Every physician remembers their days as residents and fellows. It is a challenging time for anyone’s career and can determine whether pursuing this profession is worthwhile. Acknowledging residents’ and fellows’ contributions to patient care is a priority for VMDAS and VPSA, which started an annual resident and fellows recognition and appreciation event three years ago with financial assistance from the Mas Yukawa Foundation. This year, VCH took over funding and … Read More
The impact of a respectful workplace on health-care teams and patient outcomes
When someone is rude or aggressive to us, we soon move to anger. But in that moment before anger, we feel belittled, dismissed, and powerless. It’s not just our emotions. Our brains also react by thinking less well with a 61 per cent reduction in cognitive ability. And it changes how we think: we become more hostile and aggressive. The rudeness also impacts onlookers. Their performance decreases by 20 per … Read More
VA Provider Digital Health Committee April meeting summary
The VA Provider Digital Health (DHC) Committee has been meeting monthly since January and members are working well together and tackling actionable items. As a first step, committee members are working to identify Cerner change ideas that will be most impactful to providers. The committee is also looking into ways to address care issues and care gaps and to standardize one tool to address non-emergency situations. Committee project: Resident ordering … Read More
Senior leaders discuss sources of funding to support joint 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 May meeting focused on funding available to support joint VPSA/VCH initiatives with presentations from Doctors of BC’s Engagement Manager Ronnie Hamman and VCH Regional Practice Support Leader Brian Lane. Facility Engagement contingency funding The Specialist Services Committee’s Facility Engagement Initiative provides funding to 76 medical staff associations … Read More
Profiling our task groups and committees: Communications
VPSA’s Communications Committee ensures appropriate and timely communication with members about events, project submissions and other Facility Engagement Initiative milestones and activities. The committee’s physician members are VCH Medical Director LTC Dr. Marla Gordon and VPSA President and emergency medicine physician Dr. Ka Wai Cheung. VPSA’s Director of Operations Andrew Pinfold, Projects Manager Annapurna Chavali, Administrative Assistant Cindy Liang, and Communications Lead Jill Lunde round out the committee. Members are … Read More