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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 ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2010
... in Alberta have piloted it and it will be piloted in BC before its adoption by the Office of the Superintendent of ... Motor Vehicles as a recommended screening tool.  The 2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive was extensively ... criterion for retention, not fixed-term limits. Why should doctors get involved in the BCMA? Well, I first got involved ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, May 2010
Many family doctors in Bri­tish Columbia hold group medical visits to ... work in geriatric psychiatry. She is the first doctor in BC to hold group visits for patients with dementia and their ... the BC Ministry of Health and the BCMA. GPSC supports doctors by developing and implementing programs that improve ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2010
... Next, I remember a negotiated contract where the doctors of BC were partially responsible for the global physician ... government decided early on in the fiscal year that the doctors were going to exceed this budget, so without ...