» Across VCH

Changes are afoot in the way Telehealth is providing service to VCH users. Technical service improvements launched this summer will better the experience for patients and physicians, with the goal of increasing overall usage of the system throughout the health authority. Telehealth uses secure, video-conferencing to link patients and health professionals for appointments without the […]

On Saturday September 15th, members of the VCH Tobacco Reduction team would like to invite you to join them in getting wet and dirty during the 18th annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup – a national direct action conservation effort to remove shoreline litter and help create healthy waters for everyone. Every year cigarette related litter […]

I joined a volunteer workforce of over 120 Environmental Health professionals from England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, and Canada. We completed over 800 visits during the Olympic Games across over 20 venues.

Can robotic exoskeletons restore walking potential for spinal cord injury and mobility impairments? VCH health care providers and researchers are invited to a demonstration of the device by the manufacturers next Thursday, September 6th.

Friday, August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. This is a day to remember the 290 people who died from overdoses from illegal drugs in BC in 2011. It is also a day to learn about how to prevent, or help during, an overdose.  To keep your clients, your family, and yourself safer, you should […]

Submitted by Donna Kuipers, RN, Regional Clinical Educator Join Clinical Education in congratulating our first group of participants to complete the New Grad Program Workshop Series! These New Grads have just completed the program; Stephanie Busayong, Hoika Chan, Chantelle Chandra, Vivian Chui, Linda Dao, Rachelle Rosa, Joanne Fung, Megan Griffiths, Angel Huang, Ka Wai Leung, Tina […]

Researchers with the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR) at VCH Research Institute and UBC have been studying the use of progesterone therapy, compared to estrogen therapy, for hot flushes and night sweats. In a paper published this past spring in the journal Menopause, they demonstrated that progesterone to be effective as a treatment for hot flushes, thereby providing an alternative to estrogen therapy.

VCH’s long-term residential treatment program for youth held a car wash on July 21st, to raise funds for a trip to Playland.

Want to know more about the ongoing pertussis outbreak? What’s the big deal about breastfeeding? Who really won the Summer Olympics? Find out in the August VCH Health Watch Report.