Your Practice

BCCDC

New guidelines for management of N. gonorrhoeae in the context of evolving susceptibility patterns

Over the past 30 years we have observed the successive loss of penicillin, tetracycline, and fluoroquinolone antibiotics to reliably treat Neisseria gonorrhoeae due to drug resistance.

Read

Comment()

New immunization programs in BC to prevent rotavirus, varicella, and hepatitis A

Three new vaccine programs were launched in British Columbia in January 2012. This article summarizes the rationale for each.

Read

Comment()

COHP

Childhood obesity: What we can do

When we hear someone say “childhood obesity,” what do we think or feel? Do we think, “Oh no, not again, I’m so tired of hearing people get on their soapbox about this.”

Read

Comment()

Cash-strapped BC government has money to burn

Of the many things that patients fear being told by their doctor, a diagnosis of cancer ranks near the top. Doctors have long recognized that patients with cancer, as with any serious disease, are not always able or motivated to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to claims of treatment or cure of dreaded diseases.

Read

College Library

Mobile apps for drugs in pregnancy and lactation

Two print publications that advise on the safety and risk of drugs in pregnancy and lactation are recognized as being among the leaders in the field: Drugs in pregnancy and lactation: a reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk by Gerald G. Briggs, Roger K. Freeman, Sumner J. Yaffe (2011) and Medication safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding by Gideon Koren (2007).

Read

Comment()

New e-resources from the College Library

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC now provides members with access to two excellent clinical resources, MD Consult and Access Medicine (www.cpsbc.ca/library). These resources provide clinicians with access to a wide breadth of evidence-based resources for medical care. Each provides a comprehensive search platform for retrieval of information across multiple titles.

Read

Comment()

GPSC

Advance care planning

Recent changes to the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act and other acts, which include the new legal status of advance directives in BC, are a reminder to both patients and physicians of the benefit of planning for future health care wants and needs.

Read

Comment()

CHARD makes finding referral resources easy

Do you struggle to find the right referral resource for your patient? The Community Healthcare and Resource Directory (CHARD) is a multi-year initiative of the General Practice Services Committee aimed at improving patient referrals.

Read

Comment()

Health Notes

BCMJ.org Health Notes are patient information sheets you can trust. Print either one or multiple copies, either in black and white or color, onto regular printer paper. They are designed to be legible even after multiple generations of photocopying.

Read

Comment(0)

ICBC

Aids for MVA injury management and documentation

As medicine evolves, more emphasis is being placed on evidence-based practice. Gone are the days when you could see an order for AOL in the hospital chart. You don’t know what AOL stands for? In that hospital it meant “any old laxative.” I am not kidding!

Read

Comment()

Clinical decision making—An evidence-based approach to managing ICBC claims

At 4 p.m. one Friday afternoon, my receptionist asked me to fit in a patient who had been in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) that morning. He was at a hospital emergency room where there was a 5-hour wait.

Read

Comment()

PITO

Maximizing the value of EMRs

With almost 65% of eligible physicians having adopted an EMR in their practice in British Columbia, several trends are becoming clear.

Read

Comment()

EMR + physician + patient = benefits to both sides

Today in British Columbia around 60% of physicians in private practice offices are using an electronic medical record (EMR), and that number is moving steadily upward every year.

Read

Comment()

WorkSafeBC

New findings for the treatment of chronic, nonspecific low back pain

Two forms of nonspecific low back pain are seen as major public health problems worldwide. These two conditions are low back pain (LBP), not attributable to a recognizable, specific pathology, and chronic LBP (C-LBP), indicating the presence of LBP for more than 3 months.

Read

Comment(2)

Adapting to loss of an eye

More than 90% of individuals who suddenly lose the sight in one eye do not receive information from their physician regarding the functional implications of their new monocular status. Nor do they, or their family, receive community-based support or advice with regard to home and workplace modifications, alternative work programs, or career counseling.

Read

Comment()

Printer-friendly version

Your Practice

BCCDC

COHP

College Library

GPSC

Health Notes

ICBC

PITO

WorkSafeBC

Current Issue

Follow Us