Maternity care program cut C-sections, hospital time.
CBC.ca
A study partially funded by VCH found that pregnant women in B.C. who participated in a special care program had fewer cesarean sections, shorter average hospital stays and higher breast-feeding rates than women who had standard care.
Hospital transfer delays irk plane crash survivor’s family
CBC.ca
The family of a plane crash survivor is frustrated hospital transfer delays left him stranded in Kelowna for several weeks. VCH spokesperson Gavin Wilson is quoted.
Mobile HIV testing for men who have sex with men
Xtra!
YouthCO and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) want to increase access to HIV and STI testing through their new mobile sexual health clinic, Know on the Go. Geoffrey Ford, a nurse educator with VCH, is quoted.
Doctors urged to ditch pagers in favour of smart phones
Globe and Mail
In hospitals, nurses use pagers them to send phone numbers to doctors, which the doctors are then meant to call. They’ve had remarkable staying power because of their simplicity, but change is a-foot. PHSA’s chief information officer, Barry Rivelis, and VCH spokesperson Trudi Beutel are quoted.