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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE June 2024
... well-being and result in significant costs to the health care system.[ 1 ] In BC, the number of people living ... and are available by age group, sex, and geographic health region. Information on gender is not available. For ... BC Observatory for Population and Public Health, BCCDC Notes The BC Chronic Disease Registries are produced by the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME July/August 2023
... as long as the referral is for the injury, mental health condition, or occupational disease accepted on the ... guide for these codes ( www.worksafebc.com/en/resources/health-care-providers/guides/how-to-bill-fee-code-19911-19912 ... Referring your WorkSafeBC patients to a specialist, and notes for specialists ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2020
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, each day has come with new announcements ... our Canadian borders have closed in the spirit of public health and safety. In the midst of these changes, the ... employers to abandon the practice of asking for sick notes,[ 18 ] public health offices are offering a general ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon January/February 2020
... department has played a significant role in the workplace health and safety research landscape in BC. By fostering ... and workplace studies. Higher-level population-based health research is often helpful when looking ahead, and ... a research training award recipient, and peer reviewer. He notes that because the review process includes employer and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2019
The Canadian Medical Association Statement on Physician Health and Wellness identifies physician health as a quality indicator in the overall functioning of ... pamphlet published by the Physician Health Program[ 3 ] notes that physician burnout is more prevalent and more ...
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 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Colin Jackson, MD, FRCSC May 2017
... violence is one of the risks that come with working in health care. Physicians who work in environments where ... A  Canadian Medical Association Journal  article[ 1 ] notes that almost all primary care physicians experience ... increase with the growing number of patients with mental health and substance abuse problems. The physical and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... become pregnant should discuss all travel plans with their health care provider to assess their risk for Zika exposure ... and unclear duration of persistence in tissues, the Public Health Agency of Canada recommends that women returning from ... that her pregnancy might be affected. The patient notes that she and her husband did get a few mosquito bites ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD December 2014
... rates of EMR adoption in Canada,[ 1 ] BC joins progressive health care systems around the world that are advancing the ... and quality of patient care, and ultimately patient health. And for good reason. Meaningful use (MU), which can ... like automated billings, scheduling, and text notes, is just a starting point.  Physicians can increase ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2012
... care—the seamless support of patients across multiple health care providers—is a model aspired to throughout ... bringing together representatives from every aspect of the health care experience, both at a provincial and local level. ... undertakings. SOS Division executive lead Terrie Crawford notes that while system­ic change takes time, the region ...