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Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc Early online
... Recently, this formidable tool has made strides in health care. While AI solutions expand and work toward ... surge to ensure effective and safe implementation in our health care system.  AI in health care is developing ... to address these concerns—for example, automatic SOAP notes, where AI listens in on a patient encounter, analyzes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM April 2024
... power of attorney and a representation agreement for health care decisions to Edna. Appointing a power of attorney ... opinion or the affidavit they made. The physician’s notes may be subpoenaed. The physician’s role in any ... 2011. www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/managing-your-health/incapacity-planning/enduring_power_of_attorney.pdf ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE Early online
... well-being and result in significant costs to the health care system.[ 1 ] In BC, the number of people living ... and are available by age group, sex, and geographic health region. Information on gender is not available. For ... BC Observatory for Population & Public Health, BCCDC Notes The BC Chronic Disease Registries are produced by the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... funded developmental clinics in BC (such as Sunny Hill Health Centre), but the wait list is often shorter for ... rate is somewhat higher than that reported by the Public Health Agency of Canada, which noted that in 2019, 1 in 50 ... autism. The Representative for Children and Youth of BC notes that there are “thousands of children with [fetal ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME July/August 2023
... as long as the referral is for the injury, mental health condition, or occupational disease accepted on the ... guide for these codes ( www.worksafebc.com/en/resources/health-care-providers/guides/how-to-bill-fee-code-19911-19912 ... Referring your WorkSafeBC patients to a specialist, and notes for specialists ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA January/February 2023
... consequences for individuals, communities, and the health care system.[ 1 ] Since British Columbia declared a provincial public health emergency in 2016, the province has struggled to gain ... included pain or where pain was listed in the nursing notes or physician assessment as the primary reason for the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Raheesa Jina, BSc, MM October 2022
... and Lifestyle[ 2 ] B.    Menopause and Genitourinary Health[ 3 ] C.    Menopause: Mood, Sleep, and Cognition[ 4 ... the library for assistance ( medlib@cpsbc.ca ); other health care providers can use the citations in the reference ... hot flashes remains poorly understood. The 2021 guideline notes that in addition to the currently accepted narrowing of ...
News, COVID-19 July/August 2021
... by Dr Babak Shadgan, a researcher at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, the study concluded that IRT ... active and well-developed COVID-19 infection. Underlying health conditions, stress, pregnancy, certain medications, ... can also alter someone’s surface body temperature. He notes that this can result in a false positive or false ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.[ 10 ] Patient A notes that she has been given Tylenol #3 before with no ... 11 ] Because of polymorphisms and their potential danger, Health Canada does not recommend codeine use in those under ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2020
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, each day has come with new announcements ... our Canadian borders have closed in the spirit of public health and safety. In the midst of these changes, the ... employers to abandon the practice of asking for sick notes,[ 18 ] public health offices are offering a general ...