News /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
October 2017
... residents, several doctors in their first years of practice, and an almost equal gender representation. The CMA ...
Premise /
BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP
March 2017
As a recent UBC graduate and new-in-practice family physician, I read with interest the 2014 ...
Letters /
BY: Douglas Bell, MD
September 2017
... involved in medical-legal issues arising from their practice, the CMPA compensates, on behalf of its members, ...
President's Comment /
BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD
November 2017
... is addressing these challenges by re-evaluating the Family Practice Oncology Network and assessing options for patient ... training course several years ago. When I started in practice, cancer care and chemotherapy were part of our ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jerry C. Chen, MD, FRCSC
October 2017
... than 20 mL/min). Currently, the American Venous Forum practice guidelines[ 3 ] assign a weak recommendation for ...
Obituaries /
BY: Meryl Begert
January/February 2017
... knowledge and experience. After a period in general practice, he made the decision to do specialty training in ... the first office in Nanaimo that offered a specialty practice in internal medicine. At the Nanaimo Regional ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
May 2017
... to use one system for both tasks. The Patterns of Practice Committee has a few audit tips for physicians who ... and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) for more information on good practice guidelines pertaining to EMRs. • CMPA. ... ) —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee$ Billing Tips EMR audit pitfalls ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC
July/August 2017
... be passed. As a result of this committee’s work, the practice standards for all college registrants in BC are ... a physician with a large number of elderly patients in his practice, has provided medically assisted death for three of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
October 2017
... therapy and an aid to wiser antibiotic use in front-line practice. The guide was initially available as a book, ...
Letters /
BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD
March 2017
... upfront investment required when a new patient joins a practice, but must look to Doctors of BC and the Medical ...