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IHealth: Asked & Answered
Do you have a question about IHealth? Ask away! The IHealth team will get you an answer. Send your questions to: IHealth@IslandHealth.ca. Here are answers to a few questions IHealth has received from staff.
Virtual Care Services Newsletter: Summer Edition
In this issue…New Call4Care Service - Pilot Project Overview, Virtual Palliative Supportive Care Available Island-Wide, Remote Cochlear Implant Service Awarded by Health Quality BC, Virtual Care Success Stories
LOUD in PC Collaborative: Accepting Applications for Action & Improvement Teams
Learning about Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care (LOUD in PC), is a one-year collaborative starting September 2023, designed for physicians, nurse practitioners and nurse prescribers of OAT, together with their clinical teams. Apply by Aug. 11 to participate.
IHealth Update for Medical Staff
Updates include: What is the IHealth Medical Staff Champion Council (MSCC)?, Workflow Validation Updates, Practice Changes: What Medical Staff need to know, FAQs and more.
July Community Health Services CRT Update
This issue features information about new strategies for supporting hospital liaisons, proper negative pressure wound therapy documentation, tips for tidying up PowerChart sections, and other important news for all CHS staff
Harm Reduction Summer Newsletter: Volume 3 Issue 3
In this issue learn more about changes to the Population and Public Health Harm Reduction Team.
PRIME Enrollment for Physicians – Enrollment Completion due for August 15th, 2023
Island Health would like to remind all Physicians that they must enroll in PRIME before August 15th, 2023 to ensure uninterrupted access to PharmaNet. This is a follow up to the March 15th, 2023 PRIME memorandum.
New long-term care home coming to Campbell River
More people in the north Island will have access to high-quality long-term care as Island Health prepares to build a new care home with more than 150 beds.
Survey | Help inform Island Health’s partnership and engagement principles and model
Island Health is taking steps to improve our engagement and partnership practices and strengthen the inclusion of the voices of patients, clients, families and community partners in our decision-making processes. Looking for input from medical staff, leaders, patient partners, and partner organizations. The survey will be live until August 3, 2023.
Phone consultations – supporting patients with limited english proficiency
If you are speaking with a patient who has limited English proficiency, a professional interpreter should be included to support clear communication, ensuring quality care and patient safety. Virtual Care Services, in partnership with Provincial Language Services (PLS), provides access to professional, medically trained interpreters in over 240 languages.