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President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD November 2014
... care. I am proud to say that almost 95% of doctors in BC have adopted an electronic medical record system (EMR). It puts BC on the world stage as a leader in EMR adoption—and we ... our patients in the future. —Bill Cavers, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Physician leadership during ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI March 2014
... reduction among women who chose to be screened in BC.[ 1 ] That is not a slight decrease. 4. Overdiagnosis is ...
Letters / BY: Jim Gilmore May 2014
... he advanced the idea of renaming the BCMA to Doctors BC. We liked the idea and used it as a tagline for some of ... In a recent letter that he sent me a copy of [ Doctors BC ], Dr Rety wrote that the new name should be Doctors BC, rather than the cumbersome Doctors of BC. Team Canada is ...
News July/August 2014
As many as one in five women in BC will experience a mental health disorder during the ... in the developing child. The guidelines were developed by BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services and Perinatal Services BC, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, and are ...
News October 2014
PAR-BC recently announced the winners of its 2013 Awards of ... or leadership reflect the aims and objectives of PAR-BC. Congratulations to all recipients. News PAR-BC 2013 award winners ...
News December 2014
The BC Cancer Agency is reminding women between the ages of 50 ... shows a 25% reduction in breast cancer deaths among BC women who have a mammogram every 2 years. Despite the ... breast cancer screening, only 50% of eligible women in BC are getting mammograms. A health care provider’s ...
Letters / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2014
... medication presents a potential public safety risk.  In BC there are 14572 patients registered[ 3 ] on methadone ... many other commonly used over-the-counter medications. In BC new prescriptions are required starting 1 February 2014.  ... visit http://towardtheheart.com , or contact the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre at 1 800 567-8911. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Joanne Stares, MHSc, April 2014
... Interior Health Authority, Ministry of Health, and BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) deemed it prudent to ... of occurrence of IBD in Trail relative to the rest of BC, Environmental Health Services at the BCCDC calculated ... boundary of the Interior Health Authority and for all of BC. Findings Preliminary findings indicate that health ...
News / BY: Tim R. Smith, BSSc, MBA, June 2014
While Doctors of BC represents physicians at the local, regional, and ... medical profession’s response should be. As a Doctors of BC member who also belongs to the CMA, you are represented on the CMA Board by two physicians. A third BC representative will join them soon, as a result of the ...
Letters / BY: James K. Mackenzie, MBBS, September 2014
... evidence. I always enjoy reading the editorials in the  BC Medical Journal and look forward with interest as to what ...