Canadian Pediatric Society Awards of Distinction
Dr Mitch Zelman, who came to the island to join the Nanaimo group in 2017, has been awarded the 2021 Distinguished Community Paediatrician Award. Click here to read the full article.
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Regional B.C. Cancer Treatment Centre Coming to New Surrey Hospital
“Surrey’s new hospital being built in Cloverdale will be home to a regional B.C. cancer treatment centre, the province’s premier announced Thursday.” Click here to read the full article.
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BC’s COVID-19 Hotline
In an effort to ease the burden on HealthLink 811, B.C. has set up a dedicated COVID-19 line at 1-888-COVID19 or text at 1-888-268-4319. Read more about COVID-19 symptoms here: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19
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Nanaimo City Council to Provide Letter of Support for a Tertiary Hospital at NRGH
At the November 18th general Council Meeting, Dr. David Coupland, on behalf of the Nanaimo MSA, presented to Nanaimo City Council on the need for a tertiary hospital at NRGH. The presentation was well-received by Council and a motion for Council to provide a letter of support for this initiative […]
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President’s Letter: Doctors of BC
October 19, 2017 Preparing for Negotiations Dear Colleagues: In June of next year, we will begin negotiations with government on a new Physician Master Agreement (PMA) that will replace the current PMA on April 1, 2019. The PMA affects every physician in the province; it impacts your compensation and benefits […]
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New probe ordered into IHealth electronic records system
Health Minister Adrian Dix is ordering a second independent review of a controversial electronic health records system that created a stalemate between Island Health and the doctors refusing to use it. The $174-million paperless IHealth system was launched in March 2016 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Dufferin Place residential care […]
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Can internal medicine coverage crisis be averted in Nanaimo?
Nanaimo – Internists here who, for ethical (“Do no harm”) and safety reasons, refuse the computerized order entry system (CPOE) their 247-bed Nanaimo Regional General Hospital has been piloting for months, have called an emergency meeting of their medical staff association (MSA). It is scheduled for May 31. Dr. Dave […]
Read moreNanaimo doctors face possible suspension for not using electronic order entry system
Nanaimo, B.C. – Nine Nanaimo senior internists and intensivists who, for safety and ethical reasons, have been refusing to use an electronic order entry system their hospital has been piloting since March 2016 are now facing potential loss of hospital privileges. A May 11 memo from Island Health informed them […]
Read moreUse IHealth software, not paper, defiant Nanaimo doctors told.
Island Health says it will no longer accommodate Nanaimo doctors who are refusing to use an electronic system for ordering medication — a system the doctors say puts patients at risk. Nine internal medicine doctors at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital stopped using the $174-million electronic health records system at the […]
Read moreDoctors are right to say no to IHealth
Re: “Doctors defy IHealth, dump software,” April 28. I support Nanaimo doctors who refuse to let cumbersome software interfere with caring for patients. It is unfortunate that administration places compliance and documentation above actually caring for patients. How much of a nurse’s time is spent on electronic charting now, versus […]
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