Articles and updates from the Clinical & Systems Transformation project.
In a room filled with physicians, nurses, allied professionals and pharmacists, the future of health care is starting to come into focus.
As part of ensuring that our new clinical information system (called CST Cerner) will work for us, health professionals from across VCH, PHSA and PHC are being brought together to take a close look at system functionality. They're also giving invaluable feedback on the workflows that will become part of our future.
The Vancouver Pharmacy Production Centre (VPPC) was officially opened yesterday, marking a major milestone for health care providers across VCH, PHSA and PHC and a big step forward for the Clinical and Systems Transformation (CST) project. 
Why better data will lead to better patient care, according to Dr. Charles Lo, an anesthesiologist at St. Paul's and Mount St. Joseph hospitals. 
Not sure what the Clinical & Systems Transformation project is all about? 
Cindy Sellers has given nearly 40 years to VCH as a nurse and manager of the Sea to Sky sites. 
Get a look at the future of medication administration in this video, which goes through the clinical process of closed loop medication management. 
A large-scale shift is coming to Nursing and Pharmacy, with the introduction of bedside barcode scanning to verify medications before they are administered to patients.
Did you notice that doctor, standing over there, talking to himself? He hasn’t cracked under the pressure. He’s using a microphone to dictate his notes directly into the clinical information system.
Phil Sweeney has a broken fibula to thank for his career as a physiotherapist.
