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WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon June 2011
... grant to develop a participatory ergonomics guide for BC workplaces. The grant application process WorkSafeBC’s ... basis, targeting specific issues of interest to WorkSafe­BC. Systematic reviews, completed or in progress, include ... all Canadian workers, and a unique partnership with the Centre for Health Services and Policy Re­search (CHSPR) at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Richard T. Lester, MD, June 2011
... such as diabetes and asthma.[ 5 ] Our aim at the BC Centre for Disease Control is to assist in the control and ... prevention of communicable diseases among the people of BC and to defend and promote health among vulnerable ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc September 2011
BC physicians are playing an active role in rethinking ... the introduction of a few very resistant isolates to BC, we see relatively low levels of Enterobacteriaceae spp. ... M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc —Rachel M. McKay, MSc BC Centre for Disease Control This article is the opinion of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM April 2010
... Mexico. It was first identified by the British Co­lumbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Microbiology ... but ongoing system improvements should continue.  As one BC virologist said, “This was a training virus.” BC Centre for Disease Control Pandemic influenza: ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, May 2010
... work in geriatric psychiatry. She is the first doctor in BC to hold group visits for patients with dementia and their ... Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the BC Ministry of Health and the BCMA. GPSC supports doctors by ... in a large central space at the Smithers Healthy Living Centre and snacks are served. After confidentiality ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Andrew Montgomerie, June 2010
... verify the status of a claim by calling the Claim Call Centre. In the Vancouver area, call 604 231-8888; from elsewhere in BC, call toll free 1 888 967-5377. Training for MOAs and ... (see  Figure 1 ).  Then, on the Health Care Provider Centre page, click “Subscribe to receive Health Care ...
News September 2010
... ability to prevent HIV transmission is considered.  The BC government recently invested in a $48 million, 4-year ... Treat program is currently being evaluated as part of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS research program, Seek and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer M. Wilson, MD, FRCPC, May 2010
... can all be seen when looking at lung transplantation in BC today.  It is essential for those caring for patients ... when more specialized input from a lung transplant centre is desirable. Successes The field of lung ... the number of transplants that can be performed in BC and Canada is limited by the relatively small cadaveric ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
... Breaking down the EMR adoption statistics in Canada, and BC in particular, provides a significantly more useful ... service). • Purely or primarily walk-in/treat­ment centre clinics. • Specialized GP and mixed GP/special­ist ... existing EMR users and implementations currently underway, BC is at around 90% adoption of EMR among large FSFP clinics ...
Letters / BY: R. Brar, MD January/February 2010
... editorial appeared an advertisement for the Cambie Surgery Centre, the private clinic with which Dr Day is affiliated. ... it discredits the  BCMJ  as an objective resource for BC physicians.  As members of the BCMA, we object to ... policy. Dr Day’s co-ownership of the Cambie Surgery Centre is a well-known fact both inside and outside the ...