ER Dermatology Referrals
Dr. Jason Wale hoped that, by creating an emergency room dermatology referral form, patients he saw on shift would be able to access this specialist care quickly. Because dermatologists don’t w[...]
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The Pregnancy Journey: Supporting Women who use Substances
With a focus on supporting enhanced care for pregnant women who use substances, Drs. Sarah Lea and Heather McEwen hosted an evening event for family physicians, midwives, social workers, nurses, ps[...]
Read moreTrauma Patient Management – Education and Planning
Trauma cases are tricky things. Being Most Responsible Physicians (MRP) for these patients can be challenging, too. Thanks to a South Island FEI grant, the Hospitalist team brought in the local[...]
Read moreDesigning a Multi-Disciplinary Clinic at the BCCA
Dr. Jennifer Goulart wanted to create a multidisciplinary clinic to support specific genitourinary cancer patient populations. She believed that care for those requiring advanced multimodality tr[...]
Read moreHospitalist Morbidity and Mortality Rounds Program Development
Wanting to create a sustainable, well-received and effective hospitalist morbidity and mortality rounds program, Dr. Shauna Tierney designed a project focused on improving communication and relatio[...]
Read moreGastroenterology Central Access and Triage Referring Physician Education Evening
The Division of Gastroenterology has been working hard to ensure their services are more accessible for patients and referral partners. In January 2018, they made major changes to their referral [...]
Read moreSouth Island Urologic Care
A number of changes have happened recently in the Division of Urology: Two of its membership retired unexpectedly, sexual medicine practitioners have been included as part of the care team, and i[...]
Read moreTransgender Surgical Care on Vancouver Island
Dr. Nathan Hoag saw a great opportunity for multi-disciplinary collaboration: Transgender surgical care has been available, but in a limited and specialty-focused capacity. By bringing together[...]
Read moreParacentesis Process Improvement
Dr. Jody Anderson knew there had to be a better way of helping patients who need recurrent paracentesis.
By bringing together physicians from radiology, internal medicine, oncology, palliati[...]
Read moreComparison in surgical approaches to varicose veins
Dr. Pierre C. Malo identified a potential benefit from connecting Family Practice physicians and General surgeons in a study to assess the rate of reccurrence of of venous reflux following Conserva[...]
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