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Letters / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS July/August 2018
... for treatment in BC. I wrote a letter to the Ministry of Health a few months ago, and part of their reply really ...
Letters / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC July/August 2018
... is not only disappointing but also incorrect. The World Health Organization has stated that infertility is a global public health issue.[ 1 ] The Medical Services Plan (MSP) in British ... profession in BC has made requests to the Minister of Health to consider insuring IVF. In response to my ...
News / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG July/August 2018
... Secrets and How They Will Lead to a Revolution in Health and Wellness ...
News July/August 2018
... medical school to be able to serve the physical and mental health needs of members of his community. John-Paul ...
News / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) July/August 2018
... population and a rising prevalence of chronic disease, health authorities are looking outside the box to leverage ... to provide additional care options for patients. Island Health’s Home Health Monitoring (HHM) solution is a form of remote patient ...
News July/August 2018
Twelve exceptional BC health professionals (including 10 physicians) have been funded in the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research’s (MSFHR) second Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) competition. Each ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... CMA General Council. We’re also advocating for better health human resource planning and matching medical student ... we continue to apply an old system of work to more complex health needs. Contrary to click-bait headlines in the media, ... approach where patients have relationships with connected health care professionals working together with defined ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD July/August 2018
... contract, with possible extension, with the Ministry of Health. Attend an orientation and training session. Maintain ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert C. Mack, MD July/August 2018
... are less prone to error. It is understood that Interior Health is moving to the use of multi-dose packaging for these ... of this kind shows how an improvement in one area of health care can have unintended consequences in another area. ... to wastage, which include time spent by both pharmacy and health care staff dealing with medication returns, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
Background Atul Gawande’s 2012 TED Talk about improving health care (How do we heal medicine?) proposes that medical ... and many patients have their first contact with the mental health system through the emergency department.[ 7 ] Unmet ... In a recent article about improving access to mental health care, David Gratzer and David Goldbloom recommend that ...