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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2013
... to work toward closing gaps in care and providing BC physicians with the support they need to deliver effective ... In spring 2013 the PSP will launch How’s Your Health BC? (HYHBC), an initiative aimed at getting patients more ... in Care, and Polypharmacy. Local division family doctors and regional specialists are working together on ...
Letters / BY: Ebrahim Rafi-Zadeh, MD, January/February 2013
... can be ordered or viewed on the web at www.health.gov.bc.ca . The numbers are fascinating and, at times, mind ... Disparity in physician income has been a problem in BC for as long as I have been practising (42 years) and the ... through the pages of the book one can see that a lot of doctors have been billing the MSP over $1 or $2 million, and ...
News January/February 2013
Four BC physicians were named in December as recipients of the ... and for their commitment to improving health care in BC. Dr Avery was recognized for his dedication to rural ... and Schonfeld on this well-deserved honor. News BC doctors awarded Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: James A. Wilson, MD January/February 2013
... happiness? Sharing a bottle of ridiculously expensive BC Bordeaux blend with my wife of 46 years while devouring ... have four times as many health bureaucrats as practising doctors. What technological medical advance do you most ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ian Courtice, MD, January/February 2013
... does the Cleveland Clinic have to do with health care in BC? Well, the two of us traveled to Ohio with a group of BC specialists and health care executives in November to find ... patients know who’s who—greeters wear red jackets, and doctors wear the traditional white lab coat. The goal of the ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2013
... corporations expedite their care. Similar legislation in BC has been passed and awaits only proclamation to become ... to that in Canada (11.4% of GDP), yet they have 50% more doctors, three times as many CT scanners and PET scanners, ... and on weekends. This would lead to more jobs for doctors, nurses, and other health workers. This could become ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
... usage data from more than 98000 high-needs patients in BC. It focused on two common chronic diseases, diabetes and ... study was the most detailed look at the impact family doctors have on health care costs.  The Ministry of Health ... a family doctor. It was also following its mandate to give doctors more of a role in determining which steps need to be ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD May 2013
... share so many of the same concerns and objectives. Doctors tell me they just want to be able to do the best they ... negative questions. Ensuring that the public hears doctors’ opinions on major policy issues is a very ... initiatives to support our rural docs. As well, with BC’s physician shortage problem, we need to continue ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) July/August 2013
... determined.  It’s particularly great to see our future doctors out at these events, because we know just how tough ... at McGill University and as a resident in Victoria, BC. The work hours were crazy, but I always tried to find ... to the needs and concerns of our province’s future doctors. I am really excited about all these opportunities, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Elizabeth Bryce, MD, FRCPC, September 2013
... those cared for by midwives.[ 1 ] He also recognized that doctors often went directly to the delivery suite from the ... attended deliveries.  Infection rates plummeted, but the doctors were skeptical, and Semmelweis was eventually forced ... infections in health care was recognized.  Prior to 2010, BC health authorities had developed a wide variety of hand ...