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Clinical Articles / BY: Karen LeComte, MSN, RN September 2016
... care provided through the Children’s Heart Centre at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) and adult care provided ... the growing population of adults with CHD throughout BC, a closer-to-home care model, patterned on the success of ... Specialist Services Committee (SSC)—joint committees of Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health. ON TRAC reflects ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD July/August 2016
... million claims are processed each year by Health Insurance BC. The system allows physicians to submit billings in most ... for locum work. Read the Preamble and your section of the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees . Be cautious about following billing advice ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Shore, MD, CCFP September 2016
... received the new College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC professional standards on safe prescribing last week to ... pain. Not all patients are con artists or junkies. Not all doctors are inappropriate prescribers. We care about our ...
Obituaries / BY: J.R. Harrigan, MD, March 2016
Dr Dimock was born in Trail, BC, on 14 January 1922, and grew up in the small town. As a ... Dr Dimock served on the Board of Directors of the BCMA/Doctors of BC and the Northwest Occupational Medicine Association. He ...
Letters / BY: Anne Wachsmuth, MD July/August 2016
In the recent Doctors of BC 2016–17 election for president-elect, less than 30% of ... in real change. Two Board members of the Canadian Doctors for Medicare widely circulated e-mails against Dr Day ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD March 2016
... to discuss any concerns they have with the appropriate Doctors of BC staff member on a confidential basis.  If you receive a ... the proper use of a fee code, contact Ms Lea Harth at Doctors of BC ( lharth@doctorsofbc.ca ) for clarification. ...
Letters / BY: Michael M. O’Brien December 2016
... none in the past? UBC Medicine graduated approximately 50 doctors in the early to mid-1960s compared to close to 300 ... that has increased only about 2.6 times, and the number of doctors in the province then (no orphans) was 1 for every 800 ... as was pointed out by a previous president of Doctors of BC; administrators being not well-informed administrators and ...
News October 2016
Doctors who are making changes to technology in their offices ... physician network: PPN) are encouraged to contact the Doctors Technology Office for technical support focused on ... risks. The PPN is a private wide area network managed by BC Clinical and Support Services. A private network allows ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... these new skills and knowledge into their practice. Doctors of BC through the General Practice Services Committee has ... ( www.gpscbc.ca/content/end-of-life-module-helps-family-doctors-discuss-planning-death-patients ). The module ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2016
... by the Directorate of Agencies for School Health (DASH) BC and Action Schools BC, with new government funding. During October the Doctors of BC Be Active Every Day initiative will be ... to engage as many students as possible. That means we need doctors in every community to step up and help us lead the ...