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Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... I’d like to live and work in Canada, the Interior of BC, and particularly the South Okanagan, most closely ... And we need more women leaders in health care, both in BC and in Canada. I look too to the Honourable Jane Philpott, ... Granger welcomed me into rural health care leadership in BC and has been foundational in creating the space for my ...
Letters / BY: Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC March 2016
... is an important advance, but I would encourage Doctors of BC to endeavor to make this initiative inclusive of ... have done a wealth of good for GPs, as former Doctors of BC President Bill Cavers acknowledged in a President’s ... a voiced commitment from the president and Doctors of BC Board to this end, followed by visible and tangible ...
News&Notes December 2016
A new BC Guideline has been developed to provide recommendations to ...
News October 2016
... and associated information packages were mailed to all BC physicians this summer. If you did not receive a package call Health Insurance BC (1 866 905-4912) to request a print copy, or access the information online at www.gov.bc.ca/pharmacare/rdp-pro . To secure uninterrupted coverage ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2016
... British Columbia Medical Journal is the perfect place for BC physicians to share their points of view on all topics. It ...
Letters / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC January/February 2016
... 25 000 refugees from the ongoing civil war in Syria. BC is expecting to welcome up to 3500 by the end of February ... with individual sponsors, Immigrant Settlement Services of BC, or the Bridge Clinic in Vancouver to provide care or advice to these newcomers to BC. What these physicians will know is that every refugee ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
... events such as the 4.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled BC’s south coast in December 2015 and the prolonged power ... and mortality.[ 10-12 ] For this to be successful in BC, providers need support to participate in planning ... rise in the number of disasters occurring globally.[ 13 ] BC will not remain immune to a large disaster in the future ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Valerie Tregillus, BA, December 2016
... ER physicians, and general psychiatrists, but many BC physicians feel they lack sufficient training and ... new online enhanced learning series of modules to support BC physicians in the delivery of evidence-based assessment, ... with mental health disorders. The series was developed by BC Children’s Hospital Mental Health and Substance Use ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD November 2016
... encounter as defined in the Preamble to the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees . This involves documenting all of the ...
News July/August 2016
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC has adopted a new professional standard, Safe Prescribing ... the Board of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC endorsed in April 2016. The document contains both ...