News
September 3, 2024
CrowdStrike After Action Review (AAR) has begun
Health Emergency Management BC (HEMBC), along with the Island Health Planning Team, is gathering key learnings from this global outage event that caused a Health Authority wide Code Grey.
August 30, 2024
Minister’s statement on lives lost to poisoned drugs in July
Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has released the following statement about the BC Coroners Service report on illicit drug toxicity deaths in July 2024.
August 28, 2024
New Westshore Mental Health and Substance Use Hub ready for clients
Starting September 4, Westshore residents will have improved access to mental health and substance use support services with the opening of the new Westshore Mental Health and Substance Use Hub.
August 28, 2024
New provincewide Opioid Treatment Access Line provides same-day access to care
The Province has launched the Opioid Treatment Access Line to make it faster and easier for people to get life-saving medication to treat opioid-use disorder and get connected to same-day care.
August 28, 2024
Updated mpox resources now available
HealthLinkBC has updated its mpox webpage, now offering comprehensive information on how the virus spreads, its symptoms, actions to take if exposed or if you become ill, guidance for those who test positive, treatment options, vaccination details, and other useful resources.
August 27, 2024
Addiction Medicine Clinician Support
Highlighting two on-call supports available to medical staff working provincially within the realm of addiction medicine.
August 27, 2024
IHealth News Brief
In this issue, IHealth discusses the upcoming Go-Live date of Saturday, September 14, 2024, for the implementation of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and other advanced electronic health record tools at Victoria General Hospital (VGH), Gorge Road Health Centre (GRH) sub-acute units, and South Island Surgical Centre (SISC).
August 23, 2024
Island Health Medical Staff Bulletin
In this August issue, you'll find information on IHealth updates, Addiction Medicine Leadership Team, Medical Leadership Spotlight, Planetary Health Conference and more.
August 21, 2024
Help support opioid use disorder care in Emergency Departments
Expressions of interest for Health Quality BC's Learning about Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department (LOUD in the ED) Collaborative are still open! We are especially encouraging people working with EDs to fill out the short EOI form and help champion this work. Funding is available to participate.
August 20, 2024
New Practice Alert: Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment for patients with Opioid Use Disorder
Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT) is part of the continuum of care for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who inject opioids. iOAT is for those who have not adequately benefited from or have declined oral OAT like methadone, buprenorphine, or slow-release oral morphine.