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News May 2017
... of urgent calls (considered red calls by the HealthLink BC 8-1-1 line) that ended up in the emergency department.  ... service models and the strategic direction for HealthLink BC will be considered. There is also interest by BC Emergency Health Services in understanding if a physician ...
Letters / BY: John Walton, MD June 2017
... to the fore the perilous state of general practice in BC. Congratulations to Dr Brown for having the courage to ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD September 2017
... Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocols, and Dr Jack Pacey, a BC surgeon who introduced the first commercially available ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD November 2017
... transportation themselves. Unfortunately, in many areas of BC active transportation may not always be practical. Some ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD January/February 2016
... registrant with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. •    Have a practice that falls within the accepted ... rate derived from the hourly equivalent of the Doctors of BC sessional rate for GPs or specialists. Inspectors will ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... Referral to the Reproductive Infectious Diseases Clinic at BC Women’s Hospital (tel: 604 875-2160, fax: 604 875-2871) ... MHSc  BCCDC  School of Population and Public Health, UBC BC Centre for Disease Control Zika virus: A summary ...
Letters / BY: Ronald Cridland, MD May 2016
... of chronic diseases in Canada any time soon. If Doctors of BC is interested in patients as much as doctors, they would ...
News November 2016
... combining population statistics and health data for BC, and concluded that between 2010 and 2030 the number of ... of cases will increase by 220%. Researchers expect the BC-based predictions to be applicable to Canada and other ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD July/August 2016
... million claims are processed each year by Health Insurance BC. The system allows physicians to submit billings in most ... work. Read the Preamble and your section of the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees . Be cautious about following billing advice ...
Editorials / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... At some time in their medical careers, most physicians in BC will encounter patients who have CHD. Physicians are often ... reviews the current state of care for adults with CHD in BC. The second article, by Drs Andrew Campbell and Ronald ...