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Clinical Articles / BY: Damon Ramsey, MD December 2017
... the terms electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) can be used interchangeably, we have used ... to go beyond the medical and address the broader total health of a patient. EHRs have largely fulfilled their duty ... prescription data but would be granted access to clinician notes about musculoskeletal issues. This kind of personalized ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc July/August 2017
... that including additional information would make these notes more useful to FPs following patients after RT and ... Columbia, the Research Review Committee at Northern Health, and the joint Research Ethics Board of BCCA and the ... Shared Care Committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Results Of the 180 questionnaires mailed to family ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michael Bidu, MBA December 2017
... I would be in the business of making other people’s health better. But that changed when I met Dr Eric Topol,[ 1 ] a cardiologist, geneticist, and digital health researcher at the Scripps Translational Science ... advisor to Google, calls it exponential acceleration and notes that the law of accelerating returns affects every ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... difficult conversations about end-of-life care. Exploding health care costs, expanding need for seniors’ health care, opioid overuse, and controversies about futile ... as physicians or our patient’s needs?[ 2 ] Nuland also notes how sometimes physicians will provide false hope in an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Travis Holyk, EdD November 2017
... of rural communities face unique challenges when accessing health care. Factors that can make access to care difficult ... residents of rural communities have comparatively poorer health outcomes and lower socioeconomic status than residents ... each time, and visiting physicians sometimes took their notes to their own offices.  In 2010, CSFS began developing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary Mazowita, MD, March 2013
... mellitus is a major metabolic disease with known poor health outcomes and significant costs to the individual and the health care system. It is one of several chronic disabling ... in its Diabetes Guidelines for Elderly Residents in LTC, notes that glucose values in the 10 to 20 mmol/L range are ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Bruce Hobson, MD December 2013
... and reminders. •    Sharing multidisciplinary chart notes and shared care plans. •    Trending and graphing ... will make to their practice, patients, and the overall health care system. Post-implementation support can help ... exchange between physicians, patient portals and personal health records, and community-level primary care indicators ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Coldman, PhD November 2013
... North America both the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTFPH) and the US Preventive Services Task Force ... aid for breast cancer screening created by the Public Health Agency of Canada[ 5 ] to inform women of the potential ... Information handout for patients: BCMJ.org Health Notes Breast cancer screening: Is it right for you? ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Strang MD, FRCPC December 2012
Prison health care in Nova Scotia By Robert Strang   Nova Scotia ... and one youth).  At that time, the dep­uty ministers for health and justice agreed that the Ministry of Justice would ... by the publication of practical checklists and guidance notes for policymakers and prison management and health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carolyn Gotay, PhD, April 2012
... (e.g., parity, older age at first birth), and personal health history (e.g., exposure to ionizing radiation, the use ... modifiable factors are unlikely to be the target of public health interventions (e.g., age at first birth). However, ... how to lower their risk of breast cancer (see the Health Notes for patient information). We are exploring options ...