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College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS April 2018
... please contact the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC library at 604 733-6671 or medlib@cpsbc.ca or view a list ...
News September 2018
BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) has made significant ... and interfacility patient transfer services through the BC Ambulance Service and the BC Patient Transfer Network. BCEHS is supported by the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: C. Bruce Verchere, PhD November 2018
... predict, prevent, and reverse this devastating condition. BC has a rich history of diabetes research, discovery, and ... part in training many current diabetes researchers in BC and around the world. Research sites Diabetes research in BC today takes place primarily at three sites: Vancouver ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... committees representing a partnership of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. This funding was used to ... to facilitate the use of pit appointments. Currently in BC, the fee billed by a psychiatrist doing a pit appointment ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2018
... as “experts.” Government documents confirm that BC fails to meet its own maximum wait benchmarks—beyond ... legislation are not relevant.” They falsely accused BC clinics of “extra billing,” which the Canada Health ... from public health care insurance. Private clinics in BC don’t extra bill; public hospitals do. Even tax-funded ...
News December 2018
... newsletter, GP Update , is now emailed directly to BC family physicians. The fall 2018 issue features articles ... the newsletter, log in to your account on the Doctors of BC website and update your newsletter subscription ...
Letters / BY: David Kendler, MD March 2018
... been elected for two terms to the Board of Doctors of BC, these being my potential conflicts of interest. Prescrire ...
News / BY: Shaila Jiwa, RN, BScN, MScPPH June 2018
... a crucial component in preventing active TB disease. In BC, while treatment for LTBI is voluntary, an emphasis is ... those taking high doses of immune suppressive therapy. In BC, standard first-line treatment for LTBI has focused on 300 ... LTBI will now be used as a first-line treatment regimen in BC.  A third regimen option for LTBI is a combination of ...
News / BY: Sam Bugis, MD April 2018
... now organized and leading more than 500 projects across BC. So what is energizing this activity? Mainly, it’s ... four committees representing a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC Government. Read more about Facility Engagement progress ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2018
... WorkSafeBC, I would presume this article is addressed to BC physicians and their prescribing. Prescribing of opioids varies dramatically across Canada.[ 2 ] BC’s mortality rate of 3.9 pharmaceutical opioid-associated ... from the pattern in Ontario and the United States. The BC coroner, in reviewing prescription opioid deaths in BC ...