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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Robert Young, MD, June 2010
... BC met with representatives from the BCMA, the Ministry of Health Services, and the province’s health authorities as well as with patients and their ... to increased benefits for patients and lower costs to the health care system.[ 1 ]  Since the challenge of attaching ...
News September 2010
... courage or the endurance of hardship in the promotion of health or the saving of life; or advancing the humanitarian ... to the advancement of medical research, medical education, health care organization, or health education of the public; service to the people of ...
News November 2010
Health Education Solutions, an American continuing medical ... courses. The 10-article special section is free for health care providers, first responders, and individuals who ... Mimics,” and “The Seven D’s of Stroke Survival.” Health Education Solutions provides the cognitive portions of ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD January/February 2010
... please contact the BCMA and ask for the Council on Health Promotion. One of the most powerful messages the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... and living expenses) are covered by the BC Ministry of Health Services. These patients then return to be cared for ... should be well informed and demonstrate adequate health behavior and a willingness to adhere to health care guidelines.[ 12 ]  In BC potential transplant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bayliss, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2010
... Women’s Hos­pital in Boston designed the Physicians’ Health Study, the first randomized controlled trial to ... At approximately the same time that the Physicians’ Health Study was underway, a group from Oxford University in ... Trial conflicted with those of the Physicians’ Health Study, it is important to note that the British trial ...
Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC October 2010
... antibiotics in our livestock should be of great concern to Health Canada. —H.C. George Wong, MD Vancouver Letters Re: ...
News December 2010
... for this coverage—it’s not automatic. Proof of good health at the time of application is required by the ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
... program feature requests and training, and with the local health authority for interfacing of lab and other data. ... of my fingers, I would have had a COP or an integrated health network 3 years ago. But it’s getting all the people ... increased when integration with local GPs and health authorities is part of the solution. With seemingly ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, May 2010
... to employ his creativity and compassion to tackle new health care issues locally and internationally.  His ... clear there needed to be a forum for those interested in health care issues that impact this population. Of course, ... very proud of it. My major focus now has been in Fraser Health, which is where most of my time and energy is spent. ...