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June 18, 2024
Journey to Choosing Wisely Quality Improvement Status
Island Health recognized as a Choosing Wisely Canada Hospital and celebrating our continued commitment to quality improvement with the launch of our new Choosing Wisely Interactive Report for data monitoring!
June 18, 2024
CPOE at Royal Jubilee: How it’s going one week in
Since fully activating the electronic health record (EHR) at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) June 8, medical staff have been getting used to a new set of tools to assist them with computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and management. The overall feeling so far is that of “increasing confidence”, according to Associate Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Eric Shafonsky.
June 17, 2024
The Campbell River Primary Care Access Clinic is Open
The new clinic is in the administration building on the North Island Hospital grounds in Campbell River. There is a dedicated health-care team including a physician or nurse practitioner, registered nurses, and a medical office assistant.
June 17, 2024
Island Health’s Climate Change & Planetary Health Conference
Island Health's first-ever Climate Change & Planetary Health Conference is taking place on Thursday, September 26 at the Vancouver Island Convention Center in Nanaimo. This is a single-day, in-person conference and is open to all Island Health staff and medical staff.
June 12, 2024
Canadian Men’s Health Month: Exploring Perinatal Depression in Men
June marks Canadian Men's Health Month – an excellent opportunity to consider the important but often neglected topic of perinatal depression in men.
June 11, 2024
April/May MHSU Update
The Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Update connects Island Health staff with the latest news and achievements. April/May highlights include a new Early Psychosis Intervention facility, the launch of Just Culture training, welcoming new team members, and celebrating the literary success of Psychiatric Nurse May Sosa. We also spotlight the positive impacts of our Acute MHSU Quality Improvement Huddles.
June 11, 2024
MRI ordering for Family Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Island Health Medical Imaging have adopted appropriateness criteria for MRI ordering in alignment with provincial initiatives and Choosing Wisely Canada recommendations.
June 11, 2024
Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal Policy and Procedure
The NEW Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal Policy and Procedure have been posted on the intranet Policies and Procedures page under Medication Systems. The policy and procedure provide clear direction on proper disposal of medications, packaging, supplies used to prepare, carry, and administer medication.
June 10, 2024
Improved access to mental health, addictions coming to Westshore
COLWOOD – A new community mental-health and substance-use service will soon offer accessible care closer to home for residents of the Westshore on southern Vancouver Island.
June 7, 2024
More than 14,500 lives lost to unregulated toxic drugs, eight years into public health crisis
VICTORIA – Unregulated toxic drugs claimed the lives of 182 people in April 2024 according to preliminary data from the BC Coroners Service.