Thank you to those members of the South Island Medical Staff who have put forward questions about the Clinical Governance Improvement Initiative (CGII). We hope that Dr. Williams will address these at our MSA Meeting on Monday, May 9th. Do you have questions to add? Let us know or bring […]
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Have you been surprised by a thoughtful Post-It note in an unexpected place in the hospital? Has a kind “Postcard from a Post-COVID World” made its way into your pigeonhole? If yes, tweet a picture of it our way! Interested in spreading your own good vibes to colleagues? Let us […]
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A reminder from Doctors of BC: British Columbians will be voting in a provincial election on October 24th. While we are in the midst of the election period, it is important that the Medical Staff Associations (which are funded through the PMA by the BC Ministry of Health and Doctors […]
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At the Executive meeting last week, the decision was not to hold an in-person meeting of the MSA to discuss Covid-19 and its implications for the medical staff. Getting all the doctors together in one room at the start of an epidemic didn’t seem wise. (I live in hope that […]
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This Success Story concludes our weekly series recognizing South Island MSA Annual Award Winners. Inspired? Please nominate a colleague who has made a difference! Our final award of the night is for Collaborative Leadership, honouring those who have partnered with the Health Authority and other organizations to lead change. The […]
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This Success Story is a continuation of our weekly series recognizing South Island MSA Annual Award Winners. Our next award of the evening is for Community Leadership, someone who has fostered physician-to-physician relationships to improve professional and collegial bonds. For his initiative and collaboration, Dr. Fred Voon provided a warm […]
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This Success Story is a continuation of our weekly series recognizing South Island MSA Annual Award Winners. A multidisciplinary team of clinicians has been nominated by Dr. Chris Hall for its contributions towards Innovative Leadership in Victoria. I am pleased to recognized Dr. Duncan Jacks, Dr. Jacques Smit, and the […]
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This Success Story is a continuation of our weekly series recognizing South Island MSA Annual Award Winners. On behalf of the team of physicians with whom he works, Dr. Paul Winston provided a glowing nomination for Dr. Daniel Vincent, who is here this evening. As shared by Dr. Winston, “Dr. […]
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At last week’s Annual General Meeting, the first annual South Island MSA Leadership Awards were given, recognizing physicians who had made notable contributions in each award category this year. We’ll be taking the opportunity to recognize these physicians over the coming weeks in Success Story Thursday. We’ll be sharing the […]
Read moreAt the last MSA meeting , we were informed that iHealth is coming next to the RJH and VGH. (See Dr. Fyfe’s slide presentation here). We were told all the medical leaders in South Island were in favour, the decision was made by the Ministry, and the approach would be […]
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