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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...