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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, September 2008
... as of June 2008. The module emphasizes the role of the health care team in fostering self-management, suggesting ... live well with a chronic condition[ 1 ]) include improved health outcomes, health status, medication management, and quality of life. ...
Letters / BY: Joan L. Rush, LLB, November 2008
... other dual diagnosis: Developmental disability and mental health disorders” [BCMJ 2008;50:319-324] did not contact ... their medical needs. CLBC is pleased to work with health care professionals to that end.  As a parent and a ... profession to turn its collective attention to meeting the health care needs of this population.  —Joan L. Rush, LLB ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... identified, the Poison Control Centre notified the public health office to ensure that an environmental health hazard did not result from this man’s action. An ... by conference call led to the conclusion that there was no health risk. After the patient completed the  first course ...
News January/February 2008
... of the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, Dr McManus led the development and implementation of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM April 2008
... was transmitted by mosquitoes. Ma­laria is a major public health problem worldwide. Over 2.4 billion people in more ... must be performed as STAT testing in Re­gional Health Authority Laboratories.  The BCCDC Laboratory ... are reminded to report this infection to public health. —Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM  —Quantine Wong, ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, July/August 2008
... the same or similar chronic conditions who meet with a health care team that consists of two or more of the ... at an IHI conference, and is now a GP champion on Interior Health’s PSP team. In that role, she will mentor her ... soon PSP group visit modules will soon be available in all health authorities. The sessions will enable practices to ...
News October 2008
... Medical Association and their Centre for Physician Health and Well-being launched a new podcast series called ... her entire practice. Healthy Practices features a range of health expert guests, including physicians and people from ... to December 2008.  The first series focuses on mental health and will cover stress, burnout, depression, and ...
News&Notes December 2008
... the BCMA. There are a great many articles about universal health care, a pressing issue at the time, with strong ... opinions both for and against this new concept in Canadian health care. Along with this come warnings about the dire straits of physicians and patients in the National Health Service of the UK. In the June issue there is an ...
News / BY: Darrell Thomson, March 2008
... of myriad committees, dealing with everything from health system planning to dispute resolution. No fewer than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD May 2008
... the family physician provides an entry point into the health care system and a link to secondary care.[ 1 ] As the ... is in a unique and strategic position to deliver effective health care messages and influence the patient’s care ... lifetimes.[ 2 ]  Cancer control includes a spectrum of health-related activities such as prevention, screening, ...