Medical Staff News
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Resident Doctor Appreciation Week (February 9–14): Island Health Celebrates Our Resident Doctors
Resident doctors play a vital role in delivering care and represent the future of our health care system. Medical residency is a demanding and formative period that cannot be fully captured in a few sentences. It is a time of intensive learning, long hours, and a deep commitment to patients and their families.
Supporting Our Communities and One Another After the Events in Tumbler Ridge
If you are feeling impacted, please know that support is available. Staff and medical staff can access confidential counselling and support services through the Employee and Family Assistance Program.
Launch of Novari MIRM for Community Outpatient Imaging
Island Health is preparing to launch Novari Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) across the region in March 2026. Novari MIRM is a new digital system that converts faxed community outpatient medical imaging requisitions into a centralized electronic workflow. This will reduce lost paperwork, streamline processing, and improve communication for both providers and patients.
Important Updates to BCEHS Interfacility Transfer Clinical Response Model
The IFT-CRM has been updated to address limitations in the previous Red and Yellow categories, which were broad and did not consistently support effective transport prioritization.
Funded QI Training for Medical Staff (2026/27): Registration Deadlines Approaching
The Island Health Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) team offers three funded pathways for Medical Staff to learn Quality Improvement (QI) and apply it to everyday practice.
PQI Launches Dyad Partnerships to Strengthen Clinical-Operational Leadership
Looking to sharpen your Quality Improvement (QI) skills, expand your clinical network across the Island, or take on a care gap that has been bothering you for years? Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) has expanded it’s training to operational leaders who co-apply with a physician to co-lead a QI project in their shared care areas.
Climate Change & Planetary Health e-Learning Now Available
Climate change is no longer a distant issue. It is already shaping the health and safety of our communities, and the way we deliver care across the Island Health region.
Medical Director, Quality for Research and Innovation
The Medical Director, Quality for Research and Innovation provides collaborative medical leadership to ensure strategic, visionary, and sustainable work in the areas of both Research and Innovation at Island Health.
Ethics + DBT Skills for Moral Distress Learning Resource Now Available
A new learning resource, Staying Aligned: Ethics + DBT Skills for Moral Distress in Healthcare, is now available on the Ethical Practice Learning Resources intranet page.
Medicine on the Islands: Updates, Skills & Networking 2026
Please join us this April for Medicine on the Islands: Updates, Skills & Networking 2026—a truly inter-island community conference designed for all health-care professionals practicing on Vancouver Island and beyond. In-person.