Clinical Articles /
BY: R.C. Offer, MD, FRCPC, FACR
October 2001
... mass. Calcaneal ultrasound Most primary-care physicians in British Columbia have experienced anxious patients arriving ...
Letters /
BY: Michael Alms, MB
March 2001
... in the world. In the same way, one sometimes hears the British National Health Service criticized as an efficient ...
Premise /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
July / August 2001
... of case-mix adjustment to practitioner profiles in British Columbia Practitioner profiles are used to influence ... States and has been the subject of recent evaluations in British Columbia and Manitoba. The adjusted clinical groups ... patient needs while trying to keep overall costs down. In British Columbia, physicians are now being asked to account ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michael R. McKenzie, MD, FRCPC
December 2001
... yet proven. Stereotactic radiosurgery became available to British Columbians in 1997. It has led to better management ... radiosurgery and stereotactic radiation therapy at the British Columbia Cancer Agency. Although the initial cost is ... is a joint venture of the Radiation Therapy Program at the British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver Cancer Centre, and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Helena H. Ho, MD, FRCPC
June 2001
... neurologist from Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia. There was additional input from community ... nor does it suggest that all children in the province of British Columbia should be assessed by a multidisciplinary ... panel from Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia developed a clinical practice guideline for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: B. Strauss, RN, BScN, MSc
November 2001
... A retrospective analysis of 7616 members of a British cohort study by Morris and colleagues found no ...
Premise /
BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC
March 2001
... occasions to discuss the current drug review process in British Columbia. We are dissatisfied with, and have concerns ... government, Pharmacare administrators, the University of British Columbia, the Therapeutics Initiative, and ... by addressing the following three concerns the health of British Columbians ultimately will be improved. The current ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Janet Henderson, MB, BCh
September 2001
... We identified four drugs recently approved for use in British Columbia, and I asked Dr Henderson to look at the ...
Letters /
BY: Dawn Graham
January/February 2001
... the excellent article in the June 2000 issue of the British Columbia Medical Journal [42(5):241] by Dr Cairns, ... dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of British Columbia. Dr Carins provides an optimistic snapshot ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Stuart Fine, MB, FRCPC
June 2001
... Method Subjects The Attention-Deficit Assessment Clinic of British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital serves the province of British Columbia and reflects a mix of straightforward and ...