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February 28, 2024

Sign Up for Quality Improvement (QI) Fundamentals Training in Parksville, BC

Join Island Health for the two-day Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) Fundamentals workshop, offering a prime chance to connect with peers from all over the island, acquire essential QI tools, and hone practical skills for enhancing care quality and provider satisfaction.

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February 22, 2024

8-Hr Downtime for the Cerner Electronic Health Record: How to Prepare

Cerner, Island Health's major Electronic Health Record (EHR), will undergo an important upgrade. The transition involves a planned, region-wide downtime for all Cerner applications that run on the Citrix Workspace. A planned 8-hour outage to the Cerner applications will take place from 10 p.m. on Friday, February 23 to Saturday, February 24 at 6.a.m.

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February 22, 2024

CGII February 2024 Newsletter: Our Excellence In Care Journey

Subjects covered in the February newsletter consist of: The progress made thus far, The upcoming phase of the journey, and additional topics.

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February 21, 2024

Currents Winter 2024 Edition is Live

Read about the achievements, activities and continuous improvement work of colleagues, and see many great photos, including those from the recent Stanley Cup visit at RJH.

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February 20, 2024

New, Bi-monthly February/March issue of Mental Health Act (MHA) INFOBITS

The MHA Infobits newsletter is now being published every two months. Island Health is thrilled to offer you an expanded selection of highlights, MHA educational resources, and provincial updates to enhance your practice.

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February 15, 2024

Island Health Medical Staff Bulletin

In this issue, you'll find information on the scheduled 8-Hour Downtime for the upcoming Cerner Electronic Health Record, a reminder to Save the Date for the Medical Staff Forum, and updates on New Medical Leaders.

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February 15, 2024

IHealth Update for Medical Staff

The January edition of the IHealth Newsletter covers a range of topics including Key Messages, Order Set Deployment, Practice Changes, and FAQs.

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February 14, 2024

New Provider Update: Associate Physicians & Physician Assistants

To create sustainable program foundations for the Associate Physician and Physician Assistant roles at Island Health, medical staff input is needed to strategically place these limited resources. Advisory groups have been created to provide program oversight and input into decision making.

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February 13, 2024

Apply for Cohort 9 of the Physician Quality Improvement Training Program Today

Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) is an education program for Medical Staff who want to enhance their QI capacity, build connections with colleagues, and create a continuous improvement culture to transform our local health system. Applications to join Cohort 9 must be submitted online by March 15 at 4:00pm.

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February 12, 2024

Upcoming Cerner Electronic Health Record - Planned Downtime

Island Health is currently transitioning our Electronic Health Record (EHR) to a Remote Hosting Option (RHO) provided by Oracle Cerner. The scheduled downtime for the RHO transition is from 10 p.m. on Friday, February 23, to 6 a.m. on Saturday, February 24.

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