Physician leadership during a time of exciting innovation in technology
Bill Cavers, MDWe live in a time of exciting innovation in technology—innovation that has the potential to allow us to provide higher-quality care, and to provide it more easily. I say potential...
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Funding available for e-booking system
Canada Health Infoway is offering funding to health care providers who adopt an e-booking system for their practice. An e-booking system allows patients to self-book and manage their appointments...
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BC Coroners Service: Emergency medicine recommendation
Jim Christenson, MDDavid A. Haughton, MDRoy Purssell, MDThe Emergency Services Advisory Committee (ESAC) wishes to make all physicians who practise emergency medicine in British Columbia aware of...
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Revised CVD guideline
The Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee (GPAC) has replaced the 2008 Cardiovascular Disease: Primary Prevention Guideline and it is available to physicians across BC via...
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Dr Don Rix Award for Physician Leadership (D.B. Rix Award)Established in memory of the late Dr Donald Rix for his many achievements and exemplary physician leadership exhibited throughout his life and...
View ArticleNext Divisions round table date
The GPSC supported the Divisions provincial team in planning the next provincial round table event: mark your calendars for 29 April 2015 to 1 May 2015 at the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown.
View ArticleDeprescribing medication for frail elderly patients in nursing homes: A...
Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFPLisa Howard, MD, CCFPRita McCracken, MD, CCFPResponses to questions about deprescribing indicate that physicians know they need to reduce the risks caused by polypharmacy,...
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Stephen Maloon, MB, BCh, FCSSA, FRCSC
First Initials for Index: S. Last Name for Search: Maloon Articles by Author: Dysphagia secondary to esophageal compression by cervical osteophytes: A case reportNovember -2014-ArticlesAdd to Profile...
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Michael Horkoff, BScStephen Maloon, MB, BCh, FCSSA, FRCSCAn elderly patient’s swallowing problems were resolved by the surgical removal of osteophytes extending from C5 to C7.Case dataDisclaimer: This...
View ArticleBupropion toxicity with unintentional exposure or abuse: More common than you...
Raymond Li, BSc(Pharm), MScThe BC Drug and Poison Information Centre handled 95 cases of bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban) exposure in 2013. Eighty-one cases involved adults, with 22 therapeutic errors, 47...
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Dr John Carl Harold Laudan, 1931–2013
Dirk LaudanDr John Carl Harold Laudan died suddenly of a heart attack while in hospital in Vancouver on 14 November 2013, recovering from unrelated surgery. He was 81.read more
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Coconut oil: The new super food? Not likely
Kathleen Cadenhead, MDMargo Sweeny, MDAmanda Lau, MDAccording to recent popular press, coconut oil is the latest miracle food. The claims regarding coconut oil are that it boosts brain function in...
View ArticleCollege Library: A support for retirement
Karen MacDonellRetirement from professional life is a growing phenomenon as the baby boomer bulge comes face to face with advancing age. In this issue of the BCMJ, Dr Bob Vroom also addresses the topic...
View ArticleAm I a cyberchondriac?
Margaret ReveleyI have been feeling a bit tired lately, more so than I think may be normal for someone my age. Over the course of a few months it had gotten to the point where it was starting to...
View ArticleSpecial Feature: Negotiation: It can pay a lot to learn a little
Benjamin Brzezynski, MAThe economic impact of medical practice causes physicians to make business decisions that affect them and others. Obtaining a desired outcome through business decision making can...
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