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News January/February 2011
... student to pursue dual masters’ degrees in global health science and global governance and diplomacy at Oxford ... placements and exchanges. He is focusing on global health issues in low-income countries, encompassing perspectives that include public health, economics, political science, and history. Jaswal, ...
News / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD March 2011
... the belief that if we as physicians don’t participate in health care management and change issues, someone else will. ... realize that we wield huge power and influence in the health care systems. They are visionaries who have also ... of department head, chief of staff, dean of medicine, or health care administrators. It will also appeal to those ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD May 2011
... do so, knows how much anesthesiologists contribute to the health care team. Anything that limits the availability of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rishi K. Bhalla, PhD, September 2011
... age 60 and older. It is associated with several public health concerns, including increased mortality rates, physical disability, functional decline, increased health care utilization, and increased suicide rate.[ 1-3 ]  ... 6 years later.[ 20 ] Longitudinal data from the Women’s Health and Aging Study similarly found that baseline ...
Letters / BY: Sheri Souch, October 2011
... Denial: The Lyme Disease Epidemic: A Canadian Public Health Disaster , edited by Helke Ferrie.  Within the covers ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2011
... circumstances. One would think that stewards of the health care system would recognize such a situation and ... the utility of the above value-added offerings at Inspire­Health might wonder how patients attending such a program ... not—are more likely to come from the upper part of the health bell curve no matter what their disease. The fact that ...
News / BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA April 2011
... be deductible, placing you in a neutral tax position. Health and dental insurance These premiums are a ... you receive are tax free. If you belong to the BCMA Health Benefits Trust Fund (HBTF) Core-Plus Plan, your ... then tax deduc­tible. This ability to pay for and deduct health care expenses directly through the HBTF Core-Plus Plan ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon June 2011
... the best scientific evidence on a broad range of workplace health and safety issues. In 2000, the WorkSafeBC Research ... from measuring the full costs and benefits of occupational health and safety interventions in health care to studying heart disease in firefighters and ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, September 2011
... coverage without having to re-qualify. Maintaining your health Better than anyone, you know that an ounce of ... dental care, eye exams, prescriptions, and other proactive health maintenance may fall to the wayside due to the high cost of these types of expenses. Extended health care and dental insurance available through the BCMA ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2011
... a number of meetings chaired by administrators of my local health region. Since I don’t want to single any one group ... range of integrated community programs designed to improve health system capacity and foster a population health focus that will help sustain care and services across ...