Novari Health to provide imaging management to Island Health

Novari Health is working with Island Health to implement its Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) technology across Vancouver Island. The deployment of Novari MIRM will enable 16 Island Health sites to more efficiently manage the receipt, processing, workflows, and wait list management associated with inpatient and outpatient community referrals for […]

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Peri-operative Simulation Success Story

For the past five years, with the support of NMSES, we have been growing our simulation program at NRGH. It had its origins in sessions designed exclusively for anesthesia staff that then expanded to include nurses and surgeons in the operating room.  It was awarded Section 3 Royal College accreditation […]

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Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation’s Longstanding Chief Executive Officer, Janice Perrino, to Retire on June 30, 2022

NANAIMO, British Columbia, March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation (the “Foundation”) is announcing that its Chief Executive Officer, Janice Perrino, will retire as of June 30, 2022 after nearly six years with the organization. The Foundation has seen some major changes and experienced tremendous growth under […]

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Staff WiFi Now Available with Island Health!

Here’s how to connect: Register your personal device at https://mydevices.nws.islandhealth.ca Connect your device to wireless network “IslandHealth” Automatically reconnect when you come to work More information: search “Staff Wi-Fi” on Island Health Intranet

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New probe ordered into IHealth electronic records system

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 2016 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Dufferin Place residential care […]

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