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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) March 2010
Two hundred years ago the practice of medicine was a field notable for its reliance on ... of government officials in the discussions around scope of practice, and it appears with some regularity in the ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
... Technology Office (PITO) has developed communities of practice (COPs), leading groups of their colleagues who have ... support achieve a higher utilization of the EMR in their practice and are better able to achieve their clinical goals ... close to retirement, and some were just starting their practice and couldn’t afford it. The more I spoke to ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD March 2010
... for family doctors and their patients that the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) has been successfully ... took a few years to get off the ground, but now general practice is quickly be­coming a solid cornerstone of BC’s ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP May 2010
... with advanced illness as part of reasonable medical practice, even if the family requests it.[ 14 ] It is ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... interface directly to their EMR. Through PITO Community of Practice initiatives, physicians in several BC communities ... secure web browser access to PharmaNet through the Medical Practice Access to PharmaNet (MPAP) program. Medinet delivers ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD May 2010
... family physicians were enrolled in what would become the Practice Support Program (PSP) Module on Child and Youth Mental Health. With support from the General Practice Services Committee, local project managers conducted ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Carl Shearer, MD, June 2010
... that it takes up too great a proportion of their limited practice time. We have found that this problem can be solved ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
... GPs practise in larger group practices rather than solo practice. Breaking down the EMR adoption statistics in ... in which GPs commonly practise:  • Full-service family practice (FSFP) clinics (which may include an out-of-hours ... clinics, aesthetics clinics, etc.). Full-service family practice Dividing the FSFP practice category further provides ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD October 2010
... The work is varied and can change on very short notice. My practice is compressed into 2 days per week with the ...
President's Comment / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD December 2010
... optimism. How do we adapt to these changes? • Solo practice. Many physicians prefer an individual practice; however, they may be left in the dust unless they also engage in a “virtual group practice.”  • Information technology. Electronic ...