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.
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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!
Dr. Tom Lee wins national CAEP award!
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Emergency Department Wins at People First Awards!
Congratulations to all of the People First Winners!
Award of Excellence in Innovation:
- Dr. Kendall Ho, Emergency Physician, Vancouver General Hospital & TEC4Home Lead
Award of Excellence in Teamwork and Collaboration :
- Mobile Medical Unit Deployment Team, Vancouver Acute & Vancouver Community:
Lori Korchinski, Afshan Nathoo, Miranda Compton, Dr. Eric Grafstein, Michelle de Moor, Dr. Keith Ahamad, Dr. Annabel Mead, Caitlin Etherington, Dr. Stan de Vlaming, Tim Chu, Ross Maguire, Marsha Simons, Joe Acker, Peter Hennecke, Krista Golden, Nathanial Lim
Award of Merit in Teamwork and Collaboration :
- Chest Pain Working Group, Emergency, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver Acute:
Lori Korchinski, Jaime Gallagher, Susan Harrison Salt, Sarah Turner, Lori Quinn, Cassie Wright, Sean Freeze, Bruce Hartnett, Dr. Heather Lindsay, Dr. Tong Lam, Dr. Chad Kim Sing, Erin Collins, Liz Crane, Darlene Davelaar, Christine Davie, Carole Dion, Michelle Dodds, Suzanne Fayle, Tracy Johnson, Tony Kumar, Gertrude Lee, Scott Maher, Penny Merletti, Trang Nguyen, Simona Pavlikova, Suzanne Pell, Evangeline Portillo, Jean Power, Gosha Roman, Sinead Ryan, Joanne Scott, Heather Sengara, Alexia Simeoni, Lindsey Bott, Angela Tait, Lindsay Tarasoff, John Tino, Veronica Tsang, Cindy Vanderbyl, Tracy Visser, Adrienne Zawyrucha, Carole Stevens, The Heart Services Cardiology Technologist team
BC Mobile Medical Unit makes headlines
Read about how our VGH emergency physicians are making a difference in the DTES !
Globe and Mail: Mobile Medical Unit brings hope, relief to B.C. overdose victims
CBC: ‘Satellite emergency department’ to treat DTES overdose patients
Dr. Kendall Ho wins the 2016 Canadian Health Informatics Association Clinician Leadership award!
Congratulations to Dr. Kendall Ho for receiving the 2016 Canadian Health Informatics Association Clinician Leadership award!
This award recognizes a clinician who has shown leadership in Canada in advancing the use of health Information Communication Technology (ICT) and informatics or telehealth in clinical practice resulting in improved provider and patient experiences and outcomes.
This award was presented on June 7th at the National eHealth conference banquet. Please click the following link to read more on the award and view the list of Canadian Health Informatics Awards Gala (CHIA) winners: