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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Elizabeth Burden, MD January/February 2023
... as they require, at the appropriate time in their health care journey. The overarching purpose of this tool is ... participation in discussions and decision-making with the health care team [ Figure 2 ]. The tool is available at ... content. The tools are also available on the Island Health intranet, and work is underway to make them available ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA January/February 2023
... consequences for individuals, communities, and the health care system.[ 1 ] Since British Columbia declared a provincial public health emergency in 2016, the province has struggled to gain ... In downtown Vancouver, St. Paul’s Hospital in Providence Health Care is uniquely situated at the centre of Canada’s ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... say I’m well versed in all the policies when it comes to health care or that I know what it is to be every one of the ... in my career, we weren’t talking about First Nations health or about Indigenous cultural safety and humility. You ... said, “We want to build this space [at that time] with Health Canada dollars and we want to make the space inclusive ...
News January/February 2023
... about all things medicine as well as research and health care quality improvement. Throughout medical school ... and his future career, Mr Cau hopes to help make the health care system more safe, accessible, equitable, and ... Program, Ms Jina has a long-standing passion for women’s health. From leading gynecologic research projects to ...
News January/February 2023
... Columbia’s Okanagan campus. She has been teaching sexual health education with Vancouver Coastal Health’s BLUSH program for about a year and helped write ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... titled “It’s official. Vitamins don’t do much for health.”[ 3 ] So, which is it? Are vitamins helpful or not? ... I am cognizant that there are many other determinants of health and the JAMA publication was looking only at ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD January/February 2023
... recognized that Indigenous people experience racism in our health care system. The report recommended “that the BC ... employee ‘speak-up’ culture throughout the entire health care system so employees can identify and disclose ... it help us? How do we develop and nurture it within the health care system? I believe we can simplify the concept by ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD January/February 2023
... We are leading with courage and defining what we want our health care system to look like moving forward. We are ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP January/February 2023
Since 2008, the triple aim framework[ 1 ] has supported health care improvement through the simultaneous pursuit of three goals—improving population health, enhancing the care experience, and reducing costs—to optimize health system performance. The triple aim was expanded to the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Patrick Wong January/February 2023
... surgeon can request an exception by calling WorkSafeBC’s Health Care Programs department at 1 866 244-6404 and ... to the surgery, the surgeon needs to call WorkSafeBC Health Care Programs at 1 866 244-6404 and press “2” or ...