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News Category: Media

Teamwork and Communication Action Series

Posted on: September 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

How we work as a team and communicate with each other are essential elements of a healthy culture. Improving non-technical skills such as how we communicate, how we respond to the environment around us, and how we work together in… Continue Reading →

Media action series, healthcare, virtual

Canadian Pediatric Society Awards of Distinction

Posted on: August 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Dr Mitch Zelman, who came to the island to join the Nanaimo group in 2017, has been awarded the 2021 Distinguished Community Paediatrician Award. Click here to read the full article.

Media #Health, #IslandHealth

Regional B.C. Cancer Treatment Centre Coming to New Surrey Hospital

Posted on: August 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

“Surrey’s new hospital being built in Cloverdale will be home to a regional B.C. cancer treatment centre, the province’s premier announced Thursday.” Click here to read the full article.

Media #surrey #Fraserhealth #cancer #islandhealth

BC’s COVID-19 Hotline

Posted on: March 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

In an effort to ease the burden on HealthLink 811, B.C. has set up a dedicated COVID-19 line at 1-888-COVID19 or text at 1-888-268-4319. Read more about COVID-19 symptoms here: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19

Communications, Media covid19

Nanaimo City Council to Provide Letter of Support for a Tertiary Hospital at NRGH

Posted on: November 19, 2019 1 Comment

At the November 18th general Council Meeting, Dr. David Coupland, on behalf of the Nanaimo MSA, presented to Nanaimo City Council on the need for a tertiary hospital at NRGH. The presentation was well-received by Council and a motion for… Continue Reading →

Communications, Media community engagement, tertiary hospital

President’s Letter: Doctors of BC

Posted on: October 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

October 19, 2017 Preparing for Negotiations Dear Colleagues: In June of next year, we will begin negotiations with government on a new Physician Master Agreement (PMA) that will replace the current PMA on April 1, 2019. The PMA affects every… Continue Reading →

Communications, Media DoBC MSA PMA Negotiations

New probe ordered into IHealth electronic records system

Posted on: September 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

Health Minister Adrian Dix is ordering a second independent review of a controversial electronic health records system that created a stalemate between Island Health and the doctors refusing to use it. The $174-million paperless IHealth system was launched in March… Continue Reading →

Media CPOE, DoBC, Doctors, Electronic Health Record, IHealth, Island Health, MSA, Nanaimo, NMSES

Can internal medicine coverage crisis be averted in Nanaimo?

Posted on: May 29, 2017 Leave a Comment

Nanaimo – Internists here who, for ethical (“Do no harm”) and safety reasons, refuse the computerized order entry system (CPOE) their 247-bed Nanaimo Regional General Hospital has been piloting for months, have called an emergency meeting of their medical staff… Continue Reading →

Media CPOE, Electronic Health Record, EMR, IHealth, Island Health, Patient, Safety, Suspended

Nanaimo doctors face possible suspension for not using electronic order entry system

Posted on: May 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

Nanaimo, B.C. – Nine Nanaimo senior internists and intensivists who, for safety and ethical reasons, have been refusing to use an electronic order entry system their hospital has been piloting since March 2016 are now facing potential loss of hospital… Continue Reading →

Media CPOE, Doctors, Electronic Health Record, EMR, Island Health, MSA, Suspended

Use IHealth software, not paper, defiant Nanaimo doctors told.

Posted on: May 16, 2017 Leave a Comment

Island Health says it will no longer accommodate Nanaimo doctors who are refusing to use an electronic system for ordering medication — a system the doctors say puts patients at risk. Nine internal medicine doctors at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital… Continue Reading →

Media Doctors, Electronic Health Record, IHealth, Island Health, MSA, Physician Fatigue, Pride, Safety, Suspended

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