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Specialty Care in BC: A System in Distress

June 1, 2004

This policy paper discusses the availability of, and access to, specialty care in British Columbia. The purpose of the research is to critically examine BC’s health care system and move beyond newspaper headlines and anecdotes as the yardstick by which we measure its success or failure.

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Building Bridges: A Call for a Coordinated Dementia Strategy in BC

April 1, 2004

Dementia is a complex, degenerative condition that erodes an individual’s cognitive abilities. It is a vicious disease that over time steals people’s memories, talents and even their identities. The most well-known form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, but there are many other forms. People...
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Getting IT Right: Patient Centred Information Technology

January 15, 2004

The importance of Information Technology (IT) in health care has gained much attention recently. Federal reports such as Romanow and Kirby have touted the use of IT and Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) as essential components of improving Canada’s health system. The federal government has ...
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Patient Care Guarantees

January 1, 2004

Doctors of BC policy advocates for an abandonment of attempts to explicitly define the term “medical necessity” as it relates to identifying those services that are insured under the medicare program and calls for a pragmatic determination of those services that will be insured, based not on...
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Ensuring Excellence: Renewing BC’s Primary Care System

September 15, 2002

In 2000, the Doctors of BC embarked upon a review of the province’s primary care delivery system.

British Columbians are privileged to be served by a primary care delivery system that ranks among the best in the world. However, our system is under significant stress from increasing...
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