Rooming-in is the standard of care for healthy babies born at Victoria General Hospital, meaning that they stay in the same room as their mother for the duration of their hospital stay. Babies born to mothers with opioid use disorder should have the same care. However, in a significant portion […]
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Please find below key supports for re-opening your community-based practice: Island Health has announced their process for supporting specialist physicians with community-based practices with PPE access, available here: https://medicalstaff.islandhealth.ca/news-events/ppe-physicians-community-practices-vancouver-island. Doctors of BC has put together important guides for re-opening community practices, available here: https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/working-change/advocating-physicians/coronavirus-covid-19-updates
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Each member of our medical community has pulled together at this challenging time. We’re delighted to share some inspiring stories of leadership, professionalism, and collegiality, as we introduce you to our peer-nominated COVID All-Stars. Dr. Eddie Moss has recognized Dr. Rusty Ritenour as a COVID-All Star. As he writes: “As […]
Read moreEach member of our medical community has pulled together at this challenging time. We’re delighted to share some inspiring stories of leadership, professionalism, and collegiality, as we introduce you to our peer-nominated COVID All-Stars. It can be easy to focus on our immediate, close-to-home needs during a stressful time. But […]
Read moreApproximately 800 cardiac surgery cases are done each year at Royal Jubilee Hospital and it is standard for the anesthesiologist to perform an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE). However, when the TEE shows an interesting finding which poses significant diagnostic challenges, there has been no formal mechanism to communicate this more […]
Read moreThank you, everyone, for everything you have done over the past two months to ready our facilities and teams for COVID. The collaboration and engagement has been inspiring. Now that we are out of COVID Crisis Mode, all requests for funding will happily be considered through the normal application and […]
Read moreEach member of our medical community has pulled together at this challenging time. We’re delighted to share some inspiring stories of leadership, professionalism, and collegiality, as we introduce you to our peer-nominated COVID All-Stars. Dr. Vanessa Young provided a warm nomination for Dr. Alicia Power, former Division Head for Family […]
Read moreEach member of our medical community has pulled together at this challenging time. We’re delighted to share some inspiring stories of leadership, professionalism, and collegiality, as we introduce you to our peer-nominated COVID All-Stars. When teamwork is at the core of a group working together, magic happens. The Emergency Departments […]
Read moreEach member of our medical community has pulled together at this challenging time. We’re delighted to share some inspiring stories of leadership, professionalism, and collegiality, as we introduce you to our peer-nominated COVID All-Stars. Dr. Rikus De Lange and Dr. Chloe Lemire-Elmore have been recognized by Dr. Matt Billinghurst as […]
Read moreHow do you improve your management of critical medical emergencies, if you don’t face them often? This challenge faces most medical departments. Many have pointed to the value of simulation to enable staff and clinicians to practice their skills in a non-critical context. However, logistical and administrative barriers can present […]
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