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Clinical Articles / BY: Damon Ramsey, MD December 2017
... across North America.[ 1 ] While the terms electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) can ... interchangeably, we have used the term EHR throughout this article to acknowledge the capacity of electronic records to ... PROMs and the use of asynchronous communication. In this article we have not discussed the more traditional workflows ...
Letters / BY: Marisa Wan, MD, FRCPC July/August 2017
Thank you for your interest in our article. As you point out, the skillful diagnosis, ... in your letter. However, this is beyond the scope of our article, which focuses on the care of older adults hospitalized on the medical ward.   Postintensive care syndrome has been ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Spencer, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... and type of fluid intake, bowel elimination history, medical history, and medications. Lastly, the NCA assesses ... a management plan. The assessment begins with a detailed medical and obstetrical history to help establish causes of ... General Meeting in Vancouver. All of the authors of this article have benefited from funding provided by Pfizer to the ...
News&Notes December 2017
... outlived their uselessness.” —Marshall McLuhan The medical hinterland of Bri­tish Columbia is on the cusp of ... to access something so ordinary as an ultrasound. The medical community has long embraced the belief that patients ... Project) for his ongoing support of this program.  This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special report: ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katalin Balogh, MD, PhD, FRCPC April 2017
... function, and delayed placement in long-term care.[ 8 ] 5. Medical treatment of modifiable vascular risk factors for ... it is imperative to document the patient’s general medical and nutritional status, care provider health, and ... care provider and the patient.[ 28,29 ] Summary In this article, a comprehensive literature review provides support ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Colin Jackson, MD, FRCSC May 2017
... type of practice or location are vulnerable. A  Canadian Medical Association Journal  article[ 1 ] notes that almost all primary care physicians ...
News June 2017
... Lancet Neurology  ( www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(17)30076-5/fulltext ). News Medical history reveals MS begins to impact patients sooner ...
Letters / BY: Brady Bouchard, CCFP May 2017
I want to commend Dr Wade on his well-written Premise article detailing the troubled, arguably unnecessary, process that is medical privileging in BC (“Privileging for new medical school graduates in BC,” [ BCMJ  2017;59:123-124 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Perminder Bains, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... new field of biomedical engineering. As the head of the medical engineering section, he led a team in the development ... of biomedical engineering. In 1965 he founded the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society.[ 9 ] He took on a ... Medical, and Boston Scientific. The other authors of this article have not received fees from these manufacturers and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD December 2017
... meet this outcome, doctors are improving access to regular medical care at facilities, evaluating more problems on-site, ... on any of the data or projects outlined in this article please e-mail residentialcare@doctorsofbc.ca . ...