Attempts to fix relativity and reform primary care have made provincial medical service budgets maddeningly complex. Is it fair to vote on something many doctors don’t fully understand?
The B.C. Medical Association says that the results of a new Ipsos Reid poll confirm that the majority of British Columbians are not supportive of pharmacists making changes to patient prescriptions without first consulting the prescribing physician.
Recent media attention has focused on the possibility that long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy may lead to an increased risk of hip fracture.
Dr. Robert Ouellet, president of the CMA, today announced the CMA's intention to begin an international fact-finding mission examining ideas for health care reform and renewal in several European countries.