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Letters / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC October 2011
... to follow the evidence and accepted best international practice around the surveillance of and laboratory testing ... for Lyme disease and will continue to innovate and change practice as the evidence and guidelines dictate. We are also ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2011
... starting this spring, WorkSafeBC will introduce a new practice for the reimbursement of prescription ... beyond 8 weeks postinjury/surgery. Evidence-based practice The new WorkSafeBC practice regarding sedative-hypnotics is consistent with ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc September 2011
... confined to hospitals, affect our patients in community practice. Skin and soft tissue infections from MRSA and ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, November 2011
... in British Columbia around 60% of physicians in private practice offices are using an electronic medical record ... for doctors who incorporate this technology into their practice.” Ms Esther Brown, from the town of Oliver in the ... physician’s experience Dr Calder is a member of a group practice at Osoyoos Medical Centre in a town that contains a ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD January/February 2011
... was to propose that it be a shared care initiative or a practice guidelines template. However, both the Specialist ... do­main, including Heads Up: Brain In­jury in Your Practice ( ...
News June 2011
... ALS, 24 hours is a long time, and he therefore altered his practice to meet the unique needs of his patients. The Marcel ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... 21 , 22 ] Haloperidol (Haldol) is recommended in clinical practice guidelines[ 6 , 23 ] mostly based on clinical ... for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH) produced national practice guidelines in 2006, including one for geriatric ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2011
... was to be­come a very successful 22-year period in the practice of family medicine.  Those early days were, to many, the “golden era” of modern medical practice in BC. Vancouver General Hospital was a complex ... suffer.  Not only did Mark immerse himself in clinical practice in those early years, including leadership roles at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Kur, MD, FRCPC, ABIM April 2011
... ] there have been few attempts to examine demographics and practice issues in rheumatology.  The field of rheumatology has faced a number of changes to clinical practice in recent years, many of which stem from the marked ... about the demand for rheumatological services and the practice patterns of rheumatologists in BC.  National ...
News / BY: Shelley Ross, MD July/August 2011
... time and services.  The on­going evolution of the practice of medicine and the changing demographics of the ... that physicians make about what, how, and where they practice. Doing so will align physician resource planning ...