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Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... This important tool is especially valuable in rural health care settings, which often lack immediate access to ... condition.[ 4,6 ] A recent survey on POCUS use among rural health care providers in British Columbia revealed that 43% ... and appreciation of potato ethics , a “particular rural health care sensibility” described as “an ethics rooted ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC October 2025
... per visit but not provided. In 1977, federal funding of health care was reduced from the initially promised 50% to 23%. BC’s Ministry of Health responded by reducing the annual fee-for-service ... In BC, physician assistants are limited to Ministry of Health–operated clinics; all other clinic types lose out on ...
Premise / BY: Eris Nyx, BA December 2025
... Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10-CA) codes T40.0–T40.4 ... crisis and hamper the development of effective public health policy aimed at relieving strain on BC’s health care system. Bridging this gap will require better ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc March 2025
... unnecessary antibiotic use and its complications for oral health indications are presented in the Box . These are also ... MD, FRCPC, MHSc Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Medical Epidemiology Lead for Antimicrobial ... Microbiologist/Infectious Disease Specialist, Interior Health —Lynsey Hamilton, MSc Knowledge Translation and ...
Premise / BY: A. Wellar May 2025
... Death Review Panel and BC’s Select Standing Committee on Health urgently called for the creation of a coordinated ... substance use system of care.[ 4,5 ] Frontline health care providers agreed and highlighted two critical ... capacity to provide on-demand addiction care by trained health professionals. A reorganization and coordination of ...
News September 2025
... can now access specialized care at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre’s new Complex Menopause Clinic, a first of ... their menopause, such as hot flashes, poor sleep, mental-health concerns, and joint pain. Additionally, people who ... in other settings. In partnership with the Women’s Health Research Institute and the University of British ...
Letters / BY: Marie Claire Bourque, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DABPN November 2025
... pressure to spend less time on them. That’s not the health care system we claim to be. We weren’t trained to ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Marshall Cheng, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... shorter length of stay in hospital.[ 12,13 ] The Fraser Health Authority Social Prescribing Program provides ... a result of information/care pre-op? (2) Was your overall health improved as a result of the information/care pre-op? ... process; 70% of those patients felt their overall health had improved as a result of the information and care ...
MDs To Be / BY: Catherine Joanne Binda, MD April 2025
... in medical training.[ 1-4 ] The field of refugee health offers an opportunity for service-learning, a ... ] social accountability,[ 6 ] and an understanding of the health advocate role.[ 1 ] Health advocates support “patients in navigating the health ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD June 2025
... is a time of transformation within British Columbia’s health care system. Although it is also a time of strain, ... more vital than ever. The past few years have tested our health care system in ways few could have imagined. From the ... well-being is a foundational part of a sustainable health care system. We cannot talk about improving patient ...