The VA Provider Digital Health (DHC) Committee meets regularly; 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 January 21st meeting. Associate Chief Medical Information Officer update Dr. Stephen Van Gaal updated committee members on the … Read More
Learning to protect yourself: A lesson in self-defence
Violence in the workplace is a concern of many members. Learning self-defence skills is one way to mitigate risk. To that end, VPSA recently hosted a self-defence workshop with members from a cross-section of departments taking part. VPSA Community Building and Wellness Task Group member Dr. Anna Borowska welcomed participants and introduced martial arts expert Master Michael Sirota. Under his guidance, the group learned some awareness and prevention strategies, basic … Read More
Dinner with Leaders summary: Reverend Dr. Doug Longstaffe leads with feeling
Physicians, Reverend Doug Longstaffe says, are foremostly trained in facts, philosophers in thoughts, and spiritual care professionals in feelings. His work—and that of the staff he leads as regional director of Spiritual Care and Multi-faith Services at VCH—blends facts, thoughts, and feelings as they work together in the crisis of illness. Doug was VPSA’s guest at its January Dinner with Leaders event, which was facilitated by Drs. Lucy Lyon and … Read More
Senior leaders set to begin work on a new strategic vision
VMDAS/VPSA board and staff meet regularly with VCH senior leaders to develop a collaborative relationship between medical staff and the health authority. The November meeting included a debrief of the September medical staff orientation event as well as discussion of several related items: the Facility Engagement review process, the agenda development process for the senior leadership team (SLT) meetings, and a review of the SLT meeting group’s terms of reference. … Read More
President’s update
Dear Members, A new VMDAS and VPSA Board of Directors was confirmed at our December annual general meetings. It is a great pleasure for me to reach out to you as your new president. I—and all our board members—look forward to working with you and to delivering excellent programs and opportunities for further engagement. With the New Year, there are many events coming soon that I hope you will be … Read More