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Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2023
... patients, RCMP, injured workers, and certain others. At a media scrum, BC’s health minister celebrated the ... pathway to specialist referral is through the emergency room. Specialists are stressed and demoralized by the need to ... with primary care issues but no FP flock to the emergency room, where long waits, unfamiliar faces, excessive labs, and ...
News June 2022
... medical system here in British Columbia. Apps and social media The survey revealed that BC physicians are increasingly ... who responded to the survey have little use for social media for professional reasons (12%), though personal use is ... using social media at all (29%) than using Twitter (21%). Room for improvement Overall we found that survey respondents ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Heather Wray, MD, CCFP(SEM) September 2019
... that garner most attention in these spheres. Popular media tends to spotlight anecdotal evidence on this matter, ... cognizant of patient confidentiality in public spaces. In-room meetings Incorporate standing/stretching breaks. Offer a ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... if they use the same platform. Handwritten emergency room notes arrive by mail. Requests for health care services ... give up some of this right daily to interact on social media. I take a chance that my banking or personal data will ...
Premise / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... concept of medical pain management. For many years, the media, pharmaceutical industry, special interest groups, ... for many of these patients with visits to the emergency room or walk-in clinics, and continues with endless ...
Premise / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... Hindi. While Mr Kumar’s story had been covered by news media ( Newsweek ,  Time , and a documentary on Discovery ... financial burden, with six people living in a small two-room house all supported by the father’s income of 600 ... hyperconnected world. No smart phones, no TV, no social media. Dr Mathew was stunned there were no computers. One ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2017
... decided it’s time we educate ourselves about social media. I think pretty much all of you are familiar with ... list is by no means exhaustive. There are many more social media platforms out there, and by the time this is published ... Imagine the look on their faces when you enter the room and state, “Oh snap, when you tumble those tweets, ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2012
... control measures. In early March this letter reached the media and it garnered significant interest.  In response the ... issues? Do they know that men and women sharing a room separated by a curtain is now the norm? Are they aware ... workload. But would you want to be a patient in a four-bed room on a general medical ward at your local hospital?  I ...
News / BY: Sam Bugis, MD July/August 2011
... around BC. Despite the complexity of running an operating room (OR), most patients are provided with the highest ... on the BCMA’s website:  www.bcma.org/publications-media/policy-statements-papers .  —S. Bugis, MD Chair, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2010
... perceived novelty of this vaccine, accompanied by negative media coverage following its approval. A parental attitudinal ... Papillomavirus Vaccine Program in BC: A good start with room for improvement ...