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Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, January/February 2011
... half of the 5500 eligible BC physicians in community-based practice have now adopted an EMR through the support of PITO ... Notably, the adoption rate among large full-service family practice clinics (six or more physicians in group practice) has reached 90%, and almost 75% among all clinics ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD January/February 2011
... was to propose that it be a shared care initiative or a practice guidelines template. However, both the Specialist ... do­main, including Heads Up: Brain In­jury in Your Practice ( ...
News March 2011
... University of British Columbia’s Department of Family Practice commissioned a half-hour documentary called Safe and ...
News April 2011
... tools to help integrate these guidelines into clinical practice. These include an “app” (smart phone ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, April 2011
... than 14 BC communities have developed EMR communities of practice (CoPs). CoPs bring together GPs and specialists in a ... completed the application to form an EMR community of practice in September 2008.  By March 2010, 80% of the CoP ... through joint activities with their new Division of Family Practice and the Practice Support Program (PSP). Salmon Arm ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD May 2011
... was served with a class action lawsuit alleging that this practice is unfair. The representative plaintiff in this ...
News June 2011
... ALS, 24 hours is a long time, and he therefore altered his practice to meet the unique needs of his patients. The Marcel ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD June 2011
... not be used routinely in emergency departments, primary practice, and psychiatry.[ 1 ] The screening tool involves ...
News / BY: Shelley Ross, MD July/August 2011
... time and services.  The on­going evolution of the practice of medicine and the changing demographics of the ... that physicians make about what, how, and where they practice. Doing so will align physician resource planning ...
News / BY: Sam Bugis, MD July/August 2011
... we can start your last case.” After 20 years in surgical practice as a general surgeon, it was easy to provide these ...