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The year in review: COVID-19 research at Providence

WEBThe year in review: COVID-19 research at Providence. When the pandemic hit back in March 2020, most research activities at Providence Health Care and other …

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A look back at some top Providence stories in Year 2 of …

WEB2021 continued to challenge Providence Health Care, as COVID made it adapt to how it looked after its patients and residents, prompted it to conduct research …

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From Cedar to Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wellness

WEBThe title “From Cedar to Sweetgrass” stands for the sacred medicines that many Indigenous Peoples use in ceremonies and everyday life to support wellness. …

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Innovative technology developed and distributed by PHC …

WEBThe project distributed over eighty handheld ultrasound devices to rural doctors in British Columbia. A qualitative study of this program, co-authored by Dr. …

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Design and construction team chosen for Clinical Support …

WEBThe CSRC will be approximately 34,400 square metres (370,000 square feet) in size and connected with a sky-bridge to the new St. Paul’s Hospital, which is …

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Supporting innovation to combat physician burnout

WEBLevels of burnout have increased dramatically over the past three years for many healthcare providers, including physicians. To counter this, the Department of …

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Groundbreaking long-term care model for seniors being …

WEBApril 18, 2024. A progressive, person-centred care model for seniors thatwill be the signature of a new long-term care village coming this summer to Comox is being piloted …

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Jim Pattison reflects on his philanthropic legacy with new …

WEBMarch 11, 2021. Jim Pattison donated a historic $75 million to the new St. Paul's almost four years ago today. BC businessman and philanthropist Jim Pattison’s first encounter with …

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Providence launches drop-in wound-care service in …

WEBProvidence launches drop-in wound-care service in Downtown Eastside. February 13, 2024. Mend & Tend nurse Anna Mathen cares for a patient's wound as …

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Step Down: Why 10,000 steps is no longer the magic number

WEBA recent JAMA study concludes that, in fact, you don’t need to get 10K steps to get many of the benefits from walking. Researchers found that individuals taking at …

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Welcome to the future: robots in long-term care

WEBBut Giggles just seemed the perfect fit to Jim Mann. He is a patient partner — diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s 15 years ago — and study co-lead for a new …

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Providence Living poised to open Canada’s first public long-term …

WEBWhere do you want to grow old? An increasing number of British Columbians and Canadians are asking themselves this. With seven million people in …

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World AIDS Day: BC’s success story shows strength of Treatment …

WEBOn last year’s World AIDS Day, we were proud to announce, alongside BC’s Minister of Health Adrian Dix, that our province had surpassed the United Nations’ 90 …

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Nurse Practitioners are bridge between nursing and medicine

WEBNurse Practitioners are bridge between nursing and medicine. November 30, 2020. Add Comment. Stan Marchuk heads the Nurse Practitioner Department at Providence and is …

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Providence is building a new long-term care home in Vancouver

WEBThe project is currently in the procurement phase. Rezoning with the City of Vancouver is expected to complete in summer 2023, with construction expected to start …

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Emergency room triage: how does it work

WEBThe Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale. “You use your clinical judgement and you also use things that are objective, like vital signs,” Townend says, noting that …

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