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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2015
A few months ago I began to receive e-mails from Fraser Health concerning discharge summaries. Previously, entering a ... to infiltrate my inbox, imagine my surprise when Fraser Health thanked me for my over 20 years of service and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon May 2015
... the best scientific evidence on a range of occupational health and safety issues and, where possible, direct ... the opportunity to align their thinking about workplace health and safety accordingly. Physicians are also encouraged ... and finding real-world solutions regarding workplace health and safety. Research funding for 2015 is available ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2015
... released from Statistics Canada on the Canadian Community Health Survey reveal the following trends. Smoking rates ... activity and for the amount of sedentary behavior.[ 4 ] Health professionals’ response How do health professionals respond to these data? Tobacco is a ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rakel Kling, MD, MSc, November 2015
... major labs across North America, including the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory. Enzyme ... antigens,[ 5 ] leading to false positives. The BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory uses a ... be ordered from accredited labs such as the BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory and interpreted ...
Letters / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2015
... to have a stronger voice and greater influence in health authority decision making. Will it be tremendously ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Matthew, MHSc, MD, July/August 2015
... was estimated to be over $4.3 billion, or 2.4% of total health care expenditures.[ 8 ] The main contributors to this ... Clinical Research Ethics Board and the Vancouver Coastal Health Richmond Research Advisory Committee. To be included ... to the team bariatric psychiatrist was made if the mental health screening questionnaire indicated this was needed. All ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Colin Harris, MSN, BSc (Crim), RN, AFN-BC, F-ABMDI, September 2015
... nurse and medicolegal death investigator with occupational health and safety training. As is necessary with criminal ... which contributes to enforcement of occupational health and safety requirements and the direction of ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2015
... and territorial medical associations have on our health systems. I use the plural because there is no such thing as a Canadian health system. The predictions of the CMA, as outlined in a ... that the medical commissions that oversee provincial health care should be “free from political interference and ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2015
... as priorities—a stronger voice of influence in the health care system and expanded collaboration with ... facility-based physicians to have influence within their health authorities over matters as significant as planning, ... in the services they provide to patients, and in the health care system as a whole. In my opinion, this is a ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD May 2015
... 13%[ 2 ] between 2003 and 2013. Most notable, the Fraser Health Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority saw declines of 27% and 24%2 respectively. The Ministry of Health developed five residential care service agreements in ...