Search

BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC May 2006
Recent outbreaks in Canada, including the 2003 SARS outbreak, and the emergence of a virulent strain ... health care-facility norovirus outbreaks have brought the issue closer to home. These events made it clear that ... horizontal, and non-hierarchical fashion. In May and December of 2005, PICNet held stakeholder summits, at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Beever, MD June 2006
... as an “artificial chemical” and are concerned that it may have unwanted or unknown side effects on them. Indeed, ... and colleagues, [11]  and supports the claim that ASSS may be used as a mosquito repellent where there is no ... Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario, in 2003. Table 1. Effectiveness of repellents compared with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP July/August 2006
... health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Improved HRQOL may also lead to fewer office visits and hospitalizations and ... mail. The second chart review took place in the spring of 2003. Clinic charts of patients on the September 2001 clinic ... with more severe complications would better clarify this issue. [8] Conclusions Strengths of our study include the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ... of compulsory ADR reporting. Between March and August 2003, 1500 members of the public and 551 health professionals ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... the monthly editions of e-News. Please note that as this issue of the Journal went to print, the Agreement was still ... process that was ratified by members in 2003. The macro-allocation portion of the process involves ... which the Provincial Salary and Service contract ranges may be exceeded. Joint Standing Committee on Rural Programs ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... 5 years, to identify adverse drug reaction markers that may be used to predict and prevent drug toxicity in children. ... Practice Obstetrical Care Incentive Program introduced in 2003. It provides a 50% bonus on the MSC Payment Schedule ...
News December 2006
... physicians during the SARS outbreak in Toronto in 2003. An added bonus is a foreword by world-renowned Canadian ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... and election follows the premature and sudden death, last May, of director-general Dr Jong-Wook Lee. The ...