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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Chelsea Haines, RN, BScN, November 2013
... framework to stimulate collective action across the health system and ensure that all British Columbians ... ImmunizeBC is a collaborative project of the Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, regional health authorities, and HealthLinkBC. A key component of the ...
News March 2012
... to earn accolades, recently winning bronze in the Health Care Leadership category of the Institute of Public ... approaches to overcoming challenges in fields such as health care, education, and governance, particularly those ... Care Committee (a joint committee of the BC Ministry of Health and the BC Medical Association) and Providence Health ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, May 2012
... a group of physicians who are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of their patients. Within that larger ... in the end, we all want the same relative goals—a health care system that works for our patients and for the ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC July/August 2012
... as the head of the Virology Laboratory at the Provincial Health Laboratory and subsequently at the BC Centre for ...
Letters / BY: Gordon Saunders, MD, October 2012
... response to the letter by Dr Andrew Farquhar [Re: Focus on health, not weight,  BCMJ  2012;54:229-230 ] I would like ... a diploma in human exercise physiology (CPT).  The CSEP Health and Fitness Program in BC offers a member directory ... population and works in a variety of fitness and health promotion environments. The CSEP-CEP performs ...
News December 2012
... Policy Leadership Award of Merit from the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division.  In 2009, the BCMA published ... collaboration between the Association and the Ministry of Health on the development of clinical guidelines for ...
Letters / BY: Matt Mayer, MSc, January/February 2012
... for any purpose, including the treatment of alcoholism. Health Canada’s Drug Product Database[ 1 ] shows no ... in 2001 and is no longer approved for use in Canada by Health Canada. —J. Rogers, MD Letters Error in alcohol ...
News April 2012
... Dr Christilaw is president of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and is a well-known lead­er in wo­men’s health. The award recognizes her more than 25 years of commitment to women’s health in BC, Canada, and globally. Visit Dr ...
News June 2012
The Fraser Institute recently released two new health care studies. The first, on the drug approval process ... process of authorizing reimbursement.  Data show that Health Canada took longer to approve new medicines than the ... . The second study, on Canada’s health insurance system, provides data indicating that ...
Letters / BY: John Walton, MD September 2012
... This is an outrage. Imagine what the province could do in health care with another $661 million a year. Surely, as Dr ...