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Clinical Articles / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... they obtain stable housing. Goering and colleagues’ 2014 At Home/Chez Soi report noted that the intervention ... for chronic disease and did not know the extent of the issue until the nurse took his blood pressure. Other staff ... to physical health. For example, a mental health issue may prevent a tenant from seeking medical attention for a ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... and Wylie of Laval University conducted a short review in 2014 and identified what they viewed as the most significant issue with existing studies supporting ultrasound: the ... physicians at initial presentation of minor blunt trauma may in fact speed up rib fracture diagnosis by helping triage ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew D. Burkey, MD, PhD, MPH January/February 2020
On 9 May 2019 the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Summit 2019 ... epidemiological study of over 9000 adults brought the issue into the public health spotlight.[ 3 ] This study in a ... of the Trauma-Informed Practice Guide: www.bccewh.bc.ca/2014/02/trauma-informed-practice-guide . Screen your patients ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because one “daily user” may smoke all day, every day, and another “daily user” ... urine drug screen, more than quadrupled between 2005 and 2014 (from 146 to 639).[ 25 ] That trend will continue ...
MDs To Be / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD October 2019
In 2014 the BC Ministry of Health’s report, “Setting ... online retailers to identify additional products a shopper may be interested in based on their previous purchases.[ 6 ] ... representation of populations has been a long-standing issue in the academic community. For example, the Framingham ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW April 2019
... are delivered by different agencies and programs. Children may be eligible for a variety of community support services, ... concerns or diagnosed psychiatric comorbidities. Since 2014 the referral process for Child and Youth Mental Health ... their needs and advocate for their child. An additional issue for this family has been the requirement to sign a ...
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 ... or without anxiety identified in a primary care setting may not obtain a referral to specialized mental health ... were referred to Bounce Back from 1 July 2008 to 31 March 2014. These patients had been screened for Bounce Back using ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... social marketing campaign.[ 16 ] One program that may have contributed to the decrease in self-harm costs from ... at the Vancouver General Hospital Trauma Centre in 2014.[ 19 ] The program addresses alcohol as a risk factor, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... shortage of psychiatric resources. During 2 weeks in March 2014 nearly a quarter of the patients seen by UHS family ... pit appointments. These 36 pit appointments were done in May 2014 and were deemed successful. Subsequently pit ... “Pit often helps me answer and move forward with an issue that I’m stuck on with a patient. Instead of waiting ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... indicates that “For guidelines published after 2014, lists of contributors may be published on the ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...