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Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... this way. With more coordinated and targeted therapy, it may also be possible to reduce treatment sequelae. Already ... of these concerns and complementing Part 1 of this theme issue, which dealt with diagnosis, Part 2 focuses on initial ... the BC Cancer Centre for the North in Prince George in 2012. The authors report that travel time for patients in the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tania Morrison, MHSc, RD June 2017
... going without food.[ 1 ] Research shows that families may use strategies such as delaying payments for bills or ... impact food insecurity as they cannot address the issue of poverty.[ 4,6,7 ] Physicians can support their ... Food insecurity rose significantly in BC between 2005 and 2012,[ 9 ] and to prevent it from increasing further, action ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... reluctant to self-identify as requiring palliative care may become even more reluctant if the range of services is ... of Oncology released a provisional clinical opinion in 2012 recommending combined palliative care with oncologic ... therapy. Informed consent is only truly informed when this issue has been discussed openly. A palliative approach is ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... criteria indicates the need to reconsider the policy.  In 2012 British Columbia instituted a mandatory vaccinate or ... are not the same thing. There are many ways an individual may be infected with influenza despite having had the annual ... and in the absence of an outbreak.”[ 12 ] Also at issue is the practical matter of wearing masks. It appears ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... withdrawing life-sustaining therapy[ 1,2 ] suggest people may be confused about their right to make life-determining ... can help make the individual feel heard and supported. A 2012 systematic review and meta-ethnography of the underlying ... The author is currently guest editing a theme issue on palliative care that she hopes to publish in the  ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD July/August 2015
... an opportunity to identify potential billing issues that may require correction. When any statistic on your profile is ... the information provided in your Mini-Profile, read the 2012 Mini Profile – Explanatory Notes document at  ... your Mini-Profile and consider if there may be a potential issue with your flagged measures that could be avoided. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... developed. Often dubbed “walk-in care,” such a system may address the issue of timely access but often fails to offer continuity of ... before reverting to 63.5% in 2010, 60.8% in 2011, 58.5% in 2012, and 66.3% for the first quarter of 2013. Data for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... their activities appropriately, and some physicians may be pressured by colleagues to practise outside their area ... currency required. The diagnostic imaging pilot project In 2012 the newly formed Physician Quality Assurance Steering ... the profession, many of which we have discussed here. The issue of currency has been an especially hot topic for ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... Children with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ... examples of independent plans and other documents that may be of assistance to parents. Further details regarding ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sophie Y. Wang, BSc, July/August 2014
... antimicrobial resistance demonstrates the severity of this issue and calls for concerted action among all government ... resource-constrained settings.[ 1 ] The use of carbapenems may also accelerate the development of carbapenem resistance, ... between 2007 and 2010 and is reported to be at 25.3% in 2012.[ 2 ] The proportion of  S. pneumoniae  nonsusceptible ...