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Clinical Articles / BY: Neal Shahidi, January/February 2008
... passive surveillance system (the integrated Public Health Informa­tion System or iPHIS) and the provincial ... indigent urban dwellers during 2006. The hospital and health authority involved in identifying the outbreak will ... with Dr Mark Romney, medical microbiologist, Providence Health Care, 16 August 2007). This study had at least two ...
Premise / BY: Jamie Graham, April 2008
... day. The Vancouver Police letter of support to the federal health minister has been inaccurately used by harm reduction ... we were promised would be complete in 2 or 3 years.  Health Minister Tony Clement has since advised the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, which operates Insite, that their exemption ...
Letters / BY: H. Davis, MD, June 2008
... of the ACRM propose the definition of mTBI, the World Health Organization notes no consensus with regard to the ...
Editorials / BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC September 2008
... over the years, I see a sharp contrast to the way our health system has stagnated and ossified. When the Canadian ... that the aim of the physician or surgeon was to cure ill health, not to make as much money as humanly possible. The ... bureaucracy and the plethora of managers who eat up health dollars before they can reach the patient is one part ...
Letters / BY: Barbara J. Kane, MD, November 2008
... BCMJ, outlining some of the glaring inadequacies in mental health services to children and the developmentally disabled. ... [ Out of control: Solving the child and youth mental health crisis. BCMJ 2008;50:298 ] noted that the situation facing children with men­tal health problems is critical. The recommendation to develop ...
News January/February 2008
... major, to pursue a master’s degree in global health science at Oxford University, starting October 2008. Ms Preston aims to improve public health policy affecting marginalized populations. At UBC she ... medication, studied drug use epidemiology and local public health policy, and she ran a leadership program at Camp ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Wen Q. Gan, MD, MSc, April 2008
... (SGRQ) is used to measure the impact of COPD on overall health, daily life, and perceived well-being. The SGRQ has 76 ... range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating poor health.[ 15 ] Several studies have shown that poor health status at baseline is associated with increased risk ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD July/August 2008
... presumably in response to public pressure for improved health care access.  This legislation should come as no ... were made to enhance the scope of practice of existing health care professionals and expand patient access and choice of health care professionals.  Bill 25, the Health Professions ...
News / BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS October 2008
... additional coverage in the future, without proof of good health. Even if you work in a group practice or a clinic, if ...
News / BY: Terryn Naumann, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, December 2008
... England, the Netherlands, and the United States. Fraser Health is the first BC health authority to implement PAD services. Services will be available in the other health authorities in early 2009. PAD’s drug therapy topics ...