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February 10, 2023

BCCDC COVID-19 Long Term Care, Assisted Living & Other Residential Outbreak Report

A weekly update for Long-Term Care, Assisted Living & Other Residential Living Facilities.

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February 9, 2023

Island Health Medical Staff Bulletin

Topics covered include: EOC news, Public Health Updates, Island Health spotlight news, upcoming news and events, plus many more...

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February 8, 2023

Winter Surge Tip of the Week - Including patient and family early in the Discharge Planning process

This February 8, Winter Surge Tip of the Week focuses on why timely discharges and discharge planning are essential, especially when hospital admissions are high and beds are in high demand. Meeting with a client and their family within the first 48 hours of admission is critical in ensuring that the care team, the client and their family have the same understanding of the Estimated Date of Discharge (EDD).

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February 8, 2023

The Fit Feb Challenge: Week 2

​The Fit Feb challenge has officially begun. The goal is to move your body for 30 minutes every day in February! Grab a calendar and put a sticker on everyday you move.

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February 7, 2023

Seniors Care Learning Series - Compassionate Communities

This session will explore what Compassionate Communities are, how health care providers and community partners act together in supporting people affected by serious illness, caregiving, dying and grieving, and success stories from BC organizations that have adopted this approach.​

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February 7, 2023

Wear Red Day

February 13 is Wear Red Day in Canada. Join Island Health President and CEO Kathy MacNeil in wearing red - to raise awareness about heart disease in women.

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February 3, 2023

BCCDC COVID-19 Long Term Care, Assisted Living & Other Residential Outbreak Report

A weekly update for Long-Term Care, Assisted Living & Other Residential Living Facilities.

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February 2, 2023

B.C. expands mental-health, substance-use supports for more young people

More children, youth and families will benefit from seamless mental-health and substance-use services as B.C. expands Integrated Child and Youth (ICY) teams to seven additional school districts.

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February 1, 2023

New payment model for physicians means better care for patients

A BC Ministry of Health Information Bulletin announcing a new family physician payment model that has come into effect to help more family physicians start or continue their practice and ensure people throughout the province have access to primary care.

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February 1, 2023

Province reminds people to get a bivalent COVID-19 booster

People in British Columbia are reminded to get vaccinated with a bivalent COVID-19 booster for the most effective protection against the Omicron variants of COVID-19.

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