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Letters / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD May 2024
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC announced the closure of the College Library (as of 15 ... I propose that urgent consideration be given to Doctors of BC taking over the operation of the College Library. I recall another valuable service kept running by Doctors of BC (then known as the BC Medical Association or BCMA). At ...
Letters / BY: Barry Koehler, MD, FRCPC July/August 2024
... with Dr Ian Gillespie’s proposal that Doctors of BC take over the library,[ 2 ] I have another suggestion. The ... not come to an arrangement with UBC, so that Doctors of BC members are able to access the UBC Library? This would ...
Letters / BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc October 2024
... rule[ 4 ]—also uses age 50 as a cutoff. Emergency Care BC is committed to improving the patient experience, as was the BC Emergency Medicine Network that preceded it. Of note, these organizations have worked closely with BC Patient-Centred Measurement, which conducts in-depth ...
Obituaries / BY: Al Kallas, MD March 2024
... and adventures, often involving the BCMA (now Doctors of BC). Jim was also on the board of Pacific Blue Cross and was ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2024
... causes of road crashes. This goal has been endorsed by BC’s Office of the Provincial Health Officer, which has ... governments has been promising: over 60 municipalities in BC have lowered speed limits from the standard 50 km/h to 30 ... carries an estimated cost of $492 million per year in BC;[ 1 ] the human cost of lives lost and altered cannot be ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Natasha Benson, MD, FRCPC September 2024
... 2022, reproductive infectious diseases specialists at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre cared for women with possible cytomegalovirus during pregnancy in a BC Women’s physician-only clinic. Infants diagnosed with ... specialists (and other specialists where needed) at BC Children’s Hospital. Despite being situated on the same ...
Letters / BY: Liz Ewart, MD, FCFP November 2024
... times for breast cancer patients at a regional hospital in BC, 2013 versus 2023” [ BCMJ 2024;66:240-247], Hwang and ... administered by our local health authority rather than by BC Cancer. We therefore lack the resources and supports that the regional BC Cancer centres have, and this has negatively impacted ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... British Columbia.[ 1 ] Data from 2011 indicated that, in BC, women who resided more than 1 hour from a hospital that ... have a long history of providing surgical care in rural BC. In 2007, the enhanced surgical skills and obstetrical ... current volume and distribution of surgical care in rural BC.[ 2-5 , 7 ] To address this knowledge gap, we conducted an ...
Letters / BY: Lisa Veres, MD April 2024
... given us hope, and my colleagues and I are working with BC’s Digital Health Strategy to create a provincial system ... I imagine there are many collaborative projects around BC that can now be dusted off, revitalized, and hopefully ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Caroline Mariano, MD July/August 2024
... the past, examination tables in the ambulatory clinics at BC Cancer were cleaned with disinfectant wipes between ... waste and effort. The concern was escalated to the BC Cancer Planetary Health Unit, a clinician-led initiative ... health care practices. Under the leadership of the BC Cancer Planetary Health Unit, a sustainable quality ...