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News January/February 2018
... Colon screening test for average-risk patients resumes in BC ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine Wilson, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... breast cancer prevention, screening, and diagnosis in BC is the Provincial Breast Health Strategy (PBHS).[ 1 ] ... training programs in breast imaging offered jointly by BC Women’s Hospital and BC Cancer, and cross-training programs for mammography and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jay Slater, MD January/February 2018
... care to the patient. In the area of patient information, BC has one of the highest rates of electronic medical record ...
College Library / BY: Niki Baumann June 2018
... up, but where can this information be found quickly? In BC, we’re lucky to have the BC Cancer Agency’s Cancer Management Guidelines, where you ... .  The BC Cancer Agency also provides information written for the ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB July/August 2018
In a recent proclamation of Family Doctor Day, the BC government states that family physicians lead the delivery ... ). In another breath, the BC government’s lawyers (in the ongoing constitutional ... launched by the Cambie Surgery Centre, et al., against the BC Ministry of Health, et al.) have stated that “If ...
News / BY: Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC September 2018
... service that has profoundly benefited the residents of BC as well as advanced the practice of medicine/surgery in ... chancellor. Dr Sheldon (Shelly) Naiman (1937–2016) – BC’s first clinical hematologist and first head of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Erin Fraser, DVM, MSc November 2018
... or raccoon roundworm. A large percentage (60% to 80%) of BC raccoons harbor this parasite.[ 1 ] Although human ... severe or even fatal. This disease is not reportable in BC and the BCCDC is aware of only two cases: one in a ... Program Head, Parasitology, BCCDC Public Health Laboratory BC Centre for Disease Control Raccoon latrines and risk of ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Clarke, MD March 2018
... true that the mandate of the Physician Health Program of BC is first and foremost to provide trusted, confidential ... hosting a symposium on this very topic at the Doctors of BC building. Further details are available on our website ( ...
News January/February 2018
... recently established Provincial Primary Care Program at BC Cancer. Having served in the interim lead role, Dr ... cancer patients and to bring the voice of primary care to BC Cancer. For more information, visit www.fpon.ca . Connect with Dr Clelland at cathy.clelland@bccancer.bc.ca . News Provincial lead appointed for BC Cancer Primary ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD May 2018
... of Family Practice and the Rural Coordinating Centre of BC, both of which are funded through Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Several ongoing projects arose from this work, one with Northern Health and BC Emergency Health Services, and a Rural Patient Transfer ...