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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... breast tomosynthesis was approved by Health Canada in 2012, and several sites in BC acquired the technology. It is ... is widely used for screening in the United States. As of March 2022, 82% of American facilities had digital breast ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
... the Standards of Care (1979, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1998, 2001, 2012); version 8 is expected to be published in 2022. The ... Transgender Health. This first part of this BCMJ  theme issue highlights health care service delivery and educational ... gender-affirming surgeries that are available in BC. The March issue will feature three more important areas related ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) November 2013
... EMR adoption rates have risen from 23% in 2006 to 56% in 2012, countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and ... close to 80%, and will likely reach 85% or more by 31 March 2014. With PITO (Physician Information Technology ... typed emergency record the very next morning? In this issue of the BCMJ you can read more about this topic and ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2013
... a written copy was not seen until 10 months later on 26 March 2012 when the Section of Clinical Faculty president received ... wording in the LOI calls into question.  I take no issue with those involved in the system, only with the system ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2012
... and didn’t really think more about it. In January 2012 a group of Burnaby physicians wrote a letter to the ... Health Authority outlining their concerns around the issue of C. difficile at their hospital. Burnaby General ... some improved infection control measures. In early March this letter reached the media and it garnered ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, November 2007
... and the subsidiary agreements is from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2012. The Physician Master Agreement supersedes the Amended ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... Service. Illicit drug toxicity deaths in BC: January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2022. Accessed 7 April 2022. ... with substance use. Hamilton: McMaster Health Forum, 20 March 2020. ...