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WorkSafeBC, COVID-19 / BY: Jacqueline Holmes March 2022
... our prevention efforts on high-risk work activities in health care and community social services worksites under our ... physicians and their staff play an important role as health care providers to the injured workers we support. ... Second, with the high risk of COVID-19 transmission in health care, physicians play an instrumental role as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR May 2022
... regional home care program at the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre.[ 6 ] These models have provided many benefits to health care systems, including reducing the length of ... different criteria: some require patients to return to a health care facility such as a hospital clinic or outpatient ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2022
... lifestyle changes, counseling, addiction, mental health, and more, but then ignore our own advice. I wonder ... To me this demonstrates that either physician health is a chronic problem or Dr Richardson was ahead of his ... share knowledge, and discuss our experiences in the varied health care settings of this beautiful province. The BCMJ was ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Delilah Topic, MD, FRCPC November 2022
... metabolic bone disorder, I’ve been on both sides of the health care system for most of my life. However, it was my ... certainty can be problematic. The significance of mental health in chronic disease The link between having a chronic ... my years as a patient, I have often felt that my mental health wasn’t given the same level of attention as my ...
Obituaries / BY: William Akeroyd, MD January/February 2022
... an energetic community and worked to expand Whistler’s health care facilities to the high standard that is provided ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Kotaska, MD April 2022
... Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of BC Adjunct Professor, Department of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, MPH July/August 2022
In a country as diverse as Canada, health practitioners must be able to care for individuals ... and cultures. Neglecting this crucial component of health can lead to health inequities and poorer health outcomes. This became ...
News October 2022
... in infertility, egg freezing, and women’s reproductive health and is also co-director at the Pacific Centre for ... medical director for primary care for BC’s First Nations Health Authority, the site director for the UBC Indigenous ... and humility. She is also an avid speaker about Indigenous health, cultural safety and humility, and anti-Indigenous ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM December 2022
... registered, the sooner your patient can receive applicable health care and wage loss benefits. Physicians are reimbursed ... calls to the RACE line) to collaborate with other health care providers and WorkSafeBC case management team ... in the care of an injured worker. Community allied health provider involved in the care of your patient (e.g., ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC March 2022
... and long waits, the response from governments and some health authorities was to increase the number of MRI scanners ... has led to a worsening of the problem. In the Northern Health Authority (NHA), between 2018 and 2019 this policy led ... that ideas and efforts to curb the wasteful spending of health care money are not met with more acceptance from ...