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Shared Care Committee / BY: Sandy Whitehouse, MD, March 2015
... youth are currently aging out of the pediatric system in BC annually, and this number is increasing.  The issue: Poor ... to adult primary and specialist care in transition from BC Children’s Hospital presents a number of risks. Lack of ... the gap In 2011 a provincial workshop hosted by Doctors of BC and Child Health BC brought pediatric and adult ...
Letters / BY: Rodney Glynn-Morris, MD, June 2015
... former VP at the Vancouver Hospital, consultant to the BC Ministry of Health, and member of the Health Council of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2015
... 14.8%) but still totaling about 5.4 million people.[ 1 ] BC (14.3%) and Ontario (17.4%) are the only two provinces ... having reported being diabetic. Manitoba, Alberta, and BC are below the national average. Fruit and vegetable ... 12 and older decreased in 2014 to 53.7% (55.2% in 2013). BC rates were above average, second only to rates in Yukon. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Vu, MD, FRCPC, November 2015
... in Vancouver, and facility storage is in Delta, BC. All requests for MMU deployments are received by the ...
News April 2015
... or 604 638-5768. News Enhanced Recovery BC—online resources ...
News January/February 2015
Last September Doctors of BC’s Council on Health Promotion published a policy ...
News April 2015
Perinatal Services BC has published updated data on labor and birth information on its website for each hospital in BC. The information is available to health care providers and ... . News Updated BC labor and birth information ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP July/August 2015
... still choose to die naturally. The concern is that in BC equitable access to quality palliative care is not a ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB September 2015
... asking for your feedback on a recently released Doctors of BC consultation paper. This paper looks at a number of ... serving members’ interests regardless of where in BC they live, what kind of medicine they practise, or what ... you review the consultation paper posted on the Doctors of BC website and answer the accompanying few questions. Be sure ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... changes in the delivery and utilization of health care in BC. These include changes in health care consumer patterns ... remains limited. It is now estimated that 176 000 BC residents do not have a regular personal family ... Support Program, the Divisions of Family Practice in BC, and A GP for Me. In other provinces several similar ...