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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, September 2009
... to launch across BC in September—open to all GPs A new Practice Support Program (PSP) module is set to launch across ... says Liza Kallstrom, BCMA lead, change management and practice support. “The complexity of the symptoms often ... of the joint BCMA-Ministry of Health Services General Practice Services Committee (GPSC). For more information on ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2009
... and coronary atherosclerotic disease common in cardiology practice.[ 1,2 ] For the past 3 decades, carotid ... were typical for patients in a cardiovascular practice. Of note, 24 of the 100 patients were symptomatic ... admission. Although clopidogrel use is part of routine CAS practice at Royal Columbian based on our experience in ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2009
... its intention to substantially increase the scopes of practice of a number of health professions. This followed on ... take a serious look at these issues. Changes in scope of practice are not new, and in some cases are entirely ... Provinces are clearly looking to changes in scope of practice as one means of addressing health human resource ...
Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, October 2009
... used only by midwives. Furthermore, while it was common practice for the doctors and students to go directly from ... examinations. With this finding in mind he instituted the practice of hand washing with chlorinated lime solution by ... cause of human disease and institute a change in hospital practice that brought about a significant reduction in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James K. Lai, MD, CCFP, FCFP, April 2009
... and audit to inform decision making both at the individual practice level and across the health system.[ 8 ] With ... Survey contained several questions on technology use in practice.[ 13,14 ] The 2003 BCMA IT survey and 2005 ... How are EMRs in current outpatient offices being used in practice? • What was the implementation experience for ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2009
... proposes, and implements initiatives that will improve the practice of specialty medicine and the way it is compensated ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, December 2009
... When a person makes a claim with ICBC, it is standard practice that he or she sign an authorization for the release ...
Obituaries / BY: Anthony Chan, MBBS, January/February 2009
... clinical acumen and surgical skills and had a very busy practice. He was equally sought after by his friends for ...
Obituaries / BY: Kenneth R. Thornton, MD, May 2009
... The prism of his life reflected his many interests—the practice of medicine in both government and private milieus, ... to Canada to complete his MD at UBC. He started a family practice in Kelowna and later moved to Victoria, where he ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, October 2009
... When a person makes a claim with ICBC, it is standard practice that he or she signs an authorization for the ...