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Shared Care Committee / BY: Sandy Whitehouse, MD, March 2015
... care of by their parents. For young adults with chronic health conditions and disabilities, this transition can be ... a new generation of youth with pediatric chronic health conditions and disabilities such as cystic fibrosis and congenital health disease are now surviving to adulthood. This means ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, MD June 2015
... Many thanks to all the physicians, nurses, and allied health care and medical program support staff involved in the ...
News September 2015
... 69 who have volunteered to share information about their health, lifestyle, environment, and behavior that will allow ... and the data can be used to conduct long-term population health studies. The BC Generations Project, one of five ... British Columbians this year. Participants can be in good health, or have health problems or disabilities—the goal is ...
News November 2015
... legislative and other political activities in support of health care CMA Honorary Membership Award This award goes to ... for Poli-tical Action  •    Award for Excellence in Health Pro-motion  •    Award for Young Leaders ...
News April 2015
... for each hospital in BC. The information is available to health care providers and the general public. Data are ... expectant mothers and their families informed about the health services they receive, help them prepare for their ... practitioners about their labor and delivery options. Health care teams can use this information to continue to ...
Letters / BY: John Stewart, MBBS, July/August 2015
... ultimately result in more efficient use of the Canadian health care system,” while all of us general neurologists ... required is extremely limited owing to underfunding in our health care system. Fortunately, other serious neurological ...
Editorials / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... landmark 1962 article “The Battered-Child Syndrome,” health care providers have made great strides in identifying ... of child maltreatment are first steps in facilitating the health care response to potentially abusive situations. ... experienced in pediatric imaging can provide to health care teams. The first article reviews the evolution of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Clayton Chmelik, December 2015
... BC. WorkSafeBC entered into agreements with these private health care facilities and, in 1997, took part in the newly ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP March 2015
... asking our patients to go for a walk on or around Move for Health Day (10 May) to emphasize the importance of being ... active is the most important thing we can do for our health. The latest tally came to 25 different benefits to our health from being regularly physically active. The latest ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD May 2015
... our colleagues to have a stronger collaborative voice in health authority decisions on budgeting, resource allocation, ... share significant common concerns about relationships with health authorities, workload issues, the privileging process, ... positive collaborative relationship with the Ministry of Health and with our health authorities, and the work of the ...