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News / BY: Riyad B. Abu-Laban, MD, MHSc December 2017
... so without formal linkage to researchers, policy experts, health authorities, government, and patients. Easy access to ... ongoing in the Robson Valley to assess a range of virtual health scenarios that will inform province-wide ...
Premise / BY: Andrew Kotaska, MD December 2017
... for it sooner, shook the integrity of the Quebec Public Health Act and led to the expansion of private health care in the province.[ 1-3 ] Dr Brian Day’s recent ... in the rest of Canada. Supporters and opponents of private health care are diametrically opposed, but there may be a ...
Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD March 2017
... practices. The regulatory agents for these other health care professions, and British Columbians as a whole, ...
News May 2017
... Drugs? program and is funded in BC by the BC Ministry of Health, Pharmaceutical Services Division.  For those who ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD July/August 2017
... extremely interactive, with participation from clinicians, health authorities, the Ministry of Health, and patients. All of us attending brought our past ... to bring together pentagram partners—all of us who view health care through a different lens—and have us share our ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB November 2017
... a chill in the air with respect to our hospitals and health authorities. A new policy, “Respectful Workplace, ... of how the policy is managed and enforced by those in the health authorities who are in positions of leadership, ... rules and I appreciate order. However, it feels like the health authorities are acting in a heavy-handed and one-sided ...
Letters / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... cost reduction in British Columbia and Ministry of Health–funded education programs. Whereas the potential for ... cause and effect. For example, other major changes in health care and epidemiology would need to be factored into ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... division also organized a public awareness talk on mental health and substance use issues and resources, featuring Dr ... Additionally, Pain BC offers conferences and training for health care providers and access to evidence-based assessment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elena Terekhova, MD, PhD June 2017
... used telehealth services are those associated with mental health, cardiology, diabetes, genetics, oncology, neurology, ... that telemedicine can be a safe option for providing health care and can lead to many favorable outcomes.[ 3-7 ] ... of Physicians and Surgeons of BC and the BC Ministry of Health have acknowledged the role of telemedicine and ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD June 2017
... is directly affected by the function of the provincial health system and the policies implemented by those in high ... or worsen. I developed an interest in the development of health policy and in advocacy, and I have worked hard to improve health care delivery for patients, communities, and ...