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Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD, CFPC, FCFP July/August 2021
This article originally appeared in the May 2016 issue of the BCMJ . As this subject continues to pose a ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... meta-analysis (by Yousefifard and colleagues[ 8 ] in 2016), which found the sensitivity of ultrasound for rib ... 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 ...
Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD, CFPC, FCFP September 2021
This article originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of the BCMJ . As this subject continues to pose a ... July/August issue of the BCMJ we described how physicians may be affected by the Laboratory Services Act. The Act ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2020
... (COVID-19) is taking a devastating toll globally. As of May 2020, there have been 76 000 cases of COVID-19 ... an ongoing public health emergency was declared in April 2016 related to high rates of drug overdose deaths. In the ... making it difficult to determine implicated substances and issue meaningful community alerts. Overdose deaths increased ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi July/August 2018
... as many as 60% of youth who are worried about a health issue do not consult a health care provider and avoid going to a doctor’s office.[ 2 ] This may be due to barriers like transportation challenges for ... school clinic at John Barsby Secondary School in 2016. The clinic’s care team includes doctors, public ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD October 2018
... morbidity and mortality associated with activities that may cause harm. Harm reduction applied to substance use is a ... replaced the policy of needle exchange in BC. From 2007 to 2016, HIV diagnoses in people who inject drugs declined from ... harm-reduction services. Physicians can help address the issue of marginalization by examining their own assumptions ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
... was approved unanimously, as were the minutes of the 2016 AGM. President’s report Dr Ruddiman stated he’d ... Doctors of BC will ensure adequate communication on this issue. There being no further questions, the motion to accept ... guys. They did give us a very nice lunch, though. You may wonder, “How did things evolve to me being so ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tania Morrison, MHSc, RD June 2017
... access to food due to financial constraints.”[ 3 ] The 2016  Priority Health Equity Indicators for British ... 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 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
4 June 2016, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC   Doctors of BC ... like to bring to the Board this year is temperance. This may help us be more efficient with our work.” . . . “To ... is not a productive use of our time and energy. The issue is that our two work models simply clash. Doctors are ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... all the generalist pieces of being a family doctor my dad may not have had an opportunity that day to receive the best ... the health care needs of our populations. What health care issue do you think is not getting enough attention right now? ... deliver that, we’re doomed to fail in health care in 2016. You are also highly engaged on Twitter. How has social ...