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Physician Wellness is a topic of interest amongst many Divisions of Family Practice and MSAs across the province. The MSA is planning to strike a committee to look at how we might improve Physician Wellness in our hospital and community, as well as to implement developed strategies. We are reaching […]

Join your physician colleagues in an introduction to Quality Improvement (QI) at Island Health. You will learn about the fundamentals of QI and find out about funding sources and additional resources available through the Physician Quality Improvement and other Specialist Services Committee initiatives. Three training dates and locations are provided […]

Cerner’s Human Factors team is looking for research participants to participate in an online Research activity related to Patient Clinical Indicators. If you are currently treating patients more than 10% of your time, we’d like to invite you to participate in this short study. Please copy the following link to […]

Health System Redesign is co-funded by the Specialist Services Committee, Shared Care Committee, and General Practice Services Committees (collectively the Joint Clinical Committees of the Doctors of BC). Health System Redesign provides funding for Island Health to compensate physicians for their expertise and input into acute and community system redesign […]

In the Fall of 2015, the Special Services Committee (SSC) approved a second round of one-time funding of up to $15 million to support physician-driven prototypes and quality improvement projects with the potential for broader health system impact. The funds have been awarded and SSC is now focusing on supporting […]

In an effort to focus on developing a culture of engagement and continuous quality improvement amongst physicians, PQI offers funding via two separate avenues. 1) PQI Cohort: Annual, by application. 1 year contract starting September 1st. Funding provides compensation for physicians to undertake self-identified QI projects. PQI technical staff support […]

Island Health is in the process of revamping their public physician website and are seeking physicians to provide feedback and/or participate in the planning of the redesign. To view the current Island Health Physician website, got to http://www.viha.ca/physicians/ . If this opportunity interests you and you would like to be […]