Early Pregnancy Loss
A group of South Island physicians has had their work on streamlining care for early pregnancy loss featured at an upcoming conference. Dr. John Cooper and colleagues initiated the Victoria Loss Wo[...]
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Bereavement and MAiD
Dr. Konia Trouton, Dr. Chloe Lemire-Elmore, Rosanne Beuthin from Island Health, and their colleagues explored bereavement support among providers offering Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) within [...]
Read morePediatric Interdisciplinary In Situ Simulation Program
How 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 en[...]
Read moreHospitalist Trauma Ward Co-Planning
There are times when a trauma patient is brought to hospital but not admitted to ICU or other surgical specialties. For over 20 years the Victoria General Hospital has been mandated to design and r[...]
Read moreUpdating Pre-Printed Order Sets
Dr. David Cook and Dr. Jean Maskey thought they were embarking upon a crucial updating of clinical order sets (COS) in preparation for iHealth. They embarked upon their project, funded jointly by t[...]
Read moreMonthly TEE Case Review
Approximately 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). H[...]
Read moreDevelopment of the Victoria Enhanced Recovery Arthroplasty (VERA) program
Dr. Duncan Jacks wanted to make it possible for patients coming into the hospital for hip and knee surgery to return home on the same day. This is made possible by advancement in surgical technique[...]
Read moreImproving the care of neonates exposed in utero to opiates
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[...]
Read moreHospital at Home Project
In October 2018, hospitalist Dr. Shauna Tierney was in the audience when Island Health’s Geo 4 Executive Director Marko Peljhan presented a challenge to the South Island Hospitalists: By 2040, [...]
Read moreReducing Pharmaceutical Costs in ER
When a sick patient arrives in the emergency room, are medications prescribed effective and cost efficient? Pharmacist Richard Wanbon, ER Physician Jason Wale and their project group wondered if a [...]
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