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News November 2014
... care providers who adopt an e-booking system for their practice. An e-booking system allows patients to self-book ...
Premise / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2014
... on prescribers who clearly deviate from accepted medical practice in terms of prescription painkiller dosage, numbers ... C. Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: A new Canadian practice guideline. CMAJ 2010;182:923-930. Premise ...
News&Notes / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2014
... He is concerned that no new dermatologists are coming to practice in the province and many practising dermatologists ... Toronto) Dr David M. Bachop Awards Silver Medal in General Practice: Dr Elysia Ma (practising in Beaumont, Alberta) ...
Obituaries / BY: Ted Wilford, MD, December 2014
... 1946. They moved to Chilliwack and set up a busy general practice. Dr Wilford maintained his practice until 1987. He continued to do locum work in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Malcolm Brigden, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP, January/February 2014
... and when can it be encountered in general clinical practice? Monoclonal gammopathy is the in­­creased ... benign medical conditions commonly encountered in clinical practice may be associated with monoclonal gammopathy ( see ... (MGUS): When is MGUS likely to be encountered in general practice? What investigations should be undertaken? How ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2014
With the support of the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC), a regular column will appear in ... on the most common billing errors discovered during practice reviews and audits. The POPC is committed to ... or more. •    Initial or introductory visits to the practice by new patients. •    Travel advice, lifestyle ...
Obituaries / BY: Jane Cowan, PhD, September 2014
... medical history. Dr Cowan joined Dr R.G. Langston in the practice of plastic surgery in 1949 and brought to the ... professionalism that persisted throughout his 39 years in practice. He rapidly won the respect of his colleagues for ... importance of continual learning. During his last year of practice at age 71, he was still enthusiastically discussing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... prescribed preventive medications in accordance with best practice guidelines for individual chronic diseases.[ 7,8 ] ... “a need to explore and understand poor prescribing practice in order to know how to improve it and enhance ... meetings organized by the St. Paul’s Hospital Family Practice Residency Program as well as formal UBC Department ...
Letters / BY: James Quan, MD, March 2014
... I had in medical school, the senior members of my general practice group, and the teachers I had during my psychiatry ... with its many competing values, all of which affect the practice of medicine and delivery of health care. For ... wait their turn. Some recent graduates have an approach to practice that emphasizes a life-work balance and they strive ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD June 2014
... experience of the collaborative committees—the General Practice Services Committee, Specialist Services Committee, ... that the renaissance that has affected community family practice spreads across the profession. This step will see ...