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Clinical Articles / BY: Karen LeComte, MSN, RN September 2016
... model of specialized care for patients with adult CHD.[ 2 ] Pacific Adult Congenital Heart clinic The PACH clinic was ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD March 2016
Over the past 2 years the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC) stepped up ... as outlined in the MSC Payment Schedule and Preamble.  2.    If you have any questions regarding the proper use ...
Letters / BY: Michael M. O’Brien December 2016
... as many for a population that has increased only about 2.6 times, and the number of doctors in the province then (no ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2016
... to 75% of care for people receiving home care in Canada.[ 2 ] Based on the 2012 General Social Survey,[ 3 ] Statistics ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD April 2016
... categories: 1.    Diabetes mellitus (type 1 and 2).  2.    Chronic kidney disease.  3.    Heart failure.  ...
News May 2016
... testing (e.g., fasting plasma glucose [FPG; $1.46] or 2-hour plasma glucose [2hPG; $12.94]) can be used for ... anti-hyperglycemic agents available for treatment of type 2 diabetes that can be considered as part of an ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD November 2016
... as the advice given and to whom it was given. Section A. 2. Introduction to the General Preamble vii) requires ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2016
... of water shortages as global temperatures rise.[ 2 ] The human health implications of water scarcity are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrea K.Y. Lee, MD May 2016
... per week is recommended to achieve health benefits.[ 2 ] Similarly, the American College of Cardiology recommends ... has been shown to decrease systolic blood pressure by 2 to 5 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 1 to 4 mm Hg. ... during follow-up, with an increase in survival of 6.2 years in men and 5.6 years in women. In a subset of 5048 ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... about refusing or withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make ...