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Clinical Articles / BY: Alan Brookstone, MD June 2004
... implemented, electronic medical record (EMR) systems allow health care providers to easily share patient information, ... for wine. This process is just beginning to take place in health care. Unfortunately, governments, medical ... in the future? Fortunately, provincial ministries of health and national bodies are beginning to address these ...
Letters November 2004
... guidelines; we agree. The Danish Institute for Health Technology Assessment published in 1999 [5]  differs ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Teresa Clarke, MD January/February 2004
... patients either paid privately or used their extended health benefits to pay for treatment. Patients received 12 ... follow-up for their fibromyalgia patients while another health care professional, such as a physiotherapist, could ...
Letters / BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC July/August 2004
... in partnership with the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Canada. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem for aboriginal people in Canada due to the ... of tuberculosis disease in Canada declines, public health officials focus on the identification and management ...
Editorials / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC April 2004
... in the pediatric population. Many authors and leading health care authorities have proposed a variety of guidelines ... members by referring general physicians and pediatricians. Health care providers must recognize that they have unique ... the main focus of any assessment must always remain the health and well-being of our patients, it is vital that we ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC November 2004
... was sponsored chiefly by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), and it involved the participation of a number ... the next 2 years. Nationally, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has provided $10 million to the 12 Canadian ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael L. Rekart, MD, DTM&H, MHSc April 2003
... on 1 May 2003, there will be important implications for health care providers and patients. For this initiative to be ... HIV test will now be reported to local and provincial health authorities and that public health will contact the health care provider and sometimes ...
Letters / BY: Ken Stewart, MLA December 2003
... is a tribute to Dr Asante’s dedication to this important health issue. His commitment to our children is further ... in our backyard, and even luckier to have such a dedicated health care provider in our midst. Congratulations and thank ...
Letters / BY: Donald J. Young, MD June 2003
... evidence that it is not the total amount that is spent on health care that makes a difference in general health, but rather how the health dollars are distributed (the glaring example being the ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Taddei, PharmD March 2003
... for other patients. This is truly a shame when our public health care system is financially strained and starting to ... of Pharmacy Services    Fraser North Area,     Fraser Health Authority Dr Koehler responds When offering a critical ... there is demonstrable benefit, both to the patient and to health care costs. Since the vast majority of patients are ...