Referring patients to VCH’s Spiritual Care and Multi-faith Services professionals when they are in a spiritual crisis is a no brainer. The trick is knowing how to identify that. “Spirituality is often misunderstood, and it can be difficult to recognize whether a certain type of distress being expressed is spiritual in nature, but I will be happy to expand on this,” said Spiritual Health Profession Leader Philip Murray. What is … Read More
Townhall reviews latest VA digital health news
VPSA members gathered online on October 9 to hear about ways digital health is making inroads in medical care. VA Associate Chief Medical Information Officers Dr. David Wilton and Dr. Stephen Van Gaal and CI Manager Morgan Chow discussed Team Communication in Cerner, telephone and verbal orders, the patient portal, and documentation and AI scribes. Role of the VA Provider Digital Health Committee Dr. Wilton opened the meeting by reminding … Read More
VMDAS quarterly meeting summary
Members gathered in person and online September 29 for VMDAS’s most recent quarterly meeting. VMAC Chair Dr. Jennifer Wilson provided an overview of the work of the Vancouver Medical Advisory Committee, after which HAMAC Chair Dr. Jennifer Beaveridge talked about the role of the Heath Authority Medical Advisory Committee. VCH and PHC Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Eric Grafstein was the final guest speaker at the meeting; he shared updates … Read More
Senior leaders collaborate on initiatives
VMDAS/VPSA board and staff meet regularly with VCH senior leaders to develop a collaborative relationship between medical staff and the health authority. The October meeting saw a variety of issues discussed including the agenda development process for future meetings, updates on violence prevention, MSA advocacy and bidirectional feedback from members, VPSA support for a new VA PGME working group, and the impact of VGH OR renovations on the medical staff … Read More
VA Provider Digital Health Committee – September meeting summary
The VA Provider Digital Health (DHC) Committee meets monthly; members work to identify Cerner changes that would be most helpful to providers. VPSA provides sessional funding to the nine physician representatives on the committee for time spent in meetings and doing other committee work. The following is a summary of the committee’s September 17 meeting. Ongoing Projects The committee has three current ongoing projects: Patient Portal, ED resident ordering issue … Read More