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Letters / BY: Andy Hamilton, MD, January/February 2016
... not entered into the system. As a result, the Ministry of Health requires health authorities to audit wait lists, and 10% to 20% of ... an electronic system has been submitted to the Ministry of Health by the Provincial Surgical Executive Committee. The ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
Throughout British Columbia and Canada the majority of health sector emergency preparedness activities have involved first responders, public health, and hospitals, along with their associated emergency ... in August 2015 are reminders that all levels of the health system need to be prepared to respond to an emergency. ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... initiative with representation from all regional health authorities that sought to implement several ... Services Committee, a partnership of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. Translating evidence-based medicine ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Gabrielle Jacobson, MScPT July/August 2016
... on WorkSafeBC’s Hand Therapy Program please contact our Health Care Services team at 604 232-7787 or toll free 1 888 ... Jacobson, MScPT Program Manager, Financial Services and Health Care Programs WorksafeBC Physician Education ...
Letters / BY: Andre C. Piver, MD, FCFP September 2016
... Doctors of BC newsflash, led me to write about electronic health records ( ... records/history. EHRs have been a boon for the regional health authorities in British Columbia—gathering of big ...
Letters / BY: Alan Tung, MD March 2016
... I also think that an in-service for nurses and allied health care professionals on this topic should be made ... it already is? If a patient with a history of mental health issues (especially drug abuse) becomes difficult or ...
Letters / BY: D.S. Dhanda, MD, FRCSC December 2016
... eye care. We point out that all the eye health services provided by optometrists are provided by ... self-governing, and do not fall under the Canada Health Act. This allows them to extra bill the patient over ... optometrists are physicians and provide the same level of health service as ophthalmologists are not in the best ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ivana Jakovljevic, MD October 2016
... young British Columbians—are experiencing a mental health disorder at any given time.[ 1 ] Mental health problems in childhood and adolescence have a ... Canadians.[ 3 ] Effects of poverty on children The World Health Organization has declared poverty the single largest ...
Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... Department of Family and Community Medicine, Providence Health Care Editorials Palliative care: Learning to fall ...
News September 2016
... . The research was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Arthritis Society, the Mach-Gaensslen ...