September

People affected by cancer and those who work to control the disease now have a single online place to access Canada’s leading cancer resources and services and to connect with each other. Cancer View Canada, a new online community that can be found at www.cancerview.ca, is the work of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer in collaboration with a network of regional and national partners, including the Canadian Cancer Society.

by Leah Jamnicky, RN, Robert Nam, MD.

The Complete Canadian guide to Prostate Cancer, By Leah Jamnicky, RN, Robert Nam, MD. John Wiley and Sons Canada, Ltd., 2008. ISBN 978-0-470-15767-1. Softcover, 256 pages. $24.95.

We were pleased to learn in July that the BCMJ has won another APEX award, this time in a writing category. The theme issue “Expanded and distributed medical education in British Columbia” by the UBC Faculty of Medicine staff and students won an Award of Excellence in the Feature Series Writing category. The series comprised the following articles:

As a former industrial manager involved in information technology development some 40 years ago and spouse of a retired radiologist, I found Dr McMahen’s comments on EMR in the June issue particularly interesting (“Ready or not” BCMJ 2009;51[5]:190).

History repeats itself. I share Dr Blair’s frustration with PITO (“EMRs and specialists” BCMJ 2009;51[5]:190). I went through the same process about 2 years ago, outlining my concerns that PITO and its $100-million-plus budget is subsidizing mostly GPs with software designed for GPs. I have not received an adequate response from Jeremy Smith or the BCMA on this issue.