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Clinical Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc May 2024
... The BC Surgical Patient Registry estimates that as of 31 March 2022, 8315 patients were awaiting total knee ... from 41.2% to 55.0%.[ 4 ] In Alberta between 2013 and 2015, an estimated 31% of knee osteoarthritis patients were ... step on its analgesic ladder.[ 28 ] Pain as a psychosocial issue Pain is a complex psychosocial issue, and an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... supports; and leisure and social wellness programs. As of March 2023, there were 14 physical Foundry centres across BC ... provided. The Foundry Work and Education Program began in 2015. As part of a $15 000 pilot project, a 16-week work and ... in the program stated: “Each session, I came in with an issue. [A Foundry Work and Education Program specialist] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... Ethics Board (#H13-01321). From 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2017, hospitalization data for all ages were obtained ... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ... throughout the province. In focus groups held in 2010 and 2015 for 12- to 22-year-olds in rural and urban BC, a key ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc April 2020
... BC Ministry of Health and all BC’s health authorities in 2015[ 6 ] and by Doctors of BC in 2019.[ 7 , 8 ] The ... was cohosted by iCON, VCH, Island Health, and FNHA on 15 March 2017. Elders, traditional practitioners, nurses, ... like to acknowledge that the activities discussed in this issue of the BCMJ took place on the traditional unceded ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... to high-quality mental health services remains a critical issue in Canada and a treatment gap exists.  Primary care is ... 2000 physicians and clinics across the province. Since 2015, Bounce Back has also been implemented in several health ... who were referred to Bounce Back from 1 July 2008 to 31 March 2014. These patients had been screened for Bounce Back ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... the shortage of psychiatric resources. During 2 weeks in March 2014 nearly a quarter of the patients seen by UHS ... and scheduling follow-up as needed. Method In May 2015 the PIT Project received funding from the Specialist ... “Pit often helps me answer and move forward with an issue that I’m stuck on with a patient. Instead of waiting ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD December 2014
... and track patients with various chronic conditions and issue an appointment reminder. They can also track the kind ... as well as provincial initiatives like A GP for Me. The 31 March 2015 deadline for BC physicians to achieve MU3 is not an end ...