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News April 2018
... family caregivers with paid employees would cost BC $3.5 billion a year, which would place increased strain on a ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc April 2018
... physicians provide patients with exercise prescriptions.[ 5 ] Why this disconnect? Physicians cite lack of time and ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS April 2018
... guidelines have been created or reviewed within the last 5 years and are based on literature searches. CPG Infobase ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... with specific reference to ibuprofen and diclofenac.” On 5 November 2017, the FDA strengthened labels warning that ...
News July/August 2018
... to help them protect time for research for up to 5 years or support research personnel directly associated ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD July/August 2018
... of appointment Candidates must: Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the applicable specialty. Be an ... the medical inspector’s city (length varies from 3 to 5 days). Inspect medical records, make determinations about ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert C. Mack, MD July/August 2018
... year in BC: 50 000 medication strips are returned. 2.5 million pills are returned. $570 000 is spent on wasted ... Extrapolating from study findings suggests that 2.5 million pills are incinerated in BC each year at an ... mid-week multi-dose medication strips are returned and 2.5 million pills are incinerated. The hard cost of these ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... 1 ] This proposal is especially applicable to the 1 in 5 Canadians who develops a mental illness in their lifetime.[ ... 50% of primary care patients have mental illness[ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ] and many patients have their first contact with the ... the form with the patient. A pit appointment starts with a 5-minute meeting that allows the family doctor to review the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA July/August 2018
... contrary to the patient’s wishes must be justified.[ 5 , 6 ] Not all patients who have cognitive deficits or ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM July/August 2018
... varying by population, geography, and region.[ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ] MRSA is not reportable in BC.[ 6 ] HA-MRSA can be ...