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News / BY: Renee Bricker June 2017
... contributes to reducing your probability of illness and health problems, it can also present increased risks for ... more appealing with this coverage is that proof of good health is not required when applying. Guaranteed acceptance ...
News June 2017
... card called The Role of the British Columbia Government in Health Care, which evaluates the provincial government’s performance in terms of its health care policies, and grades platforms of the larger ... of a family doctor for every British Columbian, mental health and addiction, Indigenous health, rural and remote ...
News June 2017
... than previously thought, according to a new analysis of health records from people with the condition. The new ... finding the cause of the disease. The researchers examined health records of 14 000 people with multiple sclerosis from ... Nova Scotia over a 20-year period and compared them to the health records of 72 000 people without the disease, looking ...
News June 2017
... collaboration between Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health, is an advisory committee to the Medical Services ... and palliative care. BC Guidelines are widely used by BC health care practitioners, including physicians, nurse ...
Obituaries / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD June 2017
... help, a not-for-profit group with other Canadian health care workers to focus on collaborative teaching in ... OkaZHI was born, a partnership of Okanagan and Zambian health care workers. While teaching with his team in rural ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD June 2017
... is directly affected by the function of the provincial health system and the policies implemented by those in high ... or worsen. I developed an interest in the development of health policy and in advocacy, and I have worked hard to improve health care delivery for patients, communities, and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Elliott Weiss, MD, FRCPC, MBA June 2017
... reduces absenteeism costs. The physiatrist is a patient-health advocate who seeks to establish an evidence-based ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... was established with representation from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice; the provincial College of ... Nurses, and the College of Pharmacists; the regional health authorities and the First Nations Health Authority; and the Coroners Service. Members of this ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc July/August 2017
... Columbia, the Research Review Committee at Northern Health, and the joint Research Ethics Board of BCCA and the ... Shared Care Committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Results Of the 180 questionnaires mailed to family ... for management. Physicians said they would like to have a health care professional familiar with oncological practice ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2017
... revolves around how incomplete records are handled in my health region (out of fairness I won’t name it). I realize ... my week of rounds I received a letter by e-mail from my Health Authority Medical Advisory Committee (HAMAC) advising ... a lot of work. In contrast, the medical director of the health region sent me a letter reminding me that discharge ...