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News March 2014
British Columbia’s 26 regulated health professions, governed by 22 colleges under the Health Professions Act, and 1 under the Social Workers Act, have incorporated under the Society Act to become the Health Profession Regulators of BC Society. The society will ...
News May 2014
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health is Canada’s largest integrated brain centre, uniting ... the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health that is designed to accelerate discovery and translate ... www.centreforbrainhealth.ca . News New centre for brain health ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Clay Barber, July/August 2014
... a trial project (funded by the Doctors of BC/Ministry of Health Shared Care Committee) to identify gaps in the current ... 25th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in December 2013. The new pathway was trialed for ... are being collated on the project in partnership with the health authority, and adapting the tools for neighboring ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD November 2014
... MC4BC graduates may choose to connect with a licensed health care provider for postprogram advice and guidance. ...
News January/February 2014
... raise awareness and offer educational opportunities for health care providers and the public. The BCIAP is funded by Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, and the Specialist Services ... committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. The program is delivered jointly by Providence Health ...
Letters / BY: William Gardner, MBChB, April 2014
... case, by the Maplewood Seniors Care Society and the Fraser Health Authority. The complexities of end-of-life issues need ... active role in this matter, we tacitly confirm these as health issues, or, as is happening now, as bureaucratic/legal ...
News June 2014
The School of Population and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC will serve as the home of the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health (CEIH)—a single point of contact within the ... for support, training, and resources for indigenous health. It will also be the primary conduit for indigenous ...
Premise / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, September 2014
... credentialing and privileging activities across the health system. In responding to the concerns raised we appeal ... closely monitored by the province, the colleges, and the health authorities. Any unintended consequences will be ... the absence of a comprehensive strategy of support, rural health care has continued to face difficulties. Some may ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD December 2014
... rates of EMR adoption in Canada,[ 1 ] BC joins progressive health care systems around the world that are advancing the ... and quality of patient care, and ultimately patient health. And for good reason. Meaningful use (MU), which can ... of quality information, is critical to the evolution of health care. It is a crucial tool to help providers ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2014
... I was confronted by two helpful computer-friendly Fraser Health staff in my hospital mailroom the other day. From time ...