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News October 2020
Children across BC with extraordinary health needs, requiring complex care, ... care transition centre in Vancouver. Operated by the BC Children’s Hospital, the facility will fill gaps in ... network will extend the centre’s reach to every area of BC and will also include training and support for caregivers ...
News December 2020
The Rural Coordination Centre of BC’s Rural Site Visits project is compiling details about ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI January/February 2020
... at average risk and higher-than-average risk. But the BC Cancer Breast Screening Program (BCCBSP) limits ... on breast cancer diagnosis: A study of participants in the BC Cancer Breast Screening Program .” Letters Re: Influence ...
Editorials / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC April 2020
... my eyes to how traditional practitioners contribute to the BC medical system. ELDER GERRY OLEMAN: In 1995 families with ... journey so far to incorporate traditional healing into the BC health care system. I would like to thank the numerous ... Indigenous Elders and their communities and all of the BC health authorities, particularly the First Nations Health ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2020
... and share joy as we navigate this pandemic. The people of BC have been asked to physically distance themselves, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Abigail Steinberg, MD November 2020
... but pulmonary infection cannot be excluded.[ 2 ] The BC Centre for Disease Control has coordinated surveillance of VALI in BC. By February 2020, 2807 hospitalizations and 68 deaths due ... Agency of Canada.[ 4 ] Five VALI cases were reported in BC: one confirmed and four probable. Cases were identified in ...
News March 2020
BC health care professionals and stakeholders are invited to participate as external reviewers of draft version of BC guidelines. Peer review is a critical component of the ... review involves 1) regular mail sent to a random sample of BC physicians and relevant specialists, and 2) emails to a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: T. Justin Dhinsa, BSc May 2020
... improvement observational study of patients treated at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) was proposed to address this ... and Ewing sarcoma.    Methods: Six pediatric patients at BC Children’s Hospital who were diagnosed with either ... of four health care professionals before referral to BC Children’s Hospital, and three patients spent 4 to 9 ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) December 2020
... Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia was rendered in BC Supreme Court following 11 years of litigation. The ... Vancouver Sun reported on 15 September 2020 that 17% of BC residents (780 000) do not have a family physician, ...
Letters / BY: Marisa Ponzo, MD-PhD, FRCPC April 2020
... screening can be ordered by sending blood tests to BC Transplant, the laboratory in charge of HLA genotyping. ...