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News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2009
... to fit everything in. Lastly, he poignantly shares his own health struggles, which eventually led to his retirement. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Peter J. Nicholson, January/February 2009
... certainly the public, out of concern for their personal health and safety, would agree that medical studies should be ... within the profession as a whole. Changes in primary health care delivery could be more easily implemented if a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aneez Mohamed, MD, FRCPC, May 2009
... robust clinical outcome data supporting their use: our health system and the patients we care for deserve as much. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gregory D. Deans, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2009
... seasonal influenza vaccination is still important for health care providers and people in high-risk groups because ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD October 2009
... immigrants from many parts of the world. In 2006 the World Health Organization reported that 83% of all tuberculosis ... eventually arrive, of whom 6000 applicants are referred to health authorities across the country for postlanding medical ... exclude those deemed to represent excessive demand on the health care system upon arrival. It is not designed to ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, December 2009
... between disparate EMRs. • Collaboration with the local health authorities regarding key interface points between ... Physician Network In parallel to PITO, the Ministry of Health Services is implementing the Private Physician Network ... and the Internet. It will soon also connect to the local health authorities and hospitals.  To date, 750 physicians ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2009
... de­signed to improve services to injured workers, health care providers, and employers. As WorkSafeBC receives ... the claim, and, in most cases, pay worker benefits and health care provider billings. The CMS system allows ... 11 that are already available in the forms section of the Health Care Providers pages of the WorkSafeBC web site, ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2009
... community just didn’t find the value in EMRs until the health au­thority was able to provide the diagnostic and ...
News / BY: Francis Gardiner, July/August 2009
... and Control Network (CCPCN), supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Partnership Against ... . The web site provides information for the public and health care professionals about cervical cancer, cervical ... sent to your office at no cost. —Francis Gardiner Public Health Agency of Canada News Cervical cancer web site launch ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS November 2009
... by anesthesiologists, family physicians, nurses, and other health care workers.  Out of 102 colorectal resections ... stay.[ 4-8 ] At $1000+ per patient-bed day in the Canadian health care system, a 2-day hospital stay offers significant ...