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News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2018
... This jazz-playing animal-lover has a special interest in health law, bioethics, risk management, and patient safety. ...
News May 2018
... (expected to rise to 937 000 by 2031). The combined health care system and out-of-pocket costs of dementia is ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi July/August 2018
... The reality in BC schools is much different—while health authorities coordinate school- and community-based public health services like immunizations, health education, and health promotion initiatives,[ 1 ] most ...
News October 2018
... blood tests, and an undetectable viral load means improved health and that the virus is not transmittable to others. ... This research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with the Canadian Foundation ... AIDS Society, as well as the US National Institutes of Health. Dr Zabrina Brumme, Director, Laboratory with BC-CfE ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Andrea McNeill, BScOT, BA Psych, OT(C) December 2018
... meet the individual needs of each client and their family. Health Care Services collaborates with services and providers ... Assurance Supervisor, WorkSafeBC Financial Services & Health Care Programs —Lori Cockerill, MBA, BScOT, BScPsy ...
News April 2018
... of the caregiver is crucial to the physical and mental health of outpatients. However, those providing essential ... billion a year, which would place increased strain on a health care system already under immense pressure. To combat ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2018
... the public are looking for ways to engage in preventive health measures. Many physicians are appropriately concerned ... lifestyle change agents who remain the preferred source of health information for many people.[ 1 ] Last year, the ... in healthy living. Data from the 2017 Canadian Community Health Survey revealed that in Canada, 57.4% of adults ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... related to the management of diabetes and its sequelae. Health benefits of interventions as well as risks and side ... consists of representatives from the BC Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. The committee advises the Medical ... Columbia “to provide physicians, pharmacists, allied health professionals and the public with up-to-date, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Taylor, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2018
... a significant opportunity to implement a valuable public health intervention. The objective of our study was to ... vaccination if they had the opportunity to talk with a health care provider. The reasons for not wanting to be ... scarcity of time and resources, and personal attitudes of health care staff toward vaccination.[ 14 ] To address these ...
News / BY: Stephen Routledge, MPH January/February 2018
... to manage pain. The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) PCA Safety Checklist is a free ... engage patients and their families as partners in their health. Patients are encouraged to ask the following five ... and Executive Director  Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety News Resources to prevent medical errors ...