Beginning May 24th, 2018, Doctors of BC will be conducting its 3rd annual Health Authority Engagement Survey which seeks feedback from physicians, including those who don’t work directly in a hospital, on their level of engagement with their respective Health Authority.… Continue Reading
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
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
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
The Nanaimo Medical Staff Engagement Society is now located at #203 1801 Bowen Rd. Our Office hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Email: bmarcy@nmses.ca Phone: 250-591-2833
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
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
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
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
Some doctors at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital are abandoning an Island Health computer system in defiance of the health authority. The doctors say the IHealth system could cause dangerous drug dosage errors. They reverted to ordering medicine and lab work… Continue Reading
