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Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... look at the 16-week window between doses of vaccines in BC for COVID-19.”   A successful vaccination strategy ... Framework and the accompanying ethics analysis.”[ 16 ] BC Provincial Health Officer Dr Bonnie Henry has announced ... vaccine shortage, such as what we are currently facing in BC, throughout Canada, and around the world. Competing ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
In June 2020, the BC Minister of Health commissioned an independent review to ... system after allegations were made of a guessing game in BC emergency departments in relation to the blood alcohol ... Indigenous health workers within care delivery settings in BC. The resulting reports are available online: Summary ...
News / BY: Kerri Farrell May 2021
With the onset of COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, Doctors of BC implemented a work-from-home protocol to keep staff and ... our services increased significantly. For the Doctors of BC Insurance Department, this meant shifting our 22-person ... office environment to a fully remote setting. Doctors of BC worked closely with the insurance carriers and our IT team ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD July/August 2021
... reported significant improvement in the medical care of BC seniors who are in long-term care facilities since it was ... shows how the initiative made a difference for one of BC’s most vulnerable patient populations:[ 1 ] Communities ... in 2015. Implementation of the LTCI is very high across BC, with an uptake of 96% across the 31 000 long-term care ...
News / BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA October 2021
... that you review your coverage with a Doctors of BC insurance advisor 1 year after starting a practice and 2 ... Insurability Benefit (GIB) rider on your Doctors of BC Professional Expense Insurance (PEI) or Disability ... maximum coverage of 30% to 40% of your net income. The BC government–paid Physicians’ Disability Insurance (PDI) ...
News December 2021
... will continue to be held by the Association of Doctors of BC, the BCMJ ’s publisher/owner. The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ...
News January/February 2021
... services their doctor may provide. Approximately 70% of BC family doctors who provide longitudinal care to their ... is a not-for-profit organization supported by Doctors of BC and the British Columbia Ministry of Health through the ...
News April 2021
... Faculty of Medicine. She is also director of the BC Parks Foundation’s Parks Prescriptions (PaRx) program, ... . News 2020 Joule Innovation Grant winners from BC ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2021
... regions. All recreational vehicles have been banned on BC Ferries. As soon as these restrictions were announced, ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) September 2021
... including the spider-bitten At the start of the pandemic, BC patients, as they have since the dawn of time, sustained ... crown. ║  The crest was in fact emblazoned on the BC flag from 1871 to 1906. The noble lion is balanced on all ... of the author. No endorsement by the BCMJ or Doctors of BC expressed or implied. Variant strains and fourth wave ...