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WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2009
... claims; and, in most cases, pay worker benefits and health care provider billings. Conversion from the old system ... Forms 8 and 11 , available in the forms section of the Health Care Provider pages at WorkSafeBC.com. Since all forms ... prolonged unemployment and disability affect a patient’s health and well-being. For more information If you have any ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD July/August 2009
... is in­creasingly recognized as an essential aspect of health care reform. Indeed, the U.S. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies recommends that health care professionals develop and maintain proficiency in ... recommends using technology information as a core area for health professionals.[ 9 ] Topics of interest in technology ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Howard N. Fenster, MD, FRCSC, October 2009
... States Food and Drug Administration released two public health notifications about serious complications associated ... urinary incontinence. One notification was directed to health care professionals, the other to consumers. In the release to health care professionals, the FDA noted that over the ...
News December 2009
... through the program, a service of the Pro­vincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), include metabolic, ... that may prevent severe mental handicap, growth problems, health problems, and sudden infant death. Blood collection ...
News / BY: Steve Wharry, March 2009
... of issues that had traditionally been dealt with by health care managers and administrators. Twenty-seven years ... include medical expert, communicator, collaborator, health advocate, manager, scholar, and professional, and this ... the year and feature training in strategic planning, health human resource management, finance and economics, and ...
News May 2009
... use MedEffect Canada to report suspected side effects from health products. MedEffect Canada allows physicians and ... The web site also provides the most recent and reliable health product safety information. Increased reporting of ... side effects contributes significantly to the safe use of health products. It’s estimated that less than 10% of ...
Letters / BY: Karen Fediuk, RD, July/August 2009
... limit consumption of all types of canned tuna[ 1 ] whereas Health Canada currently recommends limiting consumption of albacore tuna.[ 2 ] HealthLink BC and Health Canada have set different serving limits and age ... Dr Laurie Chan, chair of Aboriginal environmental health at UNBC, has told me that cheaper light tuna tends to ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, October 2009
... of the practice (e.g., role of the local and provincial health authorities, nature of patient-provider ... working with a number of these specialists, the regional health authorities, and the PITO Steering Committee to ...
Letters / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2009
... regulation was recently implemented across the Interior Health Authority and will soon be coming to the other health authorities. Contrary to their name, these devices are ... appropriate.” These will soon be coming to your health authority. For the sake of your patients and ...
Letters / BY: N.P. Blair, MD, June 2009
... the electronic surgical booking form required by our health authority. I would discourage any surgical specialist ...