News
May 2021
... consultations with rural physicians, communities, and health authorities as part of a review of the program. This ... addition, medical and administrative leaders in each rural health authority, community groups, subject matter experts, ... physicians’ RRP flat fee payment disbursed through the health authority on behalf of the JSC. The minimum point ...
Letters /
BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM
July/August 2021
... inform areas of future research and strategies to improve health care for vulnerable populations. We used the name ...
News
September 2021
Research led by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist Dr Silke Appel-Cresswell ...
President's Comment /
BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD
December 2021
... To simply put one foot in front of the other as a health care worker during these times is a heroic act. And ... chronic underfunding and misallocation of resources in our health care system. In a cruel twist, we are relied upon more ...
College Library /
BY: Paula Osachoff
January/February 2021
... resources as possible. Locally, the eHLbc (Electronic Health Library of BC) consortium provides many health libraries access to databases, e-books, and journal ...
News
April 2021
... fees directly from MSP (i.e., payments assigned to health authorities are not eligible for the premium). One ... concerns about their BCP payment are encouraged to phone Health Insurance BC (HIBC) for assistance. HIBC administers ...
Letters /
BY: Brian S. Pound, MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, LMCC
June 2021
... are losing the esteem from their patients, while other health care professionals are enjoying increasing popularity ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Brian Deady, MD, FRCPC
September 2021
... studies have identified asymptomatic COVID-19-positive health care workers among on-duty hospital personnel,[ 1-5 ] ... by identifying the point prevalence of asymptomatic health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 while on ... facility in a large urban centre located within the Fraser Health Authority of British Columbia. The information gleaned ...
News
October 2021
British Columbians can now navigate and connect with mental health and substance-use information and supports via the ... available to them. It includes information about mental health and substance use to help support children or youth, ... by people with lived and living experience of mental health and substance-use challenges. News Website to connect ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
November 2021
... When faced with the abbreviation MI , for example, most health care providers automatically register that the ...