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Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
When a public health policy is put into effect to reduce a risk to ... instituted a mandatory vaccinate or mask policy for all health care staff who receive an influenza vaccination. The ... Control, 11 January 2016). Nor does the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority,[ 3 ] Providence Health Care,[ 4 ] the ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS November 2016
... host of topics. But what does social media have to do with health care? Today, professional influence is increasingly ... media, providing a huge opportunity for physicians and health care organizations to use this communication channel ... imagine, they believe the information I push out—brewing health system issues, good news or provocative media stories, ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS July/August 2016
... Given the challenges doctors face with tightening health care budgets, an aging population, and physician ... having a vision, and taking action to shape the future of health care. It’s about stepping out of our day-by-day ... our comfort zone; and engaging with our colleagues, our health authorities, and often government, our communities, ...
Letters / BY: Donna Dryer, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... cigarette smoking or other drug use, pre-existing mental health issues, age, genetic factors, and recreational versus ... and right to make decisions pertaining to his/her own health care. We recommend that the word “attempted” be ... and include “BC standard” in the subject. Any health care practitioner is welcome to participate in PMC, or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Stanger, MD, March 2016
... patient-reported outcomes should be instituted in Canadian health care. Although numerous studies have considered the ... setting.[ 6 ] In December 2010, the BC Ministry of Health sponsored a symposium on patient-reported outcome ... Services Committee (a Doctors of BC and Ministry of Health joint committee) to fund a study of outcome ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM December 2016
... to the newly discovered B. mayonii .[ 2 ] The BCCDC Public Health Laboratory identified 18 samples with inconclusive PCR ... child has been negative for Lyme disease. The BCCDC Public Health Laboratory will continue passive tick surveillance to ...
News May 2016
... on diagnosis, management, and treatment is available to health providers, youth, and families across BC from the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Collaborative. The goal of ... children, youth, and families struggling with this mental health issue. Content is presented by a team of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi November 2016
Educating patients about their health and the health care system can help to ensure that they make healthy, ... of community-specific resources that can help improve the health and experiences of their patients. Division-organized ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Hortense Tabien Nsoh, MD July/August 2016
Wildfire smoke poses public health risks for populations both near to and far from the ... evidence-based responses to clinicians’ questions on the health effects of smoke, and highlight tools for situational ... ozone (O 3 ) on sunny days. PM 2.5 is the principal public health threat from short-term smoke exposure. What health ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... or community clinics with sometimes very pressing health issues; the disease processes were sometimes very ... important—caring about your neighbor, caring about the health of your community, not just one patient at a time as a ... values and views that society holds. I also have a few health issues, one of which is that I was born with a lazy ...