Dr. Brubacher said his team combined 20 years worth of police collision reports with prescription records, all without names attached, to determine which of 70 classes of medication were associated with the greatest risk of collision.
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Dr. Corinne Hohl leads Canada’s COVID-19 Registry
The Canadian COVID-19 ED Network, led by VGH’s own Dr. Corinne Hohl, is a leader in COVID-19 data collection.
2nd Annual TEC Vancouver May 15th!
The COVID-19 pandemic presents us with a powerful lens to look at our health system and services in fresh ways, resulting in innovations that transform individual care and health system service delivery. We want you to be inspired by sharing experiences that have improved patient care across the continuum. Please join us and also bring your own inspirations to share.
TEC Vancouver 2021 (Technologies in Emergency Care)
Innovations in Emergency Medicine: From COVID to Sustainability
May 15 (Sat) | 0815–1230 PDT +Add to Calendar
Target audience: family physicians, emergency physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, healthcare administrators, policy makers, residents & students.
Up to 3.25 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 creditsCourse Webpage | Registration Form
Why attend and what can I takeaway?
- Learn tips and pearls to apply digital health in your practice today.
- Explore innovations in emergency care delivery and education which you can use tomorrow.
- Discuss with peers how digital health will impact the future of healthcare delivery and health professionals.
- Hear what health leaders are thinking and acting in using digital health to shape the future.
Conference Co-chairs:
| Dr. Kendall Ho is a practicing emergency medical specialist, Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, and the Lead of the Digital Emergency Medicine Unit. He is the medical director of the Healthlink BC Virtual Physicians program called HEiDi. He is also the lead of the Real Time Virtual Support pillar of the BC Emergency Medicine Network. | |
| Dr. Chris Lee is an emergency physician at Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Urgent Care Centre, and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine. He is currently the Associate Department Head and Medical Director for Emergency Medicine at VGH and UBCH. In addition, Dr. Lee also serves as the Lead Physician for Disaster Management at VGH, and has interests in disaster preparedness, medical technology, and innovation. | |
| Dr. Chad Kim Sing is an Emergency Physician, practicing for 14 years. He is Associate Vice President of Medicine, Quality, & Safety and Co-Vice President of Pandemic Response for Vancouver Coastal Health. He is passionate about medical staff leadership and development, and bringing multidisciplinary stakeholders together to meaningfully advance and improve patient and provider care and experiences. |
Featured Presenters:
| Dr. Riyad Abu-Laban is the Scientific Director of the BC Emergency Medicine Network, and oversees a program focussed on optimizing the ability of the EMN to evaluate the system and patient care impact of its activities and function as a true Learning Health System. He is a Royal College certified Emergency Physician at Vancouver General Hospital and a Professor in the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, where he served as Research Director until 2020. | |
| Dr. Teresa Chan is an associate professor at McMaster University. Currently, she is the Assistant Dean, Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster. Additionally, she serves as the Social Media Lead for the McMaster Department of Medicine. | |
| Dr. Heather Lindsay is the Department Head and Medical Director of Emergency Medicine for Vancouver Acute within Vancouver Coastal Health. She has an interest and training in health leadership, informatics, and quality improvement. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, and developed the inaugural QI curriculum for the Emergency Medicine residency training program. | |
| Dr. John Pawlovich is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice at University of British Columbia (UBC). He is currently the director of the Rural Education Action Plan in British Columbia, the Medical Director for Carrier Sekani Family Services and the Telehealth Sector Lead for the Rural Coordination Center of BC. |
AND MORE!
For the complete list of speakers, please visit our website at https://ubccpd.ca/tec2021
Join the conversation:
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VGH ED Launches ED LIVE!
At Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), we are always seeking new opportunities to lead innovation for high-quality patient care.
That’s why we are so excited to announce that on March 9, Vancouver General Hospital’s (VGH) Emergency Department (ED) was named as a MEDTEQ+ Beachhead™ Centre of Excellence and living lab site.
The MEDTEQ+ Beachhead™program connects its network of Canadian and international centres of excellence and industry partners to test and develop new health-care innovations, such as technologies, ideas or work flows, in clinical settings and in real time.
As innovations are proven successful on site, they are seamlessly brought into practice, leading to faster improvements in patient care.
Beachhead (definition): An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments.
“Innovation is a strategic priority at Vancouver Coastal Health,” says Dr. Christopher Lee, VGH’s MD, MSc Disaster Med., FRCPC Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine. “We value our role as a leader in bringing evidence-based innovation into the delivery of the best emergency and trauma care.”
Groundbreaking sepsis study published from research in VGH ED!
Our own Dr. David Sweet was part of a five-year study (2013-2018) published in the Annals of Internal Medicine involving 325 patients in seven hospitals (including Vancouver General, St. Paul’s, Lions Gate and Surrey Memorial) who arrived at the hospital complaining of sepsis-like symptoms such as increased heart rate, painful urination and confusion.
TEC Vancouver rapidly approaching!
Join us November 2nd for the inaugural event!
See the recent VCH News article:
Join the conversation on innovation
On November 2, 2019, clinicians as well as health care students, policy-makers, and administrators will gather at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) for TEC Vancouver: a one-day conference by clinicians for clinicians. A joint-collaboration by the UBC Faculty of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver Coastal Health, the Department of Emergency Medicine at VGH, and the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundations, the event aims to bring health professionals, health organizational and industry leaders together to discuss the application of digital technologies to solve real life challenges.
“This is a great opportunity for health care professionals around the organization to hear about how technology is being applied in our everyday work,” says emergency physician Dr. Kendall Ho. “To be able to network with like-minded colleagues not only from VCH but other health authorities to generate ideas and generate dialogue is a great way for us to find new solutions and approaches to delivering health care in both primary and acute care settings.”
World-class speakers and panels
The conference includes an impressive lineup of speakers that in their diverse roles, are enabling innovation in healthcare. Speakers include:
- Keynote address from Dr. Shez Partovi on “Healthcare in the Cloud”, Worldwide Lead, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Genomics, Amazon Web Services, the conference
- Darcia Pope, Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, VCH
- Megan Stowe, Executive Director for Virtual Health and Clinical Education, VCH
- CST’s Dr. Damian Claydon-Platt, Chief Clinical Information Officer, IMITS VPP, VCH, PHSA, & PHC and Executive Lead, Clinical Systems + Transformation Project, CST
- Dr. Douglas Kingsford, Chief Medical Information Officer, Digital health Initiative, BC Ministry of Health
- And many more!
VGH ED hosts 1st conference on technology in emergency medicine!
Announcing the inaugural Technologies in Emergency Care – TEC Vancouver Conference 2019 bringing together clinicians, health professionals and health leaders to explore clinical gaps and how technologies can be used to solve real life challenges in primary and emergency health services in BC and beyond.
This conference will:
- Share knowledge on existing & emerging innovative health technologies to improve patient care, health provider work & education relevant to the Emergency Department and beyond
- Identify & address real life clinical problems & challenges in order to find novel solutions
- Clarify & share pathways for health technology innovations, from design to implementation and commercialization, with clinicians, policy makers, industry leaders and health administrators
VGH researcher Dr. Jeff Brubacher’s research on THC in CBC News
Dr. Brubacher’s research on use of THC and driving suggests that low levels of THC may not be associated with an increasing incidence in collisions or injury. This has significant legal implications on BC given current legislation. His research has been reported on CBC and the UBC website.
Dr. Jill McEwen wins prestigious CAEP President’s Award!
Congratulations to our own Dr. Jill McEwen for being awarded the CAEP President’s Award. This is CAEP’s most prestigious award, and receiving this is a recognition of the incredible and numerous contributions Dr. McEwen has made to CAEP and Emergency Medicine more generally, both nationally and internationally, over many years of service. All winners can be seen here.
VGH REBOA Featured Nationally
The use of REBOA by trauma surgeons in the VGH ED has been featured in several national news outlets this week. Our own emergency department and Drs. Emilie Joos and Naisan Garraway are featured!