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News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2014
... physicians are a resource for mental health concerns. The Doctors of BC Council on Health Promotion (COHP) made this issue a major ... and health care providers. There exists an opportunity for Doctors of BC to raise awareness among youth and to increase ...
Letters / BY: Nicholas Rety, MD May 2014
... learned about the change of our association’s name to Doctors of BC. I proposed renaming the association Doctors BC some 30 years ago, as described in an article I ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD September 2014
... facility-based groups are the most disengaged members of Doctors of BC. This needs to change. While we have been successful in ... of this plan is to create highly engaged members; doctors who can work with partners in the health care system ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Keith J. White, MD December 2014
... Care Committee is a joint collaborative committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Since then, the PRR—with ... first prototyped in residential care facilities in eight BC communities, with each customizing the approach to suit ...
News December 2014
The Doctors of BC disability insurance plans are designed to help members ... prevent them from working. Claims submitted under the Doctors of BC plans have a high approval rate (fewer than 5% of ...
Letters / BY: Patricia Mirwaldt, MD, CCFP, June 2014
... General Practitioners and the Rural Coordination Centre of BC to identify a diverse cross-section of family physicians ... are developed to best meet the needs of our valued family doctors, patients, and the health care system. —Patricia ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2014
... with such a big problem, everyone needs to do their part. Doctors of BC has been expanding the annual Walk With Your Doc events ... Exercise is Medicine into these events. In the fall, Doctors of BC sponsors the Be Active Every Day program, where ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) May 2014
... government). Advance care planning is being promoted by Doctors of BC—we’ve just released a policy paper on the ... planning process. But we realize there are challenges for doctors. Early in our medical education we associate patient ...
News&Notes / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2014
... the last president of the BCMA and the first president of Doctors of BC, and he identified the launch of the Strategic Plan and ... what members need from the association and to represent Doctors of BC’s commitment to support members so they in ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD November 2014
... of IT tools.  Driving technology is an area where we as doctors can demonstrate leadership and be partners in ... deliver care. I am proud to say that almost 95% of doctors in BC have adopted an electronic medical record system (EMR). It ...