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Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... unable to effect a cure in most cases. A group of Seattle doctors started performing PB in 1987, introducing much ... health care system, radiation oncologists from the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) established the Prostate ... in 1997. To date, over 2750 patients have received PB in BC, making it the largest program in Canada and one of the ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Diana June King, March 2010
In November 2009, we lost a giant of BC medicine. Dr Don Rix has left behind a legacy of ... it. He started a courier system to pick up samples from doctors’ offices and clinics (which had been sent through ... in our more remote communities to help keep trained doctors in those communities. His long relationship with BCIT ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Robert Young, MD, June 2010
... representatives from Divisions of Family Practice across BC met with representatives from the BCMA, the Ministry of ... of attachment, which is to ensure that every person in BC who wants to have a family physician can, including those ... they are es­tablished as a society with over 85% of the doctors in the community and they have a collaborative ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD December 2010
... of outcomes for patients treated for rectal cancer in BC.[ 1 ] Pelvic recurrence at 4 years occurred in 16% of ... an in­formation campaign to raise awareness among family doctors, outcomes ana­lysis using data from pa­tient ... was to implement the treatment plan and to inform family doctors in BC of the new rectal cancer management strategy. ...
News March 2010
In January, the BC Cancer Agency’s Screening Mammography Program (SMP) ... Fast Track Referral System (Fast Track), providing every BC physician with access to the program. The goal of Fast ... imaging following an abnormal mammography result. Now all doctors and SMP participants will automatically have access ...
News&Notes / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... of two or three of the largest private practice clinics in BC.  In January 2010, Caledonian Clinic switched from an ... for transcriptionists to enter information dictated by the doctors.  By 2009, however, Ms Gross and the clinic saw that ... and technical details under Case Studies at  www.pito.bc.ca . News&Notes Special Feature: An EMR story that spans ...
Interviews December 2010
... his patients, Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP, has been recognized as BC Family Physician of the Year. Dr Wilson is dedicated to ... Maternity Service (FPMS), a group of dedicated family doctors passionate about providing sustainable maternity ... Vancouver’s Walk With Your Doc and the CFPC’s Doctors Promoting Active Living.  He and his wife, Helen ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD November 2010
... process and planned for the publication of a new BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive to replace the 1997 ... edition.  After a long consultation period, in which many doctors volunteered their time, the new edition was published ... a physician or other health professional to report.  Doctors can feel uncomfortable balancing the mobility needs ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, March 2010
... The module has also engaged representatives from the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, Vancouver ... a strong working relationship between school counselors, doctors, and mental health teams to ensure effective care for ... a presession group average of 3.0.  Although all family doctors have received mental health training, Dr Oppel says ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2010
... crisis is likely to deepen as our aging population of doctors moves into retirement. But while cogent explanations ... from abroad and to repatriate foreign-trained Canadian doctors have yet to deliver the hoped-for bonanza, and even ... and regulatory structures can be put into place. As yet BC does not regulate PAs, although the government has ...