The last of Providence Health Care's services will be brought on board CST Cerner on Monday, December 5. This upcoming go-live at Richmond, Squamish and qathet community dialysis units (CDUs) will bring to a close the implementation phase of Providence's CST journey, which began in November of 2019. Providence's remaining long term care homes, clinics and
Owning a pet is a privilege that brings us great rewards! At PHC, we are pleased to offer all of our employees a perk to being a pet owner. We have partnered with a community organization that offers a preferred rate to the staff that own pets at PHC. Pet Pantry Pet Food & Supply
I would like to extend a huge thank-you to everyone at Providence for sharing our work and stories during our visit from Accreditation Canada surveyors. I am delighted to share that their visit has been a tremendous success. The accreditation surveyors had glowing praise for Providence after spending the week visiting 10 of our
In time for the CST project's largest go-live at Vancouver General Hospital (November 5), a new version of CST Cerner was recently rolled out to sites live with this electronic health record system. It's in use at 45 sites and nearly 300 clinics across Providence Health Care (PHC), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), and the
Canadian Patient Safety Week 2022 runs from October 24 to October 28, 2022. Together we can create safety, eliminate incidents of unintended harm, as well as act on and learn from errors. Learn more about Canadian Patient Safety Week here. A tool called the National Early Warning Score (NEWS, or NEWS2) was implemented in CST
Thanks to an extensive renovation project undertaken by Projects, Planning & Facilities Management at Providence, six residents at St. Vincent's: Langara moved into freshly constructed single bedrooms last month that had been converted from three quad rooms (formerly housing four residents per room). Each new room features a private bathroom, a television and a
October 11 was National Coming Out Day and we asked you if there was anything you wanted to share. Here’s what some of you had to say about: What you wish you could tell your pre 'out' self? “I wish I had realized that the important people in my life will always love me for WHO
Providence Health Care's goal of being a leader in seniors care has gained momentum after the recent acquisition of a 216-bed seniors care home in partnership with Fraser Health. The home – formerly named New Vista and now called Chénchenstway – is located at 7550 Rosewood Street in Burnaby. Providence intends to operate up to 110 beds
Last Friday, Oct. 14, Providence Health Care welcomed 309 Environmental Services (EVS) housekeeping staff on their first day as employees of Providence. This change followed months of work done across Providence to transition and onboard staff at seven PHC sites: St. Paul's Hospital – 199 housekeeping workers Mount Saint Joseph Hospital – 49 housekeeping
October 19 is International Pronouns Day and since the Hello My Name is Campaign in July, on average one in every two staff are requesting pronouns be placed on their name-tags. If you want to join your fellow colleagues in learning about the importance of pronouns and sharing them, please follow the instructions listed below. Example Name Tag: Below
