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News July/August 2019
Since the Shared Care Committee’s Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Collaborative wrapped up in ... for improved services for child and youth mental health and substance use in the province. The CYMHSU ... ACEs and their impact on the developing brain and future health outcomes, there was a desire to follow up with a ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD January/February 2019
... my patient families. We don’t have a PACS system in our health region that allows patient photos to be sent, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH April 2019
... with HIV.[ 1 ] TB is not just an international public health issue. Cases are diagnosed every day in Canada. In BC, ... a broad range of stakeholders including the BC Ministry of Health, health authorities, and community organizations. The plan ...
News June 2019
... across the province. Whether in hospitals, other health care facilities, patients’ homes, or community-based ... are often a patient’s first point of contact with the health care system. In recognition, the BCCFP’s annual ... Doctor awards, honoring recipients from each of BC’s health regions, as well as peer-nominated awards for family ...
News November 2019
... and caregivers to better optimize surgical patients’ health before surgery for improved outcomes. Resources have ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC December 2019
... much harder and, more importantly, it compromises their health care. A brief history of menopause and hormone therapy ... therapy was common. After the results of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study in 2002 and 2004, however, the ... conducted with a knowledgeable care provider. Women and health care professionals should not be alarmed by the latest ...
News March 2019
... University of British Columbia professor in the Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing, Kelowna, ... with awareness of dying,” was published in Qualitative Health Research . It is available online at ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2019
... medical organizations have focused on include physician health and burnout, and increased funding for seniors care ... usually precede treatment. Forty years ago, physician health problems and burnout were not so prevalent. I suggest ... had an important and respected role in determining health policy. Who can argue against additional funding for ...
Letters / BY: Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD July/August 2019
... of poisonous mushrooms are sometimes misidentified among health and medical experts. Mushroom poisoning is rare in ... but are more likely to remember this illustration. What if health professionals or mushroom hunters perceive the ... with potential to confuse amateur mushroom hunters or health professionals. —Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD Senior ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tom Brocklehurst September 2019
... and workers in BC. Impairment at work, which is not a new health and safety concern, can create significant risk of ... the worker’s ability to work without risk to his or her health or safety, or to the health or safety of any other person, is not impaired by ...