their home community. Tele-PICU allows teams at BC Children’s or Victoria General Hospital to assess ... their community. Tele-PICU is part of Child Health BC’s Children’s Virtual Care initiative that integrates ... technologies to enhance services to children throughout BC. These sites include technology and telehealth equipment ...
News
May 2017
... the United Kingdom, resulting in hundreds of infections in BC alone. Today, the bacterium still wreaks havoc as it can ... used samples of Burkholderia collected from BC patients during the outbreak in the 1990s to study the ...
News
May 2017
... 5 ] announced by the College of Physician and Surgeons of BC in 2016. News GPSC and other supports for pain management ...
News
May 2017
... Vancouver Island. The contracted providers are managed by BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, an agency of the ...
News
May 2017
... Heart Centre, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and other centres of ...
News
May 2017
... of urgent calls (considered red calls by the HealthLink BC 8-1-1 line) that ended up in the emergency department. ... service models and the strategic direction for HealthLink BC will be considered. There is also interest by BC Emergency Health Services in understanding if a physician ...
Premise /
BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP
May 2017
... meaningful and revealing topics, and has been used by BC physicians to introduce themselves to colleagues in the ...
President's Comment /
BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS
May 2017
... was recently asked by a colleague and member of Doctors of BC how I feel about my year as president drawing to a close. ... much to be done for the profession and health care in BC. That is the reality about a 1-year term. You realize you ... professionals as they seek to establish medical careers in BC. In quiet reflection, I can’t help but look forward, ...
Shared Care Committee /
BY: Val Tregillus
May 2017
... Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came from all over BC to share their experiences, activities, and outcomes under ... of the spectrum of antenatal and early childhood care in BC. The physicians present agreed to write a letter to the premier of BC to ask that the focus on child and youth mental health and ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Colin Jackson, MD, FRCSC
May 2017
... longer-term sequelae are not well understood. Doctors of BC and WorkSafeBC remind physicians that there are resources ... is available at http://worksafebc.com . Doctors of BC insurance coverage Protect yourself and your family with ... accident and disability insurance through Doctors of BC. Information is available in the members’ section of ...