Post by Peter Jones, Industry Lead, Healthcare, Microsoft CanadaÂ
While the COVID-19 crisis has created immeasurable challenges for the healthcare system, it has also demonstrated that there is no shortage of innovators in the industry who were ready to meet the moment. Reflecting on all that happened in 2020, three important takeaways stand out: Virtual care is here to stay; Balancing innovation with security, privacy and compliance is critical; and finally, Innovation will continue to shape Canadaâs healthcare system.Â
 Virtual Care is Here to StayÂ
We have seen extraordinary advancements across our healthcare system as providers accelerated their adoption of virtual care. The pandemic has made in-person doctor visits challenging, but itâs been especially hard for patients with mobility issues, a compromised immune system or living in areas with a shortage of clinicians or healthcare facilities. The introdu
At this time, “there is no impact to other areas of St. Paul’s Hospital,” they added. “Please do not delay in seeking care as this could exacerbate your condition.
Vancouver Coastal Health has immediately implemented strict infection prevention and control protocols to prevent further transmission of COVID-19. These include:
Careful monitoring of patients, staff and physicians
Enhanced cleaning and disinfection of all high-touch surfaces
Closing the units to patient admissions and transfers
Cohorting of staff to the affected areas
Self-monitoring or self-isolation of staff/physicians as part of Public Health contact tracing
Suspension of visitors to the unit (with exemptions for end-of-life situations)
KXLY
January 12, 2021 12:34 PM Connor Sarles
SPOKANE, Wash. Volunteers of America of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho received a $180,000 donation from Providence Health Care.
The donation comes as part of Providence’s community investment program and will go to the organization’s women’s homeless respite program.
Volunteers of America says that, with 1,800 homeless women in Spokane, this investment is critical in sustaining services under this program.
“We are excited to continue our partnership with Providence to provide a safe place for women experiencing homelessness to recover and start their journey into permanent housing and stability,” said Heather Taylor-Thomas, managing director of the Hope House shelter. “These funds will allow our shelter team to provide wrap-around services to help women stabilize and achieve independence.”
Jan 12, 2021
Consistent benefit regardless of CKD etiology
Once, in the not-too-distant past, one could not scan the latest issue of any top-tier medical journal without finding at least one trial extolling the benefits of statin therapy, which lead many to suggest and not always facetiously that it was time to add statins to the water.
Since late summer 2019 when the results of DAPA-HF were reported at the 2019 European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris, SGLT2 inhibitors have displaced statins as the pharmaceutical of choice for those who like the “one-drug-fits-all-conditions” approach to the art of medicine.
The latest entry comes from David C. Wheeler, MB, ChB, MD of the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, Australia, who with his co-investigators offers another look at the findings from DAPA-CKD in