Premise /
BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP
March 2017
... Project, KPMG specifically identified concerns that the BC locum program “has potential to be used inappropriately ... Premise Privileging for new medical school graduates in BC ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Colin Jackson, MD, FRCSC
May 2017
... longer-term sequelae are not well understood. Doctors of BC and WorkSafeBC remind physicians that there are resources ... is available at http://worksafebc.com . Doctors of BC insurance coverage Protect yourself and your family with ... accident and disability insurance through Doctors of BC. Information is available in the members’ section of ...
News
June 2017
... records of 14 000 people with multiple sclerosis from BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia over a 20-year ...
Letters /
BY: Phyllis Reeve
July/August 2017
... would work through it together. —Phyllis Reeve Gabriola, BC Letters Re: How would you like to die? ...
College Library /
BY: Niki Baumann
October 2017
... This Changed My Practice On this award-winning blog, BC doctors can share insights and learn from each other. The ...
News /
BY: Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc
December 2017
The BC Emergency Medicine Network (EMN) was launched on 12 ... all 1100 physicians providing emergency care across BC. Why an emergency medicine network? As generalists, ... opportunity to advance evidence-informed emergency care in BC, that the EMN was formed. The EMN is more than simply an ...
Obituaries /
BY: Jocelyn Penner
January/February 2017
... Dr Penner worked as a locum physician in several other BC communities. He finished his career as the medical ... was his passion, both on Shuswap Lake and along the BC coast. As well, he was actively involved in his community. ...
News
April 2017
... about participating in the trial at stridercanada@cw.bc.ca . The research team is co-led by Dr Kenneth Lim, ... head for the maternal-fetal medicine program at UBC and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and Professor Peter ... associate professor of maternal fetal medicine at UBC and BC Women’s. The STRIDER trial has received funding from the ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jeanine C. Marshall, MD, FRCPC
September 2017
... but is not yet in force, despite being passed by the BC legislature in 1993 and amended in 2007. This leaves six ... self-neglect of vulnerable adults. • Seniors First BC (formerly known as the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support), http://bcceas.ca ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Travis Holyk, MA, EdD
November 2017
... status than residents of urban areas.[ 1 ] As well, rural BC is home to many First Nations communities and a high ... communities where First Nations people in Northern BC often reside. Benefits of telehealth While most people ... the most vulnerable populations in rural areas.[ 12 ] The BC Ministry of Health saw billing codes for General ...