Birinder Narang

Advancing patient safety: Digital Referrals and Orders program The Digital Referrals and Orders (DRO) program is a provincial platform that allows care teams to electronically exchange, track, and manage referrals, medical order requisitions, and consultations mo...

Advancing #PatientSafety - Learn more about the Digital Referrals and Orders program. www.doctorsofbc.ca/technology-d...

Next endeavour.

Look forward to working with @bcfamilydocs.bsky.social over the next few years. 🙏🏽

AB is seeing its worst measles outbreak since 1979 – last week reaching 879 cases & rising.

Measles is highly contagious but preventable.

The vaccine is 97% effective. Protect yourself and your community.

THIS IS HUGE! An HIV PrEP drug in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has JUST been APPROVED by the FDA. Lenacapavir was 99.9% EFFECTIVE at PREVENTING HIV in clinical trials. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

How Spain manages 100% primary care access Spanish family doctors have vacation, sick leave and a pension. Part one of a three-part series.

Thanks to the Medical Post for publishing my 3-part series on what 🇨🇦 Canada can learn from 🇪🇸 Spain, a country where everyone has access to primary care.

✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records

canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...

What a life of service.
Inspirational.

B.C. delaying launch of publicly funded IVF program by 3 months | CBC News B.C. has delayed the launch of its publicly funded in-vitro fertilization (IVF) program by three months, and some patients and doctors are frustrated.

This is unacceptable, announcing a significant delay 1.5 weeks before a program is meant to go live.

Every day, week, month counts for patients struggling w/ their fertility journey.

It was early last year this program was announced.

Shameful.

#BCPoli
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“You can’t fire me, I quit.”- Canadian politics.

Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.

We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.

This made me laugh more than it should have 😆

Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of flu season has scientists on edge.

Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying. It's already in poultry and cattle. And a recent case of a Canadian teen being infected with #H5N1, likely from a wild bird, is raising fears that the virus is spreading more easily. www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org #AvianInfluenza

Health Care Utilization After a Visit to a Within-Group Family Physician vs a Walk-In Clinic Physician PURPOSE Primary care access is a key health system metric, but little research has compared models to provide primary care access when one’s regular physician is not available. We compared health syst...

New paper alert!

@annfammed.bsky.social

Want to decrease emerg visits?

Provide primary care infrastructure supports so that patients can see a “within-group” provider (instead of a walk in clinic) after hours.

Decreasing fragmentation of care works!

www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...

Screenshot of Bhattacharya's interview with Gill on YouTube, entitled: Conversations with Jay Bhattacharya: Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill (anti-lockdown advocate) Caption on the screen (of Bhattacharya) reads: You have faced tremendous backlash from Canadian medical authorities, from the

Screenshot of GiveSendGo campaign for Gill featuring the video interview with Bhattacharya. Text reads: Legal Fund for Kulvinder Goal: CAD $300,000 Raised: $206,659 Campaign created by Kulvinder Kaur Campaign funds will be received by Kulvinder Gill MPC

Screenshot of CBC article title: X to pay legal bills for doctor warned over COVID tweets Company formerly known as Twitter says it's 'proud to defend' Brampton's Dr. Kulvinder Gill The Canadian Press Posted: March 25, 2024 Last Updated: March 25, 2024

In the midst of current #medsky Jay Bhattacharya discourse, here's a reminder that he crowdfunded for a Canadian doctor to cover the costs of her massive lawsuit.

She tried to silence critics of her anti-vax rhetoric and lost.

Bhattacharya then got Musk's attention and now he's paying her costs.

The sketch is flattering compared to the real thing 😆

Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect - National | Globalnews.ca As authorities investigate the deaths of six tourists in Laos, here's what Canadians need to know about recognizing and preventing methanol poisoning while travelling.

Important PSA about alcohol mixed with methanol: avoid purchasing/consuming alcohol that isn’t legally produced or sold, particularly from informal settings eg market stalls,& check labels.
Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect. globalnews.ca/news/1088658... #medsky

Final update on human avian influenza case in B.C. An extensive, multi-agency public-health investigation into an avian influenza case involving a B.C. teenager has identified no additional cases nor evidence of human-to-human transmission.

“An extensive, multi-agency public-health investigation into an avian influenza case involving a B.C. teenager has identified no additional cases nor evidence of human-to-human transmission. “

news.gov.bc.ca/31792

New B.C. Health Minister vows to revamp approach to overdose crisis after addictions portfolio is scrapped ‘We are going to do everything possible that we can to reduce the number of deaths and the impacts on people and families,’ B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne said

New B.C. Health Minister @josieosborne.bsky.social vows to revamp approach to overdose crisis after addictions portfolio is scrapped. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis

Here's my other one. go.bsky.app/GGoP5kf #starterpacks

Most Don’t Know That Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania APPC data show that less than half of Americans know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer.

Most Don’t Know That Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-dont-kn...

Only 40% "know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer."

Want to make a big difference on health? Focus on the evidence-informed basics.

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Lol
Possible.

lol. Good luck.

It's no surprise to those who work in clinical medicine that RSV can cause severe illness in older adults.

"1 in 20 adults experienced all-cause hospitalization within 28 days."

Fortunately a vaccine is available that reduces severe infection.

tinyurl.com/3fbzwpmv #IDSky #MedSky

I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.

Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.

Canada’s security agencies suspect Modi knew of plot to kill Sikh activist Intelligence has also tied India’s External Affairs Minister to interference operations, source says

#BREAKING

Canadian security agencies believePM Modi knew of India's plans to murder a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Go Canucks!

updated. go.bsky.app/GGoP5kf

Health Matters: Concerns over bird flu and Global measles cases jumped 20% in 2023 | Watch News Videos Online Watch Health Matters: Concerns over bird flu and Global measles cases jumped 20% in 2023 Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Here is my segment from the weekend on Global BC.

Discussing Avian Flu case in BC & global rise in Measles with over 10 million worldwide cases last year, and an ongoing outbreak in New Brunswick.

globalnews.ca/video/108731...

YouTube video by Healthcare For Real Online health experts: CHECK THE RECEIPTS #misinformation #togetheragainstmisinformation #doctors

Many online creators claim to be "health experts". Wondering how you can tell if they're legit? Before taking the info you see online at face value, slow down, think about where the info is coming from, and most importantly: be skeptical! youtube.com/shorts/BkGPn...