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President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD September 2020
... our population was able to access food, water, shelter, health care, and other supports needed to address the first ... succeeded in flattening our curve without overwhelming our health care system. What cannot be emphasized enough in our success is the resilience of our health care providers, particularly physicians, midwives, and ...
News December 2020
... virtual care. It is designed to improve patient health literacy, confidence, and outcomes through a ... Dr Michelle Scheepers is an anesthesiologist with Interior Health and one of the pilot project’s clinical leads. Dr ... also serves as a quality improvement advisor with Interior Health. With the successful arthroplasty project completed, ...
News March 2020
... potentially reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Using BC health data that include information on prescriptions, health care visits, and hospitalizations, Arthritis Research ...
News / BY: Peter Newbery, MDiv, MD June 2020
... legislature in trying to create a form of provincial health insurance in the 1930s. This book will greatly appeal ...
News November 2020
... of consultations between Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health, the ministry is now offering BC doctors a number of ...
News January/February 2020
... is an associate professor at UBC Okanagan’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences. Little suggests that there is ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Drona Rasali, PhD, FACE May 2020
... manifests itself in manifold challenges in the present-day health management of patients. Multimorbidity has been one of the most complex phenomena in health care systems around the world in recent times. It affects all age groups, but a geriatric focus in health research is prominent owing to higher prevalence among ...
News September 2020
... with the nurses and nurse practitioners along with local health authorities and other partners, to provide team-based ... can work on their own, or with physicians and other health professionals, to provide care across a person’s ... two registered nurses, a social worker, and mental health clinicians to provide team-based care. Patients can ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Karima Jiwa, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2020
... for a workplace injury, occupational disease, or mental health condition. Physicians may request assistance with ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) December 2020
... life. Where there is a will there is a way. Universal health care systems that aim to provide essential care to all ... that their needs cannot be met by state-controlled health systems. Recently, a decision in the case of Cambie ... system determined to ensure that medically necessary health care remains untainted by market forces. A sentiment ...