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.”