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Take our poll about the 2011 People First: Safety & Engagement Survey

Our patients were surveyed in all of our acute and rehabilitation locations including Vancouver General Hospital, Lions Gate Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital, GF Strong and more. We received a total of 3,449 responses across VCH, with an overall response rate of 41.9%, making this one of the largest-scale surveys that VCH participated in.

Decision Support is pleased to announce that Ella Young will join VCH as director, Care Continuum and Actuarial Analytics. She starts January 2, 2013.

The goal of CAP training is to facilitate knowledge exchange by using a collaborative inquiry-based approach to increase service delivery consistency, across the province, by clinicians serving clients with substance abuse issues.

Vancouver Coastal Health has just implemented Telehealth Connect, an application designed to help our Telehealth schedulers better manage Telehealth events.

On a very small budget, the Vancouver Coastal Health team developed a robust data infrastructure to increase analysis in support of improved patient care and system improvement.

HSSBC Technology Services has launched a new Network and Account Management form for Fraser Health. This form replaces the old User Setup, Network Drives and Folders, and User Name Change forms, which non-FH managers had difficulty accessing.

Two minutes is all it takes to complete the VCH News Reader Survey. You’ll be entered into the draw for Starbucks gift cards. Tell us what you think about VCH News so that we can improve the way we share news and events throughout VCH.

The brain can still be damaged by small strokes, even if there is minimal or no physical disability apparent, according to research by Claudia Jacova and Oscar Benavente, Professors in the UBC Faculty of Medicine and members of the Brain Research Centre at UBC and VCH Research Institute.

As you may know, almost all of Health Shared Services BC’s Lower Mainland office staff are moving into new offices at 1795 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5C 6E3, on the corner of Willingdon and Halifax Streets. Although emails remain the same, phone and fax numbers are changing as a result of the move (except Service Desk).