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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Daljeet Mahal, MSc, March 2014
... such as cellphones and tablets to support the delivery of health services (mHealth) is an innovative approach to improving health care access and quality. British Columbia has one of ... potential to use mHealth in its communities to enhance health care support. By testing and implementing the WelTel ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC May 2014
A 23-year-old male presents to student health services with a mononucleosis-like syndrome. A ... would have said “no.” And this is what the provincial health officer’s new recommendations aim to change by ... earliest opportunity has significant clinical and public health benefits, this approach did not come into question. ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... an individual physician, as a clinic of physicians, as a health authority trying to provide its services, as a province. We know the health care budget is creeping up inexorably, so we need to ... pivotally changed the way we do business.  Is there a health issue that you think is not getting enough ...
Obituaries / BY: Wendy Sutton, November 2014
... at the Aga Khan University in Karachi and then dean of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, where he was the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2014
... that were previously fatal, but they are left with chronic health conditions that impair their functional independence ... elderly patients increase pressure on an already stressed health care system. Although the percentage of Canadians over ... accounting for 40% of inpatient days. In-hospital care Our health care system is designed to prevent and treat episodic, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ryan Wilson, BSc, April 2014
... pathology, recent history of bacteremia, and periodontal health. Drainage of the abscess and appropriate antimicrobial ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gil Kimel, MSc June 2014
... were often left to die in pain and were ignored by the health care team. Dr Mount knew about St. Christopher’s ... with medical therapy alone prolonged life. Depression and health-related quality of life were also improved in LVAD ... bleeding, multiorgan failure, and thromboembolic disease. Health Canada has not yet approved LVADs for destination ...
Back Page / BY: J.C.A. Morrant, MBBS, DObst, RCOG, DPM, FRCPC, October 2014
... I barely understood back then. A paternalistic National Health Service saved her. The NHS went the extra mile with ... therapy. Years later I worked at a mental health clinic with a middle-aged child psychiatrist, an ...
News / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG December 2014
... The full program pathway was phased into all regional health authorities in November 2013. The program pathway is ...
News&Notes / BY: Michal Smialowski, MD, January/February 2014
... the community had not had a physician since the Interior Health Authority took over jurisdiction of the area from the ...