Our own Dr. Jeff Brubacher was featured in VCH featured “Ask an Expert”. Read the full article here.
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VGH Research Update
Research at UBC was celebrated at the annual UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Research Day this week. And now, the VGH Research Newsletter has been released. Read all about the exciting research that is occurring at our institution here: VGH ED Research Newsletter 2017
Experiencing Firsthand the Crisis in BC Emergency Rooms
A patient’s experience at VGH: The Tyee: Experiencing Firsthand the Crisis in BC Emergency Rooms
Congratulations Dr. Corinne Hohl: CIHR Grant Recipient!
Our own Dr. Corinne Hohl was granted a Foundation Grant from CIHR! The Foundation Grants are highly competitive and provide exceptional researchers with 5 years of funding to support their research program.
The grant will support Dr. Hohl’s work entitled: “When Treatments Harm: Building Better Systems and Enhancing Research Capacity to Reduce Adverse Drug Events”.
Congratulations Dr. Hohl!
VGH launches Anti-Violence Campaign
The VGH Emergency Department has launched a STOP Violence poster campaign to educate patients on the issue and increase staff and physician reporting of violence in the workplace.
The posters send an important message to all VCH staff, especially those who work in high-risk areas, to report violent behaviour as soon as possible:
- Call the Workplace Health Call Centre at 1-866-922-9464
- Get EFAP support (free confidential counselling and debriefing support) at 1-800-505-4929
- Emergency Physicians report differently – details are on the poster in the EP lounge.
Reporting is the best way to get a realistic picture of how much this happens, so ED leadership can better understand the root causes and begin to address issues.
VGH at the Cutting Edge of Simulation!
On June 17th, VGH held the first multi-stage, multi-site, interdisciplinary trauma simulation, coordinated in no small part by our own Chief residents and simulation fellows, Dr. Nicolle Holm and Dr. Wesley Jang. From the paramedics, nurses, EPs, RTs, and trauma team in the emergency department to the OR and PACU teams, it was a huge success!
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:
New Access and Assessment Centre Opens at VGH!
Season 2 Airs Tonight!
Go to knowledge.ca/er to see the first of 6 new episodes of Emergency Room: Life and Death at VGH beginning tonight!
And read below to see what the media’s been saying in anticipation.
Dr. Andrew Campbell on being on camera
“VGH staff comfy in front of the camera” in the Vancouver Metro
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2016/03/30/vgh-staff-comfy-in-front-of-the-camera.html