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 ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brenda Hefford, MD
November 2018
... Practice, Quality and Integration Department, Doctors of BC —Alana Godin Director, Community Practice and Quality, ... Practice, Quality and Integration Department, Doctors of BC [*Updated April 2019] Family Practice Services Committee ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Damon Ramsey, MD
December 2017
... facilitated through government incentive programs such as BC’s Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) have ...
News
January/February 2017
... than double recommended targets, the additional cost to BC’s health care system alone is $2 million per year. Study ... assistant professor at UBC and surgical oncologist at the BC Cancer Agency in Kelowna, identifies one of the problems ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc
July/August 2017
Background The BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) is the sole provider of radiotherapy ... for the North treats residents from all over Northern BC, which covers 600 000 km 2 . In 2013 there were 613 cancer ... for the North, which serves the largest geographic area in BC but has the smallest treatment population ( Table 1 ). The ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Greg Meloche, PhD, RPsych
September 2017
... 2017 Location: Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Vancouver, BC Information and registration details at ...
Editorials /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
December 2017
... clinician productivity. Finally, Mr Michael Bidu considers BC’s digital health ecosystem and the importance of ... health, Part 2: The promise and practice of telehealth in BC ...
News&Notes
December 2017
... Fraser Lake is located near the geographic centre of BC. It is a dot along Highway 16 that meanders from Prince ... km away at the newly named University Hospital of Northern BC in Prince George. In 2002 Fraser Lake developed a rural ... put forth to the multiple players in diagnostic imaging in BC. This was a cooperative venture between the author and ...
Editorials /
BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB
March 2017
... to be set aside for this. As a side note, apparently, BC Women’s and Royal Columbian Hospitals have facilities on ...
News
May 2017
... & Drugs resource is now available in an online format for BC users at www.bugsanddrugs.org . The website is accessible only to IP addresses from within BC. Bugs & Drugs is the recommended reference for ... by the Do Bugs Need Drugs? program and is funded in BC by the BC Ministry of Health, Pharmaceutical Services ...