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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 ... participants that impeded continuing with the program. (In 2016 more workbooks for the core anxiety module were ...
MDs To Be / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD October 2019
... collect, communicate, and store medical data.[ 3 ] In 2016, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) reported that ... 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: 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: 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 ...
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: 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: 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: 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 ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in October 2016. This was an exciting achievement, but it highlights the ... often navigate multiple care interfaces and consequently may experience fragmented care and poor outcomes.[ 5 ] This ...