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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2017
... that if I didn’t complete my outstanding chart(s) within 1 week my privileges would be suspended. I signed on to the ...
News / BY: Shannon McDonald, MD October 2017
... optimistic. The next step in that transition occurred on 1 October 2017 when in partnership with the BC Ministry of ... their current medication. New prescriptions issued after 1 October will be covered under Pharmacare’s reference drug ... client safety Prescribers should also be aware that as of 1 October the NIHB’s prescription monitoring program is no ...
News / BY: Eric Wong January/February 2017
... the actual length of that disability can average between 2.1 and 3.2 years. It is never too early to start thinking ...
News April 2017
... prescriptions because of cost in 2014, in comparison to 1 in 20 Canadians aged 65 and older—who, by way of age, ... developed countries” ( http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/1/e014287 ); and  CMAJ Open —“Cost-related nonadherence ... of a telephone survey” ( http://cmajopen.ca/content/5/1/E40.full ). News Older Canadians skip meds, risk ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeanine C. Marshall, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... if their mental health disorders were left untreated.[ 1 ] In order to be admitted to a facility on an involuntary ... Be unsuitable for admission as a voluntary patient.[ 1 ] The certifying physician who determines that a patient ... order. Judicial approval of necessary services lasts for 1 year under Section 56 and can be renewed once through an ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP November 2017
... they smoke, while urban dwellers may have COHb levels of 1% to 2%. People such as firefighters, construction and ... is administered, the half-life can be decreased to about 1 to 1.5 hours. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment can markedly reduce ...
Premise / BY: Andrew Kotaska, MD December 2017
... to the expansion of private health care in the province.[ 1-3 ] Dr Brian Day’s recent BC Supreme Court challenge ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... be as effective as antidepressants or cognitive therapy.[ 1,2 ] Current research focuses on determining what types of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Reid, BSc, BN June 2017
... third leading cause of mortality from cancer in women.[ 1 ] Esophageal and gastric cancers are less prevalent, but ... 5-year survival rates at 14% and 25% respectively.[ 1 ] Targets for endoscopy Patient satisfaction is an ... similar, RACE patients were significantly older ( Table 1 ). Comparing outpatients in the two groups showed the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... be illegal. The Supreme Court ruling gave the government 1 year to amend the Criminal Code so that it was no longer an ... Bill C-14 on 16 June 2016 and it became law on 17 June.[ 1 ]  BC implementation During the period before Bill C-14 ... ranged in age from 49 to 96 (74.75) years ( Figure 1 ) and were evenly distributed along gender lines (37 male, ...