British Columbia Ministry of Health. (2022a). BC PharmaCare plans. Retrieved from https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/pharmacare-for-bc-residents/who-we-cover#planc British Columbia Ministry of Health [creator]. (2018). PharmaCare. V2. Population Data BC [publishe...
Design/methodology/approachConcentrating on British Columbia's Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) and hospitals, the study utilized data from interviews of key informants, documents (histories, legislation, agreements between RHAs and provincial government, and RHA organizational charts), news reports, ...
Ondine Biomedical Inc. (LON: OBI), a leading provider of light-activated antimicrobial technology to prevent and treat hospital infections, is pleased to announce that Steriwave® nasal decolonization is now being used in all five of British Columbia's health authorities. This deployment signals O...
To address these gaps, we propose mandating regional health authorities to broaden the provision of HR services, such as fulsome OAT options or overdose prevention access for youth through existing pathways of care when dedicated youth-based programs are unavailable. We recommend that regional health ...
The main objective of the Healthy Canada by Design CLASP Initiative in British Columbia (BC) was to develop, implement and evaluate a capacity-building project for health authorities. The desired outcomes of the project were as follows: 1) increased capacity of the participating health authorities ...
However, many public health policies introduced as part of public health reform have not yet been analyzed, such as in British Columbia and Ontario. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a descriptive, comparative analysis of public health policies related to the Healthy Living...
In 2016, a public health emergency was declared in British Columbia due to an unprecedented number of illicit drug overdose deaths. Injection drug use was implicated in approximately one third of overdose deaths. An innovative delivery model using mobile supervised consumption services (SCS) was pilot...
Harm reduction consists of non-judgemental approaches to delivering health services and aims to treat people who use drugs with respect, dignity, and compassion [2]. British Columbia (BC), Canada is seen by many as a leader in harm reduction and hosts several innovative examples of successful ...
//mstdn.ca/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishColumbia. Tamara Jansen, a prominent anti-abortion activist, plans to “bring a biblical perspective to our civil authorities." #poilievre #cdnpoli ...
oversees the development and review of Board of Governors’ policies and delegated signing authorities; is responsible for UBC’s compliance with British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act ; regulates and manages UBC’s conduct systems and internal administrative tribunals;...