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WorkSafeBC / BY: Clayton Chmelik, December 2015
... with access to fellowship-trained specialists within 2 to 3 weeks of an approved referral. This rapid access to ... and specialist availability but it can be as short as 2 weeks. Evolution of the VSC Until the late 1990s all ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD December 2015
... MD Victoria Letters Re: October 2015 cover image (2) ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD May 2015
... increase in the number of young adults with type 2 diabetes in my practice. Some have a genetic basis but a greater number do not and behave just like adult type 2 patients. This is a diagnosis that I rarely saw until a few ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD October 2015
... the audit process was outlined. This article covers phase 2, the on-site audit. You are about to step out the door when ... rendered for the dates of service that claims were paid. 2.    Complete and legible clinical records were ...
Obituaries / BY: Brad Fritz, MD January/February 2015
... we were able to negotiate a 40% increase in fees over a 2-year period! Ben was thus the first professional negotiator ...
News / BY: Jessica A. Otte, MD, CCFP, July/August 2015
... and have unnecessary referrals made to hospital.”[ 2 ] It then follows that medical professionalism must ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... although widely recognized as beneficial and desirable[ 2,3 ] remains suboptimal. The lack of physician involvement ... privileges at Langley Memorial Hospital, despite an 11.2% increase in the population catchment area from 2006 to ... in the use of outside physicians in 2007–2008 ( Figure 2 ).  Data for services by assigned physician revealed a ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2015
... announcement of our over-capacity protocol (OCP) levels 1, 2, and 3. The message is triggered by the number of occupied ... system at 9 a.m. Level 1 means the hospital is full, level 2 that it is more full, and level 3 that the hospital is ...
Obituaries / BY: William Gardner, MBChB, September 2015
Dr David Millar Norwell was born on 2 May 1919 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and died on 23 May 2015 ... But while music fed his soul, medicine fed his family, and 2 years later he returned to family practice. In subsequent ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2015
... by an increase in the number of scholarly publications.[ 2 ] In the Department of Surgery at the University of British ... 1 ), “Why would you recommend this program?” ( Table 2 ), and “Why would you apply again for this program?” ( ... observations.  Table 5  shows that respondents received $2 201 765 in external funding ($2 133 015 in peer-reviewed ...