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BC Stories / BY: Lauren Lypchuk, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... medical student in Scotland, who was taking elderly people for free rides in the community on a specialized ... days/week, May through October, with 45 volunteers taking people out for free rides. We have now taken 1000+ seniors on ... out from the confines of their residences. We meet many people along the way (I counted more than 200 one ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2022
... through learning series and training. Advancing Indigenous people’s representation on its committees. Providing ... the time invested and contributions made by Indigenous people at JCC-initiated meetings and events. Supporting ... Developing linkages to local Indigenous communities and people and ensuring good relationships between physicians and ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS November 2022
... how physicians and their teams deliver care for Indigenous people. We have opened our minds and hearts to recognize the ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, January/February 2011
... specific disease goals (e.g., A1Cs for diabetics, TSH for people on thyroid meds), and ensuring lab results are ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2011
... describes herself and her MOA as “not computer advanced people at all,” but despite this they implemented an EMR in ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, November 2011
... the baby boomer generation, now turning 60, is a cohort of people who are used to being proactive about politics, about ... Centre in a town that contains a large proportion of people over 65. Over the 2 years since implementation he has ... patient data to ensure that he is proactively working with people with diabetes, hypertension, renal failure, and other ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
... change. “To effect large-scale change, you need to rally people behind a common goal,” he explains.  When he ... to get their agreement to select a common vendor. Some people already had an EMR, some were close to retirement, and ... practice and couldn’t afford it. The more I spoke to people, the more I got confirmation that it was a good idea. ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... to provoke laughter, or at least some amusement. People of all ages and cultures respond to humor of one kind ... bathroom. Another parent said that when boys pass gas, people laugh, but “oh my goodness” is the unequal ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... a local milkmaid who was ill with cowpox. He’d heard of people who had cowpox not getting sick with smallpox. He’d ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... “dediagnosing,” a practice framework for making people feel less ill.  The article’s two Norwegian authors ... problems. It may lead to unnecessary treatments. Some people may pressure their physicians for a diagnosis, others ... Hofmann B. Dediagnosing – a novel framework for making people less ill. Eur J Intern Med 2022;95:17-23. Welch HG, ...