Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Robert Young, MD,
June 2010
... representatives from Divisions of Family Practice across BC met with representatives from the BCMA, the Ministry of ... of attachment, which is to ensure that every person in BC who wants to have a family physician can, including those ... by 2012, the goal for both initiatives is that 90% of BC residents who want a family physician can and will be ...
WorkSafeBC
September 2010
... by calling toll free 888 967-5377 from anywhere in BC or Alberta, then using the last four numbers of the ...
News
December 2010
... in the amount of $2541. Using the highest tax bracket in BC of 43.7%, this GP would have paid $1110 in tax for a ... 604 638-2882 1 800 665-2262, extension 2882 llynch@bcma.bc.ca Karen Paul: 604 638-2836 1 800 665-2262, extension 2836 kpaul@bcma.bc.ca —Lori Moffat BCMA Insurance Manager News Free ...
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 ...
Obituaries /
BY: Robert Hill, BMBCh
March 2009
Henry Dunn was the first pediatric neurologist in BC and a pioneer in Canada, being a founder of the Canadian ... Pediatric Society, the Coady Memorial Medal from the BC Medical Association, and a Career Achievement Award from BC Children’s Hospital’s research division. He was an ...
Letters /
BY: Ivor McMahen, MD,
June 2009
... should really have read “Assessing EMR’s readiness for BC physicians.” I’m definitely not an expert, but I have ... world will beat a path to your door” is as true as ever. BC doctors are not exactly beating a path to the EMR door, ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Craig Martin, MD,
September 2009
... Workers in the fin-fish and seafood harvest industries in BC must wear personal protective equipment to prevent toxic-spine puncture injuries. In BC waters the sharp spines of dogfish, ratfish, rockfish, and ...