Providence Health Care Named a Best Employer for New Canadians Fourth Year in...
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...
View ArticleClothing, Healthy Lunches and Care Kits for Downtown Eastside Residents
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...
View ArticleProvidence Health Care Research Institute Board of Trustees Appoints Ms....
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...
View ArticleMount Saint Joseph Hospital Offers New Cardiac and Seniors Services
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...
View ArticleRoll Out Treatment as Prevention Now to Stop HIV and AIDS
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...
View ArticleHIV Therapies Provide Near Normal Lifespan in Africa
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...
View ArticlePatients Benefit as Access to Cardiac Rehab Expands
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...
View ArticleResearchers Map Pathway of Infection for a Common, Potentially...
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...
View ArticleB.C.’s Transplant Teams Set New Records…Again
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...
View Article$17.2 Million for St. Paul’s Hospital Upgrades
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...
View ArticleBC Hospitals Begin Routine Testing for HIV to Help Curb Global Epidemic
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...
View ArticleTapestry Foundation CEO Impassioned by Personal Experience to Improve Quality...
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...
View ArticleResearch to Look at New Treatments for Heroin Addiction
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...
View ArticleFundraising for Digital Mammography Focus of Tapestry Foundation’s Breast...
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...
View ArticleNew Research Program Investigates Leading Cause of Death for Women in British...
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...
View ArticleInnovative Surgical Procedure Saves Lives of Cardiac Patients
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...
View ArticleNew Partner Joins Providence Health Care in Bi-Annual Event for Downtown...
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...
View ArticleVancouver Midwives to Deliver Free Workshops and Lectures During Midwifery...
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...
View ArticleHIV Awareness Boosted by "Different" Social Marketing Campaign
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...
View ArticleB.C. Welcomes U.S. Commitment to Treatment as Prevention
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...
View ArticleSt. Paul's Hospital Clinic Helps HIV/AIDS Patients Live Well and Long
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...
View ArticleRapid HIV Tests Offered to UBC Students for World AIDS Day
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)...
View ArticleNew Transcription Model to Improve Service, Save Millions for Health...
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...
View ArticleGlobal Recognitions Cap Breakthrough Year for Treatment as Prevention
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...
View ArticleProvidence Health Care Continues to Top the List of Best Places to Work in B.C.
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...
View ArticleExternal Review Process to Investigate St. Paul’s Hospital Patient Case
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...
View ArticleDelaying HIV Diagnosis and Treatment may Steal Years and Quality of Life from...
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...
View ArticleResearch Suggests Medically Prescribed Heroin More Effective, Less Costly...
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...
View ArticleProvidence Health Care Nurses Come to Saskatchewan’s Aid in Battle Against...
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...
View ArticleBC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
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...
View ArticleNew Transcription Services Business Model Taken to Tender
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...
View ArticleUpdated Simulated Community Helps Rehab Patients Transition Home
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...
View ArticleVancouver Geriatrician Shows How 90 Can Be the New 80
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...
View ArticleTapestry Foundation for Health Care Launches Penny Drive to Fund Dementia...
Staff, volunteers and residents at local residential care facilities are taking the expression, "a penny for your thoughts" one step further by collecting the recently discontinued currency on behalf...
View ArticlePremier Clark Commits to Redeveloping St. Paul's Hospital
The Ministry of Health and Providence Health Care will immediately begin work to finalize the redevelopment concept plan, noting the detailed planning will need to account for the complexities of...
View ArticleB.C.'s Treatment as Prevention Strategy Expands with Pilot Project for...
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) today announced the launch of an 18-month pilot program to prevent infection in people who have had high-risk exposures to HIV through sex or sharing...
View ArticleCanadian Political Leaders Urged to Sign the Washington D.C. Declaration to...
Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and Past-President of the International AIDS Society, is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper, federal opposition...
View ArticleVancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care Aim to Change the Course...
Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care unveiled a bold new campaign today to stop HIV in Vancouver. CHANGE HIVSTORY makes Vancouver the epicentre of a movement that will change history:...
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