News
May 2017
... please refer to the GPSC’s attachment billing guide.[ 1 ] GPSC fee code G14043 (GP Mental Health Planning Fee) This ... health billing guide.[ 2 ] Pharmacare coverage Effective 1 February 2017, Pharmacare will cover Methadose for ...
Letters
June 2017
... how the author inferred an increase from 3.4% to 12.1% in drivers who tested positive for cannabis only, from ...
News
September 2017
... is available online. Earn up to 8 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits. Information and registration: ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC
March 2017
... 96% involve the long head, 3% the distal, and 1% the short head of the biceps.[ 1,2 ] Anabolic steroid use, tendinopathy, or a rotator cuff ...
Letters /
BY: Marisa Wan, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2017
... ill patients who may also be ventilated and sedated.[ 1 ] These strategies include implementing the ABCDEF bundle ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: John Paul Thompson, MD
October 2017
... TDH is approximately one in a million per year,[ 1 ] and 0.25% to 0.75% of total incidents of symptomatic ... 3 ] TDH presents with three clinical finding patterns: 1. Axial (back dominant) pain in the mid- to ...
News /
BY: Maria Hubinette, MD
January/February 2017
... may take students for a variety of durations, ranging from 1 afternoon per week (for as little as 4 weeks). Longer ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc
May 2017
... care provider is musculoskeletal pain or disability,[ 1 ] and such complaints account for up to 28% of all problems ... physical disability and absence from the workforce.[ 1 ] Shoulder pain is the third most common complaint ... referral to specialist assessment was 138 (99) days. Table 1 presents the diagnoses and demographic characteristics of ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc
September 2017
... to raise awareness about the treatment of concussions.[ 1 ] The Public Health Agency of Canada was given a 2-year budget of $1.4 million to raise awareness about and develop a ... the majority of concussions seem to resolve within 1 month if treated appropriately. —Tommy Gerschman, MD, ...
Editorials /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
December 2017
Dr Eric Cadesky Dr Kendall Ho In Part 1 of this theme issue we explored how technology can be used ...