News
April 5, 2023
Primary Care Physicians Needed for Research in Refugee Care | Extended up until April 30
The study is looking to determine the barriers and opportunities that family doctors face when delivering primary care to refugees in BC. Participation involves 10-15 minutes of your time to fill in a web-based questionnaire on Qualtrics. All responses are anonymous. Questionnaire closes on April 30, 2023.
April 5, 2023
Island Health Magazine Spring Issue
The spring edition of Island Health Magazine shares many uplifting stories – including actions being taken to stabilize and improve health care services for the residents of North Vancouver Island – and new partnerships and innovations to help combat the toxic drug crisis, which continues to cause irreparable harm to families and communities across our health region.
April 5, 2023
Research Supports & Funding for Rural Physicians
Surgeon Dr. Henry Jiang has received a $10,000 Rural Physician Research Grant to determine the burden of managing small bowel obstruction in the Campbell River Hospital.
April 5, 2023
Required Training for Staff and Physicians involved in Admitting & Treating Patients under the Mental Health Act
On January 31, 2024 crucial changes are coming to the forms used in British Columbia to involuntarily admit and treat patients under the Mental Health Act. To ensure patients’ rights are protected and the forms are completed correctly, all staff and physicians who are involved in regularly treating and caring for patients under the Mental Health Act have to complete an online training module before November 30, 2023.
April 4, 2023
Only 10 days left to apply for Cohort 8 of the Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) training program!
Applications to join Cohort 8 must be submitted to PQI@islandhealth.ca by April 14th at 4:00pm. Please reach out to us if you need help with your application.
April 4, 2023
New transformative staffing model will better support nurses, patients
Together, the Province, the BC Nurses’ Union and the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) have achieved a new staffing model and more supports for nurses to strengthen B.C.’s health-care system and patient care.
April 4, 2023
Resilience and safety grant recipients
People and organizations in communities across the Island Health region will benefit from almost $1.2 million awarded through 29 resilience and safety grants. The three key areas of focus for these grants are: Promoting youth resilience, Businesses leading the way to a strong and healthy workforce and New ways to reach people who use illicit drugs alone.
April 4, 2023
PRIME: April 30th deadline for Nurse enrollment
As a follow up to the January 5th roll-out memorandum, Island Health would like to remind all nurses who access PharmaNet that April 30th is the last day to enroll in PRIME.