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News April 2015
... to pledge to make one small change to improve the health and social care system leading up to Change Day BC on ... a wave of action that contributes to improvements of the health care system. If you are involved with health, community, or social care, try something new or do ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: John Hamilton, MD, July/August 2015
... collaboration between physicians, government, and their health care partners is the driving force behind developing ... in patient care, more effective use of physician and other health care resources, and measurable savings that could be reallocated to optimize health care in the province.[ 3 ] Evaluation plays an ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... 4% of youth age 12 to 19 surveyed in the BC Adolescent Health Survey reported using ecstasy.[ 1 ] In a convenience ... committee with representatives from harm reduction, public health, toxicology, law enforcement, health authorities, the Coroners Service, and people who use ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ron Collins, MD, FRCPC, December 2015
... Services Committee, a partnership of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC, the collaborative’s activities ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ken Q. Little, MSc, March 2015
... at significant cost. It is only very recently that some health jurisdictions around the world have included males in ... were available in the waiting areas of student health clinics at two large urban universities and one large ... Questionnaires were also made available in the student health clinic of another large urban college between February ...
Obituaries / BY: Lois Grant, May 2015
... program and helped to arrange funding from the Ministry of Health.  The program began in 1984 and Dr Grant remained the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2015
... even if the immunization service is given by a public health nurse. All providers struggle with how best to ... Immunizers , available online or in print from your local health unit.[ 4 ] Many studies have shown that the strongest ... their child is a clear recommendation from a trusted health care provider. The majority of children are immunized, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCPC, November 2015
... project in collaboration with BC pediatricians and Child Health BC.[ 16 ] We then conducted a formal qualitative ... Laboratory at BCCH. We invited community pediatricians and health care professionals from different regions (Lower ... workshop that was organized under the umbrella of Child Health BC—the network linking the province’s health ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD April 2015
... practice have completed an evaluation of their community health needs and have developed comprehensive implementation ... retirement strategies; practice support and coaching; and health promotion and public education. The majority of these ... enable physicians to better understand their patients’ health concerns and life circumstances.[ 4 ] Thus, physicians ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB June 2015
... for our profession, for our patients, and for our health care system as a whole. Another priority is to ... their conditions and, in turn, better manage their health. Not only will this improve patient care, it will make ...