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News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, June 2012
... The Canadian Diabetes Association’s 2008 clinical practice guidelines des­cribe insulin therapy as the ... using outside agencies for medical care, an existing practice in BC schools, could meet this need.  In the past, ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2012
... It continues the collaborative initiatives of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services ... Committee, the Shared Care Committee, and the General Practice Services Committee ($2.2 million). But despite the ... and complex disease management fees. Where would general practice be without those fees? “Some of the increases to ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD September 2012
... of preparation, luck, ex­perience, and skill. And practice. Touch and go. Touch and go and turn on final.  To ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, January/February 2012
... last year. Developed in partnership with the General Practice Services Committee, this program provides doctors ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, March 2012
... colleagues who may be juggling the responsibilities of a practice along with raising their families, but it is ... “double burden” syndrome: the combination of physician practice and domestic responsibilities, which can be ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, April 2012
... a bad one can be devastating. As physicians our successful practice depends on maintaining a good reputation. In the ... trust. We have work­ed hard for years to build a thriving practice, be respected by our colleagues, and be revered by ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, June 2012
... Programs such as those offered through the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) and the Specialist ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD July/August 2012
... how we deliver health care. Programs such as the General Practice Services Committee and the Specialist Services ... changes forced upon us—such as expanding scopes of practice for allied health care professionals such as ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD September 2012
... in that, unlike my predecessors, I have closed my practice for the year so that I can dedicate as much time as ... medical staff, medical societies, divisions of family practice, and other physician medical groups in both urban ... to continue being just as active even though I’m not in practice. For me, it will be a very different kind of busy, ...
President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2012
... such as rural recruitment, e-health, tariff, patterns of practice, benefits, or audit and finance, to name only a few. ... risk assessment programs, divisions of family practice for GPs, telephone advice and patient follow-up fees ... such as being away from the routine of day-to-day practice, can be quite stimulating and rejuvenating. For more ...