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Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... and the rising number of drug overdoses and deaths since 2006. Following the public health emergency declared in BC in April 2016,[ 21 ] many programs were developed to prevent ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... indicators for cardiovascular primary care.[ 4 ] In 2006, in an effort to address the burden of cardiovascular ... Transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Accessed 1 April 2017. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... education for UBC medical students and residents   In 2006 the Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education ... and mother health initiative have returned to prison.  In April 2008 the infant and mother health initiative was ... 25 ]  Infant safety has not been reported as an issue in numerous countries where prison infant and mother ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
For this theme issue on pandemic influenza, we assembled a panel of experts ... 12 ]  Initially, the US population was affected in March, April, and May 1918; subsequently, influenza spread around ... of Canada ( www.influenza.gc.ca ), where the most recent 2006 version of the national plan can also be found ( ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... feedback strongly influenced the outcome of the 2006 agreement.  Today, the GPSC is charged with defining ... priority areas:  Chronic disease management : As of 1 April 2007 physicians receive a $125 incentive per patient ... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
... Vancouver General Hospital and Heather Heritage Society, 2006. Hardcover. $35. To order, contact the Heather Heritage ... a little book about the flu (reviewed in the December 2006 issue) and thinks he is an author. The “Laminator” has ... of February. Interested vendors had until the beginning of April to submit their proposals, and up to a maximum of six ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, June 2007
... New fees The new complex care fees were introduced in April to compensate GPs for the extra time required to ... only 5% of the new funds allocated to GP Services in the 2006 Letter of Agreement. The GP Services Committee is also ... BCMA Benefits Correction: Mr Garth Evans In the March 2007 issue we incorrectly added the letters “MD” after Garth ...
News July/August 2007
... dying people want  by David Kuhl, MD. Doubleday Canada, 2006. ISBN-10: 0385660669. Paperback, 336 pp. $25. This book ... Open Enrollment will be coming your way in the September issue of the  BCMJ. —Sandie Braid, CEBS Assistant ... of Agreement. The BCMA Board approved the allocation on 13 April 2007. The first $10 million was distributed based on ...
News / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD March 2007
... good governance and effective member representation is an issue that the BCMA has looked at for 20 years and has been ... Medical Journal Editorial Board was pleased to award the 2006 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical ... obligation to make the award annually. Deadline: Friday, 6 April 2007. A letter of nomination including a current CV ...
News December 2006
... Lam, MD and Colin Lee, MD. Mississauga: Doubleday Canada, 2006. ISBN 987-0-385-66277-2. Paperback, 344 pages. $14.95. ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... If you submitted claims for codes 13050 or 13051 between 1 April 2006 and 4 May 2006, you will need to resubmit them in ...