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News January/February 2013
... his career to the care of palliative patients. Minister of Health Margaret MacDiarmid presented the award to Dr McGregor ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... 2002, HOP has been the responsibility of the regional health authorities. Although home oxygen therapy is managed ... MedPro, and Alliance, are currently contracted by the health authorities to provide home oxygen services. MedPro and Alliance serve patients in the Vancouver Island Health Authority. VitalAire and MedPro serve patients in the ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD June 2013
... on 1 April 2014 will be handed the spoils of the failed Health Canada Marijuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) ... have resulted in a rethink of the MMAR program by Health Canada. Under the newly proposed ... or possibly a nurse practitioner. No more applications to Health Canada because of course you, the physician, are ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB September 2013
... Recently, a new code has crept into the lexicon in our health authority. While doing ward rounds a few weeks ago, I ...
News November 2013
... care to a family member or friend with a long-term health condition, disability, or health care needs related to aging. Data from the 2012 ... children, at 5%. The survey also looked at the types of health conditions requiring care. Age-related needs topped ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS March 2013
... Press to provide physicians with high-quality mental health information for continued learning and use in the ... Director, Library Services College Library New mental health videos ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2013
... waits, quality-of-life decisions, juggling limit­ed health care resources, and the obligation to promote health in my community. And like many of my urban colleagues, ... aware of the same, yet different, challenges of delivering health care in the rural and remote regions. I have great ...
Letters July/August 2013
... regulatory authorities, or Bri­tish Columbia hospitals/health au­thorities require CPCs from the College. We note ... also has associated fees.  Under Section 25.3 of the Health Professions Act, a CPC or an equivalent document is ... that the costs associated with producing a CPC for non–health authority purposes (for example, the registrant ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Gordon Hoag, MD September 2013
... innovative initiative funded by the joint BCMA/Ministry of Health Shared Care Committee is improving access to ... of a suite of Shared Care initiatives that aim to improve health outcomes and the patient journey through the health care system by improving coordination of care between ...
News December 2013
... every hospital in BC is now available to pregnant women, health care providers, and the general public on a searchable ... Perinatal Services BC (PSBC), an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority, to help maternity care providers ... to determine that the information is important to the health and well-being of mothers and babies, measurable, and ...