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Welcome Jennifer Robinson

As the VCH AHSI Health Actions Leader, Jennifer will continue to facilitate partnerships with First Nations and Aboriginal communities throughout the VCH geographic region to ensure their active participation in developing innovative solutions to local health service delivery issues.

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Thursday, March 28 – Health Literacy: Key to Better Care webinar

Join us in March for our webinar on “Health Literacy: Key to Better Care.”

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2013 Educator Network Day

The theme for this event was Innovation: Where Education Technology meets Education Leadership.

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Health Information Management (HIM) professionals support excellent care

Whenever you see clinical data being presented at a meeting, cited in a health agency report or quoted in the media, it is likely the end product of HIM teams working behind the scenes to capture this information and make it accessible.

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Can meetings be an example of People First? You bet they can!

Every couple of months, maternity educators from across the region, together with educators from BC Women’s Hospital and Perinatal Services BC, gather face-to-face.

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Don’t let curiosity get the best of you

Regrettably despite VCH’s Patient Confidentiality Policy and frequent education regarding the importance of preserving patient confidentiality, we have investigated two occasions in the past months where VCH individuals have improperly accessed and shared patient care information for no clinical purposes.

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National Dietitians’ Day is March 20, 2013

Take this opportunity to acknowledge the dietitian on your team on National Dietitians’ Day – March 20, 2013!

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Dr. Erin Michalak awarded $100,000 for bipolar disorder research

Dr. Erin Michalak, a researcher with VCH Research Institute and CREST.BD, has received a $100,000 Catalyst Grant in e-Health Innovations to support the development of a web-based tool to improve the health of people with bipolar disorder (BD).

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VCH primary and community care programs garner additional provincial funding

Health authorities across BC will receive up to $50 million in annual funding for the next three years to advance IPCC initiatives and support the shift in how health care services are provided.

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Reminder: Financial Year End cut-off timeframes – Accounts Payable

Invoices and cheque requisitions must be received in Accounts Payable no later than March 28, 2013 to be charged against the fiscal 2012/13 budget.

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