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Obituaries / BY: Jack and Ruth Albrecht September 2022
... Ridge Hospitals 1953–1996, awarded by the Simon Fraser Health Region in 1998. The C.J. Coady Memorial Medal, in recognition of outstanding contributions to health care and community services, 2000. Canadian Medical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP October 2022
One of the major health challenges in an aging population is mobility ... impairment, along with the resulting cascade of negative health outcomes, including disability, loss of independence, ... 2 ] Recognition of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity by health care providers has important implications for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Abdullah Al Mamun, MBBS, MPH March 2022
... for Disease Control —Edith Blondel-Hill, MD Interior Health Authority, Kelowna —Säde Stenlund, MD BC Centre for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... recipients reside throughout the province; therefore, all health care providers should have a general understanding of ... this population is unknown, and strict adherence to public health measures must be maintained regardless of vaccination ... infectious diseases as required to support the ongoing health of this unique patient population. Competing interests ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD September 2022
... toward truth and reconciliation and antiracist action in health care, we must recognize the deep need for creating space to heal. Health care is designed to protect one of the most sacred assets we have—our health—yet most Indigenous people and those from many other ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS November 2022
... with Indigenous peoples requires action from all health care professionals and providers in British Columbia. ... to have on Indigenous communities, and how unsafe health care spaces have left many Indigenous patients fearful ... unsafe care and to formulate ways to create space in the health care system to better meet the needs of Indigenous ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... the world has just benefited from a truly amazing public health research project on COVID-19. Initial vaccine trials ... should be limited to really serious problems of a public health nature. Quality improvement would be cheaper and less ... to allow the money to be redirected to a big public health issue study of 10 000 patients? —Mark Elliott, MD ...
Letters / BY: Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2022
It is becoming increasingly clear that our future health, as well as the health of future generations, is linked to global planetary health, including the preservation of the natural ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Patrick Wong July/August 2022
... Services Reference Guide at www.worksafebc.com/en/health-care-providers/provider-types/physicians . Please note ...
News / BY: Laura McLean October 2022
... the open enrolment period by up to $2500 without proof of health. Your personal tax return and corporate financial ... applied for coverage, you’ll need to provide proof of health. The insurer will review your existing health and lifestyle to determine your eligibility and may ...