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News January/February 2018
Effective 1 February 2018, physicians will receive an across-the-board ... the 0.5% annual general increase that will be applied on 1 April 2018, as negotiated in the 2014–2019 Physician ...
News January/February 2018
... a baby or planning a pregnancy during the period of 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019? If so, then it is important to ... package, please contact Lorie Lynch, PLP administrator, at 1 800 665-2262 (ext. 2882), 604 638-2882, or ...
News January/February 2018
... Locum Portal (G14071) fees at the start of 2018. Effective 1 January 2018, GPs will need to bill G14070/71 in the ... :  Portal First Name :  GPSC Date of Birth : January 1, 2013 ICD9 Code : 780 Submitting G14070/71 enables GPs to ...
News / BY: Stephen Routledge, MPH January/February 2018
... by the Joint Commission ( www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/Hot_Topics_Transitions_of_Care.pdf ), in order to keep ... the following five questions about their medications:  1.    Have any medications been added, stopped, or ...
News January/February 2018
... via email: join-us@ywamships.net , or call a recruiter at 1 808 757-9150. For more information about YWAM, visit ...
News January/February 2018
... on Bullying and Harassment within the Profession[ 1 ] was adopted at the WMA’s 68th General Assembly. Medical ... mistreatment, 89.6% report mistreatment by faculty and 34.1% by residents.[ 3 ] As evidenced in the WMA’s statement, ... “I did not think anything would be done about it” (47.1%), and “fear of reprisal” (35.3%).[ 3 ] News World ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC January/February 2018
... of approximately 195.2 per  100 000 patients per year,[ 1 ] most commonly in men younger than 50 and women older than ... > 2 mm.[ 3 ] However, intra-articular step-off ≥ 1 mm has been shown to correlate with a lower Short Form 36 ... As such, many surgeons may accept a 2 mm gap, but prefer < 1 mm articular incongruity.[ 6-8 ] Volar distal radius ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP June 2018
... momentum: The future happens slowly and then all at once.[ 1 ] So, what is your one thing to change? I’m here and ...
Letters / BY: Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC June 2018
... resume, just by attending as little as a 1- to 2-week or longer course or training and/or doing some ...
News / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH June 2018
... This disease poses a global public health threat.[ 1 ] In 2016, about 10 million people fell ill with TB, and about 1.7 million died worldwide from the disease.[ 2 ] Despite ... BC Centre for Disease Control has been able to obtain a 1-year access to rifapentine through Health Canada’s ...