Physicians often see opportunities for improvements to patient care in the course of their practice. Dr. Rohit Pai (Gastroenterology) and Dr. Brian McArdle (Internal Medicine) saw one when treating[...]
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Patients facing a breast cancer diagnosis want the fastest possible route to quality care; however, breast cancer wait times among surgeons vary considerably. Breast cancer surgeon specialists Dr. [...]
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The final few weeks of the first trimester of pregnancy can be a time filled with worry. Women can have symptoms such a bleeding or cramping that may suggest an early pregnancy loss, but cannot kno[...]
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South Island Physicians have been hard at work on their engagement and quality improvement projects, making changes that impact on the quality of patient care. They have also been getting their har[...]
Read moreA 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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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 [...]
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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[...]
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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 moreDr. 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[...]
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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[...]
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