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Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ... has been the focus of much recent discussion. As of early 2016, 24 American states have enacted legislation that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Constantin Shuster, MD June 2018
... annually.[ 4 ] Unfortunately, British Columbia’s 2016 risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rate of 9.7% was ... risks for morbidity and mortality. Patient dissatisfaction may arise from the perception that the readmission was ... a concerted effort should be made to address this issue with the help of those working at all levels of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert C. Mack, MD July/August 2018
... at 10 residential care facilities over a 4-week period in 2016: Multi-dose packaging. Medications at most residential ... authority was quick to recognize the significance of the issue and wanted to be kept apprised of findings. Of the 10 ... actual professional practice standards for nurses, which may or may not conform to the full scope of practice set by ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... pit appointments. These 36 pit appointments were done in May 2014 and were deemed successful. Subsequently pit ... Board, data collection began and continued until December 2016. Establishing wait times Wait times were calculated for ... “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: 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 ... the public health emergency declared in BC in April 2016,[ 21 ] many programs were developed to prevent drug ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... do not intend to inflict self-harm or commit suicide. In 2016 an estimated 106 683 deaths occurred worldwide because ... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...