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Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
As a recent UBC graduate and new-in-practice family physician, I read with interest the 2014 ...
Premise / BY: Martin C. Wale, BM BS, FRCPath, MBA March 2017
... a physician and their medical leader, is not to restrict practice but to ascertain what additional supports (training, ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS March 2017
... broad representation from all sections and spectrums of practice: all geographical areas of the province; GPs/FPs and ... students; residents; and members in their early years of practice. This is the legitimate representation that so many ... is divided along the lines of our training, scope of practice, or where in the province we practise. It will help ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD April 2017
... most important nonclinical requirements of a physician’s practice. The Billing Integrity Program will base their audit ... you were audited. —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Audits reveal errors for ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD April 2017
... bond with other doctors regardless of their area of practice, age, or location. We were all trainees once, and we ... recollections of hilarious events during our training and practice that strike a chord with everyone. There was an ...
Letters / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD April 2017
After 43 years in the trenches of general practice, I applaud the fortitude and wisdom of the Pemberton ... requests for chart copies and reports (the bane of practice!), stringent opiate-prescribing guidelines, and ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD May 2017
... to use one system for both tasks.  The Patterns of Practice Committee has a few audit tips for physicians who ... and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) for more information on good practice guidelines pertaining to EMRs. •    CMPA. ... ) —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee$ Billing Tips EMR audit pitfalls ...
Letters / BY: Brady Bouchard, CCFP May 2017
... also states that the process “is not [meant] to restrict practice.” If not, then what is the goal? A quick look ... various privileging documents will show that restricting practice is exactly what is intended—if you don’t have ...
Letters / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD May 2017
... quote. —Brenda Hefford, MD Executive Director, Community Practice, Quality, and Integration Letters Re: The patient ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... topic, he uses stories from his patients’ lives and his practice to illustrate the different approaches to ...