The new VA Provider Digital Health Committee has begun meeting monthly. Members include a VPSA representative, eight VPSA members, our chief and assistant medical information officers, one of the VA senior medical directors (the committee’s executive sponsor), the manager of Provider Strategic Initiatives, and staff representing VCH Clinical Informatics. The January meeting was an opportunity for the members to introduce themselves and to review the group’s objectives. The February and … Read More
Profiling task groups and committees: VA Provider Digital Health Committee
This is a new VCH committee reporting to the Vancouver Medical Advisory Committee (VMAC); it came about in part through VPSA advocating for a digital health committee during the implementation of CST/Cerner. VPSA will be summarizing minutes from the monthly meetings and posting them to its website. Committee members are dedicated to shaping the delivery of health care through the integration of innovative digital tools, technologies and practices. The committee … Read More
VCH president and CEO shares update on MoH mandate letter
VMDAS/VPSA board and staff meet regularly with VCH senior leaders to develop a collaborative relationship between medical staff and the health authority. The March meeting included an update from VCH President and CEO Vivian Eliopoulos on the provincial government’s expectations of health authorities over the next few years, as well as discussion about how to align VMDAS’s work with that being done in VA and VC. The meeting also touched … Read More
Celebrating Vancouver Acute and Vancouver Community women medical staff
The VCH Medical Staff Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee invited VMDAS members to recognize and celebrate women at VCH, including cisgender women and trans women who drive change, inspire others and demonstrate leadership in advancing gender equity in the workplace or in health care. Here are your submissions. Dr. Mollie Carruthers, Lead, UBC Rheumatology Mentorship Program Nominated by Dr. Raheem Kherani “Dr. Carruthers has been an astute clinician and clinical … Read More
IWD event encourages members to organize for change
We stand on the shoulders of women physicians and their allies who have fought for gender equity. How to develop strategies for policy shifts in health care was the subject of the VCH Medical Staff Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s recent session: Accelerating Action: How to Organize for Change. The workshop, which was facilitated by Monique Nicholas from Women Transforming Cities, provided a step-by-step guide on ways to move ideas … Read More