Latest posts tagged with #bchealth on Bluesky
Thx to Premier David Eby's govt
77% of British Columbians now have a primary care provider. The BC Govt encourages anyone still looking for one to register on the Health Connect Registry
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#bcpoli
#bchealth
#bcndp
The ER in the #100MileHouse hospital will be closed 3x's during the Easter long weekend.
Services will be unavailable from 3pm today (Fri) until until 8am tomorrow -- and then Sunday and Monday from 7am until 8pm
#bcpoli #bchealth #IHA #SouthCariboo #ClosedAGAIN
Happy World Autism Acceptance Day! Individuals with autism contribute so much to our communities. We’re honoured to work with self-advocates, families & partner organizations to help children & youth with autism feel supported, included, and confident in who they are.
#AutismAcceptanceDay #BCHealth
Peter Milobar -- The path to a better public healthcare system doesn’t start somewhere in the distant future
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🇨🇦 I'm a #Regulated mental health professional in Northern #BC, near #TumblerRidge & I am certain that #BCHealth ministry efforts to prevent access to #Regulated professional MH services in the north contributed to this horrifying tradgedy.
12-year-old student pulled cla...
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This is the 7th CLOSURE announcement, for the #100MileHouse General Hospital ER department, in LESS THAN 4 weeks!
How would this go over if it was happening in #Surrey, #Vancouver, #Burnaby, or #NewWestminster? Not well, I'd say.
www.interiorhealth.ca/media/tempor... #bchealth #bcpoli #IHA
Should be included in single payer HC.
This is another spot elected politicians fail us. #bchealth
We should have some sort of citizens assembly reviewing the health system every 4 years or so. Provincially & Nationally.
Lots of cost benefit opportunities.
The BC NDP Govt's recruitment campaign (that BC Conservatives called an "“idiotic waste of taxpayers money”), has - to date - brought 414 U.S. healthcare workers to British Columbia:
89 doctors
42 nurse practitioners
260 nurses
23 allied health professionals
#bcpoli
#bchealth
In training, someone's always watching.
After training, no one is.
Dr. Lawrence Yang reflects on how that shift shapes anxiety, responsibility, and fear of practice data.
Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/qhujxxhubm
#familyphysicians #bchealth
Access to data isn’t enough.
Value comes when insight can be used in real practice.
Chris Carvalho joins the HDC Board with a focus on adoption, sustainability, and scale.
Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/eipbcxcbtn
#Healthcare #bchealth
Excited for this as someone who bounced between 3 hospitals and 4 health regions during active #cancer treatment
#canada #surreybc #vancouver #bcpoli #bchealth
New Surrey hospital reaches construction milestone
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Federal Court Dismisses BC Health Executive's Employment Insurance Appeal
Read more: 👇
www.thecanadareport.ca/featured/bc-health-execu...
#bchealth #employmentinsurance #federalcourt #vaccinepolicy #canadiannews #legalappeal #healthcareexecutive
Wrap around services are missing in many supportive housing places in the Okanagan, BC. #bcpoli #bchealth #cdnhealth #homelessness
VGH forecasted this diversion of care 15 months ago.
Why didn't the Ministry of Health resolve the issue in time, and why were vulnerable pregnant patients and frontline clinicians given just 24 hours’ notice?
#bchealth
People in B.C. now have coverage for menopausal therapy and even more diabetes medication.
This builds on our #BCPharmaCare expansion, including becoming the first jurisdiction in Canada 🇨🇦 to provide free prescription birth control.
👉🏾 news.gov.bc.ca/33403
#BCHealth
Big news! 🎉 BC PharmaCare National Pharmacare Plan launches this Sunday, March 1st. Over half a million British Columbians living with diabetes will be supported, as well as approximately 160,000 people with menopausal symptoms.
#BCPharmacare #DiabetesBC #MenopauseMatters #Womenshealth #BCHealth
Curious what doctors are using HDC Discover for?
Here’s a snapshot of recent search trends in HDC Discover:
• Metabolic syndrome
• Hypertension
• Diabetes & HbA1c
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
What does your data say?
#bchealth #patientsafety #QualityChat #Healthcare
One for all (Globe & Mail, Letters Feb 22). Fix stewardship of primary care medical records, then apply technology
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #bchealth #cdnhealth
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"I have to say, one of the things that struck me straight away was the kindness of the Canadian people...at how respectful and receptive people are. It's just really been a delight from start to finish so far. I'm really happy to be here"
Good to hear!
#bchealth
#bcpoli
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Heading to the 61st Annual Family Practice Review?
Stop by the HDC booth to explore how data insights make QI easier and help you to spot trends that matter for your patients.
#FamilyMedicine #PrimaryCare #QualityImprovement #HDCDiscover #CdnHealth #BCHealth
If you’re 25–69 and have a cervix, learn more about the BC Cancer Cervix Screening Program and order your free self-screening kit today: screeningbc.ca/cervix
Together, we can eliminate cervical cancer in BC. #BCHealth #HPVScreening
For the past two years, people aged 25–69 with a cervix can order a free HPV self-test to do at home — safe, accurate, and private. Screening's never been this easy or accessible. #HPVScreening #BCHealth
On #WorldCancerDay, we’re highlighting the power of early detection.
Check your cancer screening trends in HDC Discover:
• Breast Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
Small reviews → timely follow-ups → better outcomes.
#bchealth #CancerAwareness #EarlyDetection
BC sets a record year for organ transplants in 2025 — with 575 life-saving transplants made possible by 232 donors. Proof that this generosity saves lives and gives families hope. 💙
#OrgansSaveLives #BCHealth #OrganDonation
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A new BC Ombudsperson update shows that safeguards under the Mental Health Act are applied inconsistently across B.C., with significant variation between health authorities.
Read the report: bcombudsperson.ca/investigativ...
#MentalHealthAct #BCHealth
The BC Ombudsperson’s new report finds progress, but ongoing gaps, in safeguards for people involuntarily admitted under B.C.’s Mental Health Act.
Read the report: bcombudsperson.ca/investigativ...
#BCHealth #MentalHealth #PatientRights
The CMPA Nominating Committee has selected 8 nominees for the 2026 Council Elections!
See the physicians who are nominated and learn about the value they could bring to CMPA:
🔗 ow.ly/G4if50XWXaJ
#CMPACouncil #LeadersInMedicine #BCHealth #ONHealth #QCHealth #NLHealth #PEIHealth #NSHealth
