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VIHA: one of Canada's top 100 employers
The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) was selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2010 by Mediacorp Canada. VIHA was chosen from a competition that featured over 2,600 employers. Great achievement...
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Senior consultant joins Health Match BC
Health Match BC welcomes Eva Mendez to the team as Senior Consultant, Nurse and Allied Health Services as of July 6, 2009. Prior to joining Health Match BC, she was the Clinical Nurse Educator for Primary Care for the Inner-City, Clinical Nurse Educator for Communicable Diseases Control and a Community Health Nurse with the Infant, Child and Youth Program at the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
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A collective commitment to action
More than 80 people, including rural physicians, nurses and allied health professionals from across the province, gathered in Prince George from May 30 to June 2 for the Collective Commitment to Action: Rural Health Workforce Symposium. The full story...
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Creston Valley's recruitment partnership
When faced with a physician recruitment crisis a few years ago, key stakeholders in the Creston Valley came together to see what could be done. The Creston Valley Health Group (CVHG) was formed in 2006, and included representatives from the Town of Creston, the Interior Health Authority, the Regional District of Central Kootenay, economic development representatives, and local doctors. What they did...
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House calls in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Crack pipes, bedbugs, and filthy rooms aren’t usually part of patient care – unless you make house calls in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
“The conditions are, comparatively speaking, worse than the Great Depression,” says Krishna Pendakur, Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
And yet, some health care professionals thrive in this environment. Find out who...
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