View the news releases for Providence Health Care http://providencehealthcare.ca/rss/news.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A one-of-a-kind rehabilitation experience in British Columbia, featuring a grocery store, gas station, ATM and parked car, has been given new life by donors. On Thursday, April 26, 2012, Tapestry Foundation for Health Care unveiled the newly updated Easy Street Environment at Holy Family Hospital (HFH), a simulated community used by patients undertaking physical rehabilitation.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/easy-street-environment.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/easy-street-environment.html Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:30:26 PST Preparations for redesigning Lower Mainland Health Information Management (LM HIM) are moving forward with the posting of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for LM HIM Transcription Services... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/new-transcription-services.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/new-transcription-services.html Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:15:26 PST A born in B.C. centre dedicated to eradicating a deadly disease is marking its 20th anniversary on Friday, March 16, 2012. Based at St. Paul’s Hospital, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is celebrating two decades of research, innovation, achievement and treatment... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/BC-Centre-for-Excellence-Anniversary.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/BC-Centre-for-Excellence-Anniversary.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:33:14 PST A group of Providence Health Care (PHC) nurses experienced in working with HIV patients in marginalized populations have responded to the huge rise in HIV infections in Saskatchewan and are sharing best practices with their provincial counterparts... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/phc-nurses-sask-hiv.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/phc-nurses-sask-hiv.html Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:15:10 PST Medically prescribed heroin is more cost-effective than methadone for treating long-term street heroin users, according to a new study by researchers at Providence Health Care and the University of British Columbia... http://providencehealthcare.ca/medically-prescribed-heroin.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/medically-prescribed-heroin.html Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:35:18 PST Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care are not only showing why "it’s different now" to live with HIV, but also how not knowing you are living with it - by delaying testing, diagnosis and treatment - can unnecessarily shorten lifespans and increase complications.... http://providencehealthcare.ca/hiv-diagnosis.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/hiv-diagnosis.html Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:15:12 PST Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Providence Health Care (PHC) will initiate an external independent review of the case of a St. Paul’s Hospital patient who allegedly committed a violent crime after being discharged on February 21.... http://providencehealthcare.ca/external-review-process.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/external-review-process.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:15:12 PST Leading their industry in recruitment and retention, and offering exceptional places to work, Providence Health Care (PHC), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), and the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) have been recognized as four of the province’s leading employers. The award, selected from hundreds of organizations, is part of an extensive study to determine BC’s Top Employers for 2012.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/phc-top-employer-2012.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/phc-top-employer-2012.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:18:12 PST The made-in-BC Treatment as Prevention strategy received breakthrough scientific recognition and political support in 2011, creating further momentum to implement this proven approach to combating HIV and AIDS in Canada and around the world.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/TreatmentasPrevention.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/TreatmentasPrevention.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:48:30 PST Four major BC health providers are redesigning their varied transcription departments to jointly improve service delivery and save over $3 million annually in taxpayer dollars that can be redirected to patient care.... http://providencehealthcare.ca/NewTranscriptionmodel.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/NewTranscriptionmodel.html Tue, 1 Dec 2011 14:18:10 PST As part of the recently launched “It’s Different Now” HIV/AIDS social marketing campaign, Providence Health Care and Vancouver Coastal Health are joining with the University of British Columbia (UBC) to offer students HIV tests to mark World AIDS Day.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Rapid-HIV-Tests-UBC.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Rapid-HIV-Tests-UBC.html Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:10:18 PST Thanks to the miracle workers at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH), the treatment and care for HIV/AIDS is now about living, not dying. The focus of SPH’s John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC) has changed significantly since the days when it initially provided monitoring and support for HIV-positive patients, most of whom went on to develop AIDS defining illness and die.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/HIV-AIDS-patients-st-pauls.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/HIV-AIDS-patients-st-pauls.html Mon, 28 Nov 2011 2:30:32 PST B.C. Premier Christy Clark lauded Hillary Rodham Clinton’s call today for an AIDS-free generation and scaling up a Treatment as Prevention strategy as part of a comprehensive proposal to fight HIV and AIDS.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Treatment-as-Prevention.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Treatment-as-Prevention.html Tue, 8 Nov 2011 4:30:12 PST Every adult who has not had an HIV test in the past year should have one the next time they have a blood test for any reason. Why? HIV is a very different disease now than it was 20 years ago. An innovative new social marketing campaign wants people to know just how different.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/HIV-Social-Marketing-Campaign.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/HIV-Social-Marketing-Campaign.html Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:30:52 PST Vancouver midwives and midwifery clinics will be hosting free workshops and lectures throughout November to increase awareness and education on maternal and newborn care for women and parents-to-be during Midwifery Awareness Month.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Midwifery-Awareness-Month.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Midwifery-Awareness-Month.html Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:45:22 PST Providence In the Park, the popular bi-annual community event for the homeless, has an exciting new community partner to further address the care needs of vulnerable populations. Clearly Contacts - the largest online eyewear retailer in Canada - has joined with Providence Health Care and will be offering free sight tests and reading glasses to visitors at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside on Saturday, October 29th.... http://providencehealthcare.ca/Providence-Park-2011.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/Providence-Park-2011.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:15:18 PST Dr. John Webb and his colleagues at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital are making open-heart surgery a thing of the past, saving the lives of patients not viable for conventional heart surgery, such as former Vancouver city councilor and Order of Canada honoree May Brown.... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Cardiac-Surgical-Procedure.html http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Cardiac-Surgical-Procedure.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:06:17 PST Today, Providence Health Care and the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced the establishment of the first research program in B.C. to focus on the impact of gender-based differences on cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke).... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/New-Research-Women-BC.html http://www.providencehealthcare.org/New-Research-Women-BC.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:32:40 PST The Tapestry Foundation for Health Care is seeking public support in its urgent need to raise $650,000 for a new digital mammography machine for breast cancer screening at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital (MSJ)... http://providencehealthcare.ca/Fundraising-Digital-Mammography-Tapestry.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/Fundraising-Digital-Mammography-Tapestry.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:12:42 PST A clinical trial to test better treatment options for chronic heroin addiction is expected to begin in Vancouver at the end of this year. Led by researchers from Providence Health Care and the University of British Columbia, it’s the only clinical trial of its kind in North America... http://providencehealthcare.ca/treatments-heroin-addiction.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/treatments-heroin-addiction.html Wed, 12 Oct 2011 8:03:12 PST Tapestry Foundation for Health Care CEO Ann Corrigan observed her mother living in that world for more than seven years before she passed away last February. That experience served to reinforce Corrigan’s commitment to raising awareness and money to ease health challenges faced by seniors, including this devastating disease. Tapestry Foundation’s Dialogue on Aging public presentation series – which launches Wednesday – has personal significance for her with its focus on Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Tapestry-Foundation-Dementia.html http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Tapestry-Foundation-Dementia.html Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:08:12 PST Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care are taking the fight against HIV/AIDS, one of the biggest global health epidemics of our generation, to a new level by launching a pilot project in which most hospital patients who consent will be routinely offered a test for the infection.... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/hospitals-hiv-testing.html http://www.providencehealthcare.org/hospitals-hiv-testing.html Fri, 23 Sep 2011 7:04:18 PST St. Paul’s Hospital will benefit from $17.2 million to replace aging electrical infrastructure and elevators, providing stability and consistent care for patients, announced Health Minister Michael de Jong today, as he visited the facility.... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/st-pauls-hospital-upgrades.html http://www.providencehealthcare.org/st-pauls-hospital-upgrades.html Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:24:12 PST BC Transplant and transplant recipients across the province are celebrating this summer with a record number of transplants performed in one month. July 2011 set the record for overall transplants in B.C. as well as the record month for liver transplants.... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Transplant-Teams.htm http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Transplant-Teams.htm Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:24:12 PST Researchers at the University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia have identified a new treatment target for a virus that causes severe lung infections and an estimated 10% of common colds.... http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Research-Virus.htm http://www.providencehealthcare.ca/Research-Virus.htm Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:14:12 PST More patients and families have access to specialized heart care, closer to their homes, thanks to an innovative cardiac rehabilitation program that has officially opened in three Vancouver community centres. Happy Hearts is a community-based program of monitored exercise, nutrition counselling, emotional support and lifestyle change education... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Cardiac-Rehab-Expands.htm http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Cardiac-Rehab-Expands.htm Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:10:18 PST A landmark study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) shows that patients in Africa receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for HIV can expect to live a near normal lifespan... http://providencehealthcare.ca/HIV-Lifespan-Africa.htm http://providencehealthcare.ca/HIV-Lifespan-Africa.htm Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:40:14 PST The Lancet, a leading global medical journal, published an editorial comment today that emphasizes the critical role of expanding access to HIV treatment under a “Treatment as Prevention” strategy to stop the HIV pandemic... http://providencehealthcare.ca/Roll-Out-Treatment-HIV-AIDS.htm http://providencehealthcare.ca/Roll-Out-Treatment-HIV-AIDS.htm Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:20:44 PST Seniors and heart patients now have access to much needed cardiac testing and outpatient seniors services, thanks to a new clinic at Providence Health Care’s Mount Saint Joseph (MSJ) Hospital... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/MSJ-NewCardiac-SeniorsServices.htm http://www.providencehealthcare.org/MSJ-NewCardiac-SeniorsServices.htm Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:20:17 PST Providence Health Care Research Institute (PHCRI), home to several world-renowned research groups, has named Ms. Karimah Es Sabar as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees... http://providencehealthcare.ca/PHCRI-Karimah-Es-Sabaras.htm http://providencehealthcare.ca/PHCRI-Karimah-Es-Sabaras.htm Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:30:35 PST On Saturday, April 16, Providence Health Care (PHC) will be providing healthy lunches and spring clothing to hundreds of residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside... http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Providence-Park-2011.htm http://www.providencehealthcare.org/Providence-Park-2011.htm Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:30:12 PST For the fourth year in a row Providence Health Care (PHC) has been selected as one of the 35 Best Employers for New Canadians for 2011, a designation that recognizes the nation's best employers for recent immigrants... http://providencehealthcare.ca/BestEmployerNewCanadians2011.html http://providencehealthcare.ca/BestEmployerNewCanadians2011.html Wed, 6 Apr 2011 9:05:32 PST