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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2005
... and none would stand up to the requirements of the FDA or Health Canada for the introduction of drugs. Clearly there is ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Laura MacDougall, MSc June 2005
... No immunoglobulin G antibodies were detected in 67 health care personnel in Chile exposed to patients with HPS. ... and reporting of HPS cases are important from a public health standpoint. Regular diagnosis allows surveillance for ... for Disease Control. The assistance of environmental health officers from the Interior Health Authority with case ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jana Patenaude, BSc, MSc October 2005
Background According to a report issued by Health Canada in 2002, 4.8% of Canadians, 20 years of age and ... diabetes mellitus. According to a report published by Health Canada, the prevalence rate of diabetes among the ... mellitus in this population. Methods The United Church Health Services operates a clinic and a hospital in Bella ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP April 2005
... last fall, WorkSafeBC (the WCB) has been developing claims/health care management teams that specialize in specific ... 7 October 2005. To download registration form, visit the Health Care Provider Centre at  www.WorkSafebc.com. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2005
... history of travel on the requisition. Reporting to public health Physicians must report clinical cases consistent with ... fall) and lab-confirmed WNV fever to their local medical health officer. A more detailed investigation of cases will be undertaken by public health to increase understanding of the clinical picture and ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB November 2005
... Many believe in the fee-for-service model. So-called health experts who propose saving the system by pressuring ... is the single-payer system with limited funds and rationed health service delivery. Doctors and patients must conform to ... determining appropriate remuneration. The overall rise in health costs, overhead, and other expenses, and the rationing ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP January/February 2005
... strain injuries, introduced in the fall of 2004 by Health Care Services, have generated high return-to-work ... programs, please call your local medical advisor or call Health Care Services at 604 232-7787, toll free at 1 888 ...
Premise / BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin) June 2005
... in a series of steps we must take to deal with the current health care crisis in the province. Physician retention, ... at an arena in Prince George to protest their region’s health care crisis. Physician shortages had led to a ... the ground was broken at UNBC for the Donald Rix Northern Health Science Centre. In spring 2004, testing of technology ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... joint initiative of UBC, the BCMA, and the BC Ministry of Health Services. Those responsible for training rural and ... have reliable access to world-class, appropriately staffed health facilities. The Prince George Regional Hospital is ... northern populations receive equitable access to quality health care. To this end, the literature supports a number of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Linda Munro December 2005
During 2004–2005 the Council on Health Promotion became a principle voice among the chorus of health associations and children’s organizations speaking ... the Council is making plans to tackle another public health issue in 2006, but its work on childhood obesity ...