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President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC December 2024
... reporting burnout and many reaching out to the Physician Health Program for help. This is the time when we need to ... above and make a significant and positive impact during a health care crisis in a constrained system. The impact we as ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD January/February 2024
... optimize patient outcomes. British Columbia’s Northern Health Region primarily serves rural and remote populations. ... been an audit of melanoma surgeries within the Northern Health Region. This study aimed to quantify guideline ... reports for all melanoma-related cases in the Northern Health Region from 2016 to 2020. Ethics approval was granted ...
News April 2024
... care: Longitudinal Family Physician Payment Model and Health Connect Registry Responding to challenges in BC ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Curtis May, MD, MPH, CCFP June 2024
... of heat stress (see more examples at www.worksafebc.com/en/health-safety/hazards-exposures/heat-stress ). If you’re ... place possible and apply cold water. Call emergency health services. Heat stroke is a medical emergency. ...
Premise / BY: A. Hoverman, DO, MPH, CCFP September 2024
... area of concern among such fundamental causes of poor health: the loneliness experienced when elders find ... As physicians, we are their confidants, friends, and health advocates, and we are privileged to learn about our ... General Dr Vivek Murthy called loneliness a growing health epidemic on par with every chronic public health issue ...
News / BY: Laura McLean November 2024
... This rider allows you to increase your coverage, without health questions, each November during open enrollment. ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD January/February 2024
... lives.[ 1 ] I agree.[ 2 ] There are also environmental and health reasons to eat mostly plant-derived food. It takes 4 ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Tyson A. Boettcher, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... to stay active, which can negatively impact their overall health and weight. Even in highly motivated patients who have ... extend beyond a simple threshold, with a focus on overall health, perioperative risk management, and distribution of ...
Premise / BY: B.R. Ohata, MD, CM July/August 2024
... Columbia face significant disparities in accessing quality health care services and professional supports. These ... a history of inequitable and underprioritized access to health care resources has been observed.[ 1 ] In response to ... timely, video-enabled access to specialty expertise for health care providers, such as on-the-ground family ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Alexander R. Hemy, MD October 2024
... IV criteria.[ 2 ] IBS has negative impacts on patients’ health-related quality of life[ 3 ] and results in a significant direct and indirect socioeconomic and health care burden.[ 4 , 5 ] Clinical cases Case 1 Patient 1 ... carefully reintroduced.[ 16 ] The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) diet is a less restrictive ...