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Recommendation # 118.

"Prioritize and fund the development of myalgic encephalomyelitis-specific billing codes for BC clinicians and the development of continuing medical education credits, modules or incentives for BC physicians, medical students, and other medical professionals to attend training about myalgic encephalomyelitis."

 

Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services:

Report on the budget 2023 Consultations; August 2022

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We support patients and families living with ME and FM

The ME|FM Society of BC is a registered charity formed to help and support patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis* (ME) and/or Fibromyalgia (FM).

Our society works to support ME and FM patients in British

Columbia to improve their health and quality of life by providing

information about these illnesses, and guidance on how to seek

and obtain support, appropriate medical help and treatments.

We also focus on informing and educating health care professionals, educators, students and the larger community about ME and FM.  Additionally, we raise awareness among, and seek the support of, government and the general public.

*Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is also referred to as ME/CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or SEID

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Convene project

We are proud to announce the completion of our Convene project, examining the unmet needs of British Columbians living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. We invite you to read the reports.

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The ME|FM Society of BC serves as a resource for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM) and related illnesses. The information in this information package and on our website is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult with your physician or other healthcare provider in matters pertaining to your medical care.

 

We endeavor to make our content as accurate and timely as possible, but we neither dispense medical advice nor endorse any medical product, practitioner or technique. You are advised to consult your primary healthcare practitioners before engaging in any health-related practice. The ME|FM Society of BC takes no responsibility for activities undertaken by our readers or members in response to the content provided by the ME|FM Society of BC.

 

Ideas and opinions expressed in other associated or linked sites are those of the individual authors. The ME|FM Society of BC takes no responsibility for their content.