December 21, 2020
Many of the virtual health tools that you may have accessed during the pandemic were designed to keep B.C. citizens informed and safe.
December 17, 2020
For the first time in Canada, paramedics can connect Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing patients with live American Sign Language interpreters using an app on their iPhones.
September 17, 2020
The BC Centre for Disease Control COVID-19 Surge Office collaborated with PHSA Office of Virtual Health, IMITS and regional health authorities to rapidly deploy a technical solution for managing clients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the full article
here.
July 29, 2020
The people of B.C. will have continued access to Virtual Health care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic with generous support from Canada Health Infoway (Infoway), which is providing $3.3 million to the province, to be split between Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and the B.C. Ministry of Health.
PHSA is pleased to be recipients of funding from Infoway, a not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government that works with partners to accelerate the development, adoption and effective use of digital health across Canada.
April 7, 2020
An article about the OVH Video Remote Interpreter demonstration project with Provincial Language Services was published in the April edition of Hospital News, a national online health care magazine.
April 1, 2020
An article in Canadian Healthcare Technology, an online magazine, covers the project success rate and patient feedback.
Friday, February 14, 2020
A video remote interpreter service launched by Provincial Language Service in December is set to give even more patients with limited English proficiency better access to care.
Friday, January 10, 2020
A new video remote interpreter service being tested at BC Cancer ensures language is not a barrier to care for patients.
Nov. 14, 2019
To recognize the importance of how virtual health is transforming the delivery of care across Canada, we launched a video that shares the stories of two patients who are benefiting from Virtual Health visits. Watch the 2-minute video
here.
What is Virtual Health, and how is the Office of Virtual Health helping to bring health care to patients?
Nov 4, 2019
Kathy Steegstra addressed an international audience at the 2019 TEC Vancouver Conference focused on innovative solutions in health care.
Kathy explained how the Office of Virtual Health is working to collaborate with health authorities across B.C. for Virtual Health.
May 27, 2019
Our OVH teammates attended – and presented – at the annual conference.
Michele Fryer, Director, Office of Virtual Health, gives a presentation on how OVH is collaborating with clinical partners to integrate Virtual Health into clinical programs at PHSA.
Feb. 28, 2019
The Office of Virtual Health teamed with two Virtual Health partners to present at the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council Forum on February 27, 2019.
The Virtual Health initiative with BC Cancer-Victoria gave cancer patients follow up care in the comfort of their own homes!
Working with BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services on the Breaking Free Online initiative that provides inpatients with tablets as an option to learn and progress at their own pace, rather than only during set meeting times.
OVH team members at the Forum:
Morenike, Kathy, Pooja, Michele and Ying
Feb. 1, 2019
"Pioneering and innovative." Thank you judges for honouring the OVH and its clinical partners, BC Cancer-Victoria and BC Women's Hospital + Women's Health Centre CCDP, with a PHSA+ Award!
Feb. 1, 2019
"Pioneering and innovative." Thank you judges for honouring the OVH and its clinical partners, BC Cancer-Victoria and BC Women's Hospital + Women's Health Centre CCDP, with a PHSA+ Award!
