Clinical Articles /
BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC,
January/February 2012
... a product of questionable clinical benefit. In 2003, the BC Transfusion Medicine Advisory Group (TMAG) audited albumin ... Use in Adults in British Columbia, a joint effort of the BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office, TMAG, and a group ... release of the guidelines, the amount of albumin issued to BC hospitals by the Canadian Blood Services decreased by ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
April 2012
... www.familyservices.bc.ca/professionals-a-educators/jessies-legacy ... With special thanks to Kimberley Korf-Uzan, BSc, MPH, BC Mental Health and Addiction Services. This article is the ...
Premise /
BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP
June 2012
There is a growing suspicion among the citizens of BC that the current system of health care delivery is largely ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Zena L. Simces, MA,
October 2012
... for their patients—Dietitian Services at HealthLink BC and the Physical Activity Line (PAL). Summary Once ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
December 2012
... the Library of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC and has not been peer reviewed by the BCMJ Editorial ...
President's Comment /
BY: Nasir Jetha, MD,
January/February 2012
... we released a policy paper, “Enhancing Surgical Care in BC: Improving Perioperative Quality, Efficiency, and ... Based on the BCMA’s 2009 policy paper on addiction, BC became the first jurisdiction in Canada to treat addiction ... Every Day, developed to increase the activity levels of BC school children. I am looking forward to 2012. Based on ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC
May 2012
... count ([> 12000/cubic mm or < 4000/cubic mm]); several BC protocols substitute WBC with an altered level of ... bodies has been recognized since the fourth century BC, and the modern management of sepsis still relies on such ... departments can implement. Sepsis best practices in BC In 2008, the BC Ministry of Health funded Evidence 2 ...
News /
BY: Sinden Luciuk,
July/August 2012
... insurance advisors at 1 800 665-2262 or BCMAInsurance@bcma.bc.ca . —Sinden Luciuk Manager, Insurance News Professional ...
News /
BY: Sinden Luciuk,
October 2012
... in court and the funds will be subject to probate fees. BC’s Probate Fee Act lays out the probate fee structure ... advisor, contact Paula Rooney by e-mail at prooney@bcma.bc.ca or phone at 604 638-2872 or toll free 1 800 665-2262, ...
News
March 2012
... the Shared Care Committee (a joint committee of the BC Ministry of Health and the BC Medical Association) and Providence Health Care in ...