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News January/February 2010
... Committee (GPSC) web site was launched on 1 February 2010. BC’s family physicians now have a new online resource for ... initiatives of this joint committee of the BCMA and the BC Ministry of Health Services.  Visit  www.gpscbc.ca  to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mazhar Haque, MBBS, FRACP, May 2010
... survival rates of 75% after liver transplantation in BC ( Figure 1 ).[ 3 ]  In contrast, the expected survival of ... diseases in the absence of structural liver disease. In BC this most notably takes the form of urea cycle defects in ... of patients who are on a liver transplant wait list.  BC Transplant data for the number of referrals for ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
... Breaking down the EMR adoption statistics in Canada, and BC in particular, provides a significantly more useful ... existing EMR users and implementations currently underway, BC is at around 90% adoption of EMR among large FSFP clinics ... leadership of the community of practice groups in many of BC’s smaller communities,[ 5 ] and the difficulty in paper ...
News / BY: Michael Schachter, MD, November 2010
... Table  shows the projected CKD prevalence figures for BC by health authority. While the projected total ... live with high-risk CKD stage 3 to 4. At the same time, BC has only about 50 full-time nephrologists. It is clear ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, March 2010
... The module has also engaged representatives from the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, Vancouver ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, May 2010
... exciting area. Now alumni who practise in rural and remote BC can be engaged. Whether it is through teaching or ... Something very special to me was my involvement with the BC Medical Association. I think I’ve served on every single ... the basis of the relationship between the doctors of BC and the provincial government. The agreements were for 8 ...
News / BY: Gayl Sarbit, MEd, September 2010
... quit smoking. Links to free smoking-cessation services in BC are listed in the pamphlet. To view and download PDF ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Wilma Arruda, MD, December 2010
... Susan is not ready for kindergarten. Almost one-third of BC children eligible for kindergarten are not developmentally ... development in British Columbia: • “Today only 71% of BC children arrive at kindergarten meeting all the ... it could be, the current vulnerability rate signals that BC now tolerates an unnecessary brain drain that will ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD January/February 2010
... ideal. It is estimated that the average annual cost in BC for an individual in a long-term care (LTC) facility is ... 2001, an additional 4000 LTC beds have been created in BC, which is great for those who need them, but we need to ...
News April 2010
... the Provincial Health Services Authority, including the BC Centre for Disease Control, under the leadership of the Dr Julio Montaner, director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.  For British ... possible.  It is estimated that more than 12000 people in BC are living with HIV, and about 27% of these individuals ...