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Clinical Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc Early online
... The BC Surgical Patient Registry estimates that as of 31 March 2022, 8315 patients were awaiting total knee ... in surgical specialties increased by 12% between 2013 and 2018.[ 6 ] Globally, there has been an overall rapid increase ... step on its analgesic ladder.[ 28 ] Pain as a psychosocial issue Pain is a complex psychosocial issue, and an ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... from the guidelines panel in 2011,[ 13 ] and again in 2018.[ 8 ] In 2019, the Minister of Health stated that ... 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 ...
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 ... platform is powered by BC Children’s Hospital. Between 2018 and 2021, 23 749 youth were served, and more than 110 ... 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
... Prevention Centre found that between the 2008–09 and 2018–19 fiscal periods, 10- to 14-year-old and 15- to ... 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 ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP April 2021
... Health Authority. I wanted to study this patient-based issue through a quality-improvement lens, with value-based ... residents’ food complaints by 20%. Beginning in March 2018, I started measuring how much food was being wasted at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... studies. Updates were published in 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018.[ 3 ] These guidelines are ranked among the best in the ... L. Perry, MD, FRCPC, Chair, TI Education Working Group, 21 March 2017, 9:05 p.m.). BC Pharmacare coverage The most ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Helen Thi, BA March 2018
... of a Condition Affecting Fitness and Ability to Drive. The issue of assessing a patient’s ability to drive may be ... Introduction of the Enhanced Road Assessment As of 1 March 2018, RoadSafetyBC will be using a new Enhanced Road ...
... text of the journal is online. The website was rebuilt in 2018. Content on the BCMJ website is accessible free of ... the BCMA would pay for space within its pages. The first issue of the BC Medical Journal was published in January ... for his direction of the photography of his first cover in March of that year. The cover was the first of hundreds of ...
Blog / BY: Amanda Lavigne, BScPN
... Harms related to substance use remain a top public health issue in virtually every jurisdiction across Canada. In ... for tackling stigma in the health care setting In April 2018 the Interior Health Authority launched the Use Safe ... with substance use. Hamilton: McMaster Health Forum, 20 March 2020. ...