Where Telemedicine Falls Short
Where Telemedicine Falls Short by David BlumenthalJune 30, 2020 [Excerpts] Telehealth use has surged during the coronavirus pandemic, with the technology spreading far and fast. Doctors and patients alike must be wondering if this is the beginning of a whole new kind of doctor–patient relationship, one that might totally transform our health care system. I am […]
Profits Before Patients? The Corporate Push into BC’s Primary Care System
Profits Before Patients? The Corporate Push into BC’s Primary Care System Big business sees opportunity in replacing the family doctor with corporate clinics or virtual care. Advocates see peril. First in a series. Andrew MacLeodSeptember 7, 2020 [Excerpts] Anita Dickson recently saw the kind of primary health care one corporate provider is delivering in British Columbia. […]
Letter to the Editor – TIMES COLONIST
A POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO THE DOCTOR SHORTAGE THE TIMES COLONISTDecember 28, 2019 Letter to the editor My doctor has retired and no one has taken over his practice. Given the current situation regarding physician production and the outflow of doctors due to their retirement age, it’s highly unlikely that I’ll ever have a family doctor […]
Complicated gratitude: a letter to my mother’s physician
Complicated gratitude: a letter to my mother’s physician Rachel B. CooperCMAJ January 27, 2020 On the morning you administered medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to my mother, you kindly and gently explained what we could expect. You reassured us that she would feel no pain, but rather drift off to sleep quickly. You entered my mother’s […]
Powell River Voices – Letter to the Vancouver Coastal Health Authorities
May 21, 2019Powell River Voices set up a committee to organize a petition for Healthy Food in Healthcare. Their letter to the Vancouver Coastal Health Authorities can be found below.
Introductory Letter to the Honourable Adrian Dix, M.L.A. Minister of Health
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Letter to the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance re: Implementation of Universal, Public Pharmacare
The BC Rural Health Network is one of over 150 national and provincial organizations who have co-signed the Canadian Health Organization’s letter to the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, calling on all parties to work together to implement universal, public pharmacare within this government’s mandate. [Excerpt]February 13, 2020 The Honourable Bill Morneau, P.C., M.P. […]
Letter to Black Press re: National Pharmacare
William L. Day5295 Webster Street Hedley, B. C. Canada V0X 1K0Tel: 250 462 8671 Cell: 604-314-5338 Email: witsend001@gmail.com The Editor, Princeton Similkameen Spotlight 11 July 2018 The House Of Commons All-Party Standing Committee on Health has recently endorsed and recommended the implementation of a Canadian Pharmacare Program. Many currently healthy people are not aware that prescription drugs are […]
Letter to Minister of Health Adrian Dix regarding Long Term Care in B.C.
(Note: reply from the MoH is below the BCRHN letter) Box 257Princeton, B.C.V0X 1W0 The Honourable Adrian Dix, MLA Minister of HealthPO Box 9050Parliament BuildingsVictoria BCV8W 9E2 June 2, 2020 Dear Minister Dix, I am writing on behalf of the members of the BC Rural Health Network to express my concern over the general state of […]
Letter to Minister of Health Adrian Dix regarding control and protection of Personal Health Records
December 1, 2020 The Honourable Adrian Dix, M.L.A.Minister of HealthProvince of British Columbia Dear Minister Dix, With the support of its member organizations and individuals, the Board of the BC Rural Health Network (BCRHN) would like to share their views regarding the rights of a patient to control and protect their personal health record (PHR). […]