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Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC October 2025
... care was reduced from the initially promised 50% to 23%. BC’s Ministry of Health responded by reducing the annual ... consists of tools and assistants to improve efficiency. In BC, physician assistants are limited to Ministry of ... Medical Journal reported that most family physicians in BC had adopted electronic medical records (EMRs),[ 7 ] ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC December 2025
... information about these changes can be found in the BC Immunization Manual .[ 1 ] HPV vaccination program HPV ... 26), and people receiving postcolposcopy treatment. BOX 1. BC’s HPV immunization program eligibility. All individuals ... conditions, and those with weakened immune systems. In BC, two types of immunizations have historically been used to ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD March 2025
... toxicity is now the leading cause of unnatural death in BC, surpassing deaths related to motor vehicle accidents.[ 10 ... accidental overdose, and death.[ 21-23 ] Within BC, there is a wide range of opioid prescription patterns.[ ... and its later amendments. This research was funded by the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute’s Evidence to ...
Premise / BY: A. Wellar May 2025
... Canadians have died from an opioid-related poisoning.[ 1 ] BC has been particularly affected, having the highest rates ... hospitalization and death rates are multifactorial, in BC, the key contributors are the toxic nature of the drug ... fragmented addiction treatment system.[ 3 ] In 2022, the BC Coroners Service Death Review Panel and BC’s Select ...
Obituaries / BY: William H. Johnston, MD July/August 2025
... began their family. In 1959, they returned to BC. Peggy became Nanaimo’s first practising dermatologist ... at UBC, and she served as head of dermatology at BC Children’s Hospital. A devoted clinician and passionate ...
Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2025
... such as colon and rectal resections. Unpublished data from BC support performing opportunistic salpingectomy during ... There is also a dedicated group of gynecologists around BC who are available to help support general surgeons in ... salpingectomy. With increased awareness, women in BC will have the opportunity to discuss opportunistic ...
Review Articles / BY: Tae Won Yi, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2025
... is not responsive to other measures. In a recent study of BC patients with chronic kidney disease, only about 27% of ... practice change: Potassium Management in Kidney Disease (BC Renal): ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD June 2025
... of June is a time to celebrate the incredible diversity in BC and across Canada. Developing an understanding of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Janene Erickson, Nak'azdli Whut'en, MPH, BKin September 2025
...   ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge the Title and Rights of BC First Nations who have cared for and nurtured the lands ... on whose unceded, occupied, and ancestral territory the BC Centre for Disease Control is located. We recognize the ... recognize and acknowledge the inherent Title and Rights of BC First Nations, whose territories stretch to every inch of ...
Letters / BY: Tahmeena Ali, MD, CCFP, FCFP December 2025
... the shortage of pediatricians—particularly in rural BC—is an example of a larger challenge facing all of ...