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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... and social media, and found an article published in 2017 by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) that addressed this issue.[ 1 ] The CMPA suggests that “physicians who share ... The article also mentioned that physicians may share identifiable personal health information if the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... health care in BC First Nations populations in BC may receive different health care services based on whether ... and services than non-Indigenous people. In October 2017 FNHA joined BC Pharmacare and the new plan Plan W ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Letters / BY: Stuart Kreisman, MD January/February 2018
... in your editorial, “The smells of summer,” [ BCMJ  2017;59:344-345 ] and of course I agree very strongly. You may recall my Premise piece, “Toward smoke-free multi-unit ... various levels of government have done little to move this issue forward over the last 6 years. Things are much better ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... department with postoperative concerns, meaning surgeons may not be aware of or involved in the identification and ... 60 000 emergency department visits annually. During 2017, 8772 surgeries were performed at CGH, including 4647 ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... deaths nationwide that year.[ 5 ] The trend continued in 2017, with 1452 deaths in BC from illicit drug poisoning.[ 4 ... 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 ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... parallels to alcohol consumption in our province. Adults may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis in a public place. If ... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the medicinal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... of quality assurance. Vancouver Island implementation In May 2016, the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island ... Island in that time (7100 expected deaths in 2016/2017).[ 4 ] Patients ranged in age from 49 to 96 (74.75) ... to the drugs required for assisted death has not been an issue. Prescribers and pharmacists have worked closely to ...
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 ... often navigate multiple care interfaces and consequently may experience fragmented care and poor outcomes.[ 5 ] This ... Transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Accessed 1 April 2017. ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... a patient presenting with stepwise symptoms A, B, and C may represent the specific algorithm of condition D, ... at the cost of patient privacy. Automation is the second issue. While the use of AI promises more time to attend to ... 1.    Harari YN. Homo Deus. Penguin Random House; 2017. p. 380-381. Suggested reading   Harvard T.H. Chan ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... Times brought my attention to an article in the 2 December 2017 issue: “Gay twin may offer an answer to mystery of our sexuality.” The ...