British Columbia Section

Submission to the BCMA Annual Report

jridley — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:14:24 +0000

President: Dr. John Ridley, Past President: Dr. Rod Tukker, President Elect: Dr. David Harris, Secretary: Dr Iqbal Siddiqui, Treasurer: Dr. Todd Arnold, Members at Large: Dr. Aliff Jamal, Dr. Rashad Dindo

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Greg Maynard Keynote Speaker at the BC Hospitalist Quality Improvement Conference Nov 28

dwilton — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:09:21 +0000

Dr. Greg Maynard will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2009 BCMA Section of Hospital Medicine AGM. The Meeting entitled "Leading Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in BC", will be held November 28, 2009 at the Wosk Center in Vancouver.

Dr. Maynard is the principal investigator of an Agency for Healthcare Quality Research (AHRQ)-funded study to optimize venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention at UCSD. He and others at SHM built the VTE Prevention Implementation Guide and the VTE Resource Room.

He is also a funded co-leader of a national SHM collaborative on VTE prevention.

Dr. Maynard leads a national SHM task force to promote effective glycemic control in hospitalized patients. The Glycemic Control Task Force is an SHM collaborative effort with the American Diabetes Association, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and the American College of Physicians.

The American College of Physicians named Dr. Maynard a Top Hospitalist in the United States in November 2008.

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President's Letter June 26, 2009

dwilton — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:48:20 +0000

June 26, 2009.

Dear Section Members,

It is time for another update of what the executive has been doing on your behalf. Below, I have summarized some of the recent developments and work being done.

Relationship between Hospitalists and the Society of General Practice (SGP)

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President's Letter March 09

dwilton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:33:56 +0000

March 13, 2009.

Dear Section Members,

Recently you have received a package in the mail from the BCMA regarding the proposed agreement between the BCMA. Many members have contacted me asking whether hospitalists should support this agreement.

In this agreement, hospitalists, as all other physicians will be eligible for significant increased contributions to their CPRSP plan. The increase should substantially increase the yearly matching contribution you are eligible for. The CME money you are eligible for will also increase significantly.

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