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Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... than annual (0.8 cancers per 1000 screens).[ 38 , 39 ] In 2015, the screening interval for women aged 40 to 49 years ... the benefits of screening women in this age group. In October 2018, BC became the first province in Canada to ... a modified mammogram machine, so claustrophobia is not an issue, and it is a fraction of the cost of MRI. However, it ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
... to leave BC hospitals against medical advice in the years 2015 to 2018.[ 1 ] It must be noted that interpersonal racism ... people (see Finding 4 of the full report, p. 80). To 31 October 2020, First Nations died from overdoses at a 5.5 ... routine measurement of health system performance on this issue, serving to mask a problem that this review has ...
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 ... The Laboratory Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaced the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
On 17 October 2018, Canada joined nine American states and Uruguay ... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because ... use disorder, DSM-5 304.3.  Date of first visit: January 2015 to October 2017. Inclusion criteria: Self-reported ...
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 ... indicators at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in October 2016. This was an exciting achievement, but it ... Streamlining the cardiology referral process In 2015 the Vancouver Division of Family Practice approached the ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2016
The Laboratory Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaces the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ... go to  www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the  BCMJ  we will provide examples of ...
Letters / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2015
Thank you for your letters regarding the cover art on our  October issue . The  BCMJ  Editorial Board and the authors of the ... disturbing facial expression.  —ED. Letters Re: October 2015 cover image, Editor replies ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC October 2015
... This is a revised version of the article published in the October 2015 issue ( BCMJ  2015;57:331-335). The author corrected an ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD December 2015
... maltreated in front of a bright light for the cover of the October issue. The artist should have dropped his brush and helped ... —Robert Shepherd, MD Victoria Letters Re: October 2015 cover image (2) ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Blackman, MD, September 2015
... Dr Morris VanAndel was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, on 12 October 1943, the fifth of seven children. The family ... table, making the way clear to a fair resolution of the issue at hand. Dr VanAndel epitomized what one expected of a ... MD Vancouver Obituaries Dr Morris VanAndel, 1943–2015 ...