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STAFF AND MEDICAL STAFF FLU CLINIC SCHEDULES ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

Posted on: October 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Getting a flu shot is particularly important this year, not only for influenza prevention, but to stay healthy while COVID-19 circulates in our communities. Flu shots are available between October 19 and November 13 at participating sites. Pharmacists will immunize… Continue Reading →

Communications #IslandHealth, Doctors, MSA

DoBC President’s Letter: Member Survey

Posted on: February 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

February 20, 2018 Member Survey – tell us how we’re doing Dear Colleagues: As we continue to move forward in providing value to our members, one of our main priorities is to better understand you – your needs, your pressure… Continue Reading →

Communications DoBC, Doctors, Survey

Announcement of New MSA Executive

Posted on: October 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

Dear MSA Colleagues, We are happy to announce a successful election for the Executive of the MSA held at the NMSES AGM on October 5th, 2017. The continuation of Dr. Dave Forrest as President, as well as the nomination of… Continue Reading →

Communications AGM, Doctors, executive, MSA, Nanaimo, NMSES

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 →

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Update on tax changes

Posted on: September 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Dear Colleagues: I am writing to bring you up to date on our advocacy work against the proposed federal tax changes and to tell you about a survey you will receive from Doctors of BC on Wednesday, September 6. I… Continue Reading →

Communications CRA, DoBC, Doctors, MSA, NMSES, Tax

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 →

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Doctors are right to say no to IHealth

Posted on: May 16, 2017 Leave a Comment

Re: “Doctors defy IHealth, dump software,” April 28. I support Nanaimo doctors who refuse to let cumbersome software interfere with caring for patients. It is unfortunate that administration places compliance and documentation above actually caring for patients. How much of… Continue Reading →

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Editorial: IHealth project badly handled

Posted on: May 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

The simmering controversy over the new patient-record system at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital has boiled over. Some physicians have abandoned the system, and gone back to using paper records for ordering medications and lab work. They say the software is… Continue Reading →

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Doctor says suspension over IHealth system ‘a moment of pride’

Posted on: May 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

A Nanaimo doctor suspended for defying an Island Health order to use a new software, says he was acting to protect his patients’ safety. Dr. Paul Mitenko is one of seven internal medicine specialists at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital who… Continue Reading →

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