Search

News / BY: Kim Pelletier, CEBS, April 2016
... in a 5% to 10% rise in insurance rates.  The cost of health care is also on the rise due to our aging population, ... must either raise taxes or cut costs to deal with rising health care spending. Cutting costs includes delisting some health services that are currently covered by government and ...
News May 2016
... will assess patients’ preferences in dealing with their health care providers, including their willingness to use ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc December 2016
... outcomes. In a use-effectiveness study at seven public health clinics, doxycycline and azithromycin were equivalent ... Cost A course of azithromycin costs the British Columbia health care system $18.15, whereas a course of doxycycline is ...
Obituaries / BY: Nadia Caira November 2016
... he spent the last 3 years with the help of We Care Home Health, and for the wonderful care Eugene received from Dr ...
News July/August 2016
... efforts to develop virtual reality approaches to address health care issues. Professor Gromala holds a Canada Research ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2016
... such as chronic heart or lung disease and later to health care workers. Since the 1990s, use in pregnancy has ... anomalies.[ 5 ] At its June 2013 meeting, the World Health Organization Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine ... over 500 grams. To this end the US National Institutes of Health convened an international consensus conference on ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Nicolson, MD March 2016
... is to increase capacity while continuing to improve health care outcomes, minimize costs, and be vigilant with ... are most required (complex care, chronic disease, mental health, etc.) and away from high-volume low-intensity ... funding directed specifically toward integrating a team of health care professionals who patients would identify as ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper December 2016
... that has conducted member and employee research in the health care sector for 20 years. We received hundreds of ...
News / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2016
... such as immunization, climate change, resident and student health, indigenous health, and health care reform. Videos on most of these motions can be ...
News June 2016
The annual Awards of Excellence recognize members of the health care community for their contributions to creating an ... resident who has shown outstanding initiative in resident health and well-being, promotion of the role of residents in the health care system, or advocacy and representation of ...