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News April 2019
... from getting tested while providing key information about health and wellness. GetCheckedOnline tests for STIs and ... such as HIV and hepatitis C. It is the first online sexual health service in BC and is available to people living in Metro Vancouver and, in partnership with Island Health and Interior Health Authorities, some parts of ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP June 2019
... and not what is perceived to benefit the system, better health care will ensue. We need flexibility and readiness to ... Hospital (Dr Gillian Lauder), and at Vancouver Coastal Health (Barb Eddy, NP). Vancouver Community Pain Service has ... other therapies in marginalized populations with mental health and addictions. In your profile in UBC Medicine (Vol. ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP July/August 2019
... Nursing Professionals, including RNs, RPNs, LPNs, and NPs. Health care assistants (care aides) registered with the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry. If anyone in these occupations ... less investigation than in the past. WorkSafeBC’s Mental Health Claims Unit (MHCU), a multidisciplinary team managing ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Brian Hillhouse, MD October 2019
... hasn’t always kept pace with the complexities of health care. Physicians know, for example, that confidential ... representing the medical staff approached Northern Health’s information technology (IT) department to see if a ... program that is increasing physician involvement in health authority decision making. It provides funding for ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin December 2019
The GPSC recognizes that doctors and health care team members invest significant time to ensure ... for compensation for QI activities include MOAs, allied health providers in private practice, and allied health providers employed by a GP practice. Team members who ...
News May 2019
... Winston (medical director of Rehabilitation for Island Health) accessed a team of experts to test, trial, and ... committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. News The Victoria Combined Peripheral Nerve and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC June 2019
... is inactive, eats poorly, or does not care about their health. Many also assume that all people with obesity want to ... physicians often incorrectly attribute patients’ health concerns to their weight, implying that their problems ... of failure and low self-esteem, and can exacerbate mental health problems. Some patients may actually stop seeking care ...
News September 2019
... 1 October at 6 p.m.  GPSC Portal (G14070, G14071) Mental Health Planning and Management (14043-14048) Palliative Care ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD November 2019
... to the masses, but is this always helpful? At a recent CMA Health Summit in Toronto, titled Connected in Care, there was ... Patients want to be informed, active participants in their health care. Physicians, governing bodies, and patients ... empower patients. It allows them to better track their own health care indicators, including heart rate, activity ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi March 2019
... each with distinct socioeconomic, cultural, language, and health care needs. To enhance primary care capacity in these ...