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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... Canada, and the second leading cause of cancer death as of 2015.[ 4 ] In 2010 the lifetime risk for developing breast ... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... pit appointments. These 36 pit appointments were done in May 2014 and were deemed successful. Subsequently pit ... and scheduling follow-up as needed. Method In May 2015 the PIT Project received funding from the Specialist ... “Pit often helps me answer and move forward with an issue that I’m stuck on with a patient. Instead of waiting ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... often navigate multiple care interfaces and consequently may experience fragmented care and poor outcomes.[ 5 ] This ... Streamlining the cardiology referral process In 2015 the Vancouver Division of Family Practice approached the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
Background On 6 February 2015 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in  Carter v. Canada ... of quality assurance. Vancouver Island implementation In May 2016, the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island ... to the drugs required for assisted death has not been an issue. Prescribers and pharmacists have worked closely to ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2016
... Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaces the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ... WorkSafe BC, patient-pay) is not selected, and some EMRs may default to billing MSP. If an inaccurate payment method ... go to  www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the  BCMJ  we will provide examples of ...
Letters / BY: Donna Dryer, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... of access to cannabis for medical purposes. On 5 May 2015 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British ... or undertaking any medical procedure. Fourth, we take issue with the College’s prerequisite that conventional ...
Letters / BY: Brian Winsby, MD November 2015
I read the letter to the editor in your September issue titled “ MSP: Changes to compensation for teaching ” [ BCMJ  2015;57:275] with great concern as it contained some significant factual errors that may cause unnecessary confusion among Doctors of BC members. ...
News / BY: H. Douglas Cooper, MD, May 2015
By Eric Topol, MD. New York: Basic Books, 2015. ISBN 978-0-465-05474-9. Hardback, 364 pages. $32. You may already be familiar with this book but, if not, I urge ... into three sections. The first section deals with the issue of who is in charge of health care information. Here ...
News December 2015
... patients, leading scientists to consider that the enzyme may play a role in the human disease. The study suggests that ... Tumor Growth,” were published in the 15 October 2015 issue of  Molecular Cell , available online at  ...
Letters / BY: John Stewart, MBBS, July/August 2015
... puzzled by the full-page advertorial that appeared in the May issue of the  BCMJ  [2015;57:152]. First, what does the neologism ...