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Editorials / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC April 2020
... practitioners provide in this moment of damage to physical health can improve the mental and spiritual health of the patient. I also believe practitioners have a ... and journey working with patients, families, and health care professionals in the medical system, I see the ...
Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP June 2020
... exist to make money for the owners of those companies. In health care this is no different. The answer is that private ... that these private companies control the electronic health records of the patients registered with them. While it ... think it is both prudent and necessary for the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC to review the status of primary care ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2020
... Dr William Parker and is supported by the UBC Community Health and Wellbeing Cloud Innovation Centre. Additional ... for the project is being provided by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. The team will continue to improve ... released under an open source licence, to be shared with health care facilities worldwide to help early diagnosis of ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Justin Fong, BSc September 2020
Large-scale public health crises offer unique challenges in adaptive practices. ... in clinical settings during a pandemic endanger their own health, safety, and education. Beyond the obvious risk of ... pursuing fields outside of infectious disease and public health.[ 8 ] Third-year medical students also face a pressing ...
MDs To Be / BY: Anita Weng, BSc December 2020
... Use Disorder and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Opioid Dependence ... past 3 years.[ 26 ] The program, established by Alberta Health Services, is currently serving clients in over 100 ... the helpline or be referred by their physicians or allied health care providers.[ 26 ] According to the program ...
Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MBBS January/February 2020
... to government and a teacher to British Columbians on health care issues. As president he also became a member of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ernest Salcedo March 2020
... which to get support from WorkSafeBC on work-related health conditions: 1.  Outreach to community physicians: The ... physicians can integrate the relationship between work and health into practice. With broad learning objectives that can ... (for all patients, including those with work-related health conditions). Bullying and harassment. Occupational ...
Letters / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC May 2020
... every aspect of our daily lives. Yet, asking “Is our health system ready for digital health?” is not farfetched, reflecting the relative lack of digital uptake in health care delivery today. We must prepare to integrate ...
News June 2020
The Health Data Coalition (HDC) has expanded HDC Discover, a ... be able to generate a more robust picture of population health, helping physicians identify and develop ways to ... to provide access to information that will change the way health care is delivered in the province. The application was ...
Obituaries / BY: Susan Ketchen October 2020
... Christian Homes; and the medical staff of Alberta Mental Health Services, Calgary Region. He also served on the ... Hospital in Comox and consultant psychiatrist to BC Mental Health Services in the Comox Valley and north Vancouver ...