Have you noticed the newest addition to the Richmond Hospital atrium? It’s about 10 steps from Starbucks and next to the Green Zone elevators… A simple yet elegant plaque to recognize the retired physicians and surgeons who have contributed … Read More
Recognizing Teachers of the Year
Dr. Nam Nguyen (left) and Dr. Nancy Austin (right) have been awarded the ‘Teacher of the Year’ award, presented by Dr. Matthew Kwok (centre) of the Richmond Medical Education Committee. Dr. Matthew Kwok, as the Site Director for … Read More
Richmond Hospital Physician Society Executive for 2019/2020
The RHPS Executive (Dr. Ashok Krishnamoorthy, Dr. David Li, Dr. Kenneth Hughes and Dr. Sreedharan Amarjothi Nagendran) provides oversight and leadership for physician facility engagement activities at Richmond Hospital in conjunction with the RHPS Working Group and in collaboration … Read More
oneVCH Survey
From Mary Ackenhusen, President & CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health: In 2017, we reached out to staff and physicians to complete an organizational health survey to understand how we could better support you. More than 11,000 of us shared our … Read More
RHPS AGM News
On September 25, 2019, physicians attended the RHPS Pulse Check, the MSA AGM and then finally, the RHPS AGM. Past President Dr. Sherri Caswell led the AGM business, which included the Director and financial reports for the year. Three … Read More
Checking the Pulse
Thank you to the 43 members who not only attended the Member Pulse Check on September 25, 2019, but fully participated with the various questions and polls. We heard what’s important to you – what has value and how … Read More
Construction begins on Richmond’s Community Health Access Centre
New home for SCSP hub for mental health and substance use, as well as home and community programs now underway. As Richmond continues to grow, so does our need to offer services and programs in the community that patients … Read More
You Have Been Heard
In the early morning of June 12th, 29 RH physicians from various departments gathered with all 7 of VCH-Richmond’s senior leaders to talk and listen to each other in a world cafe style format. Pictured above L to R: Dr. … Read More
Did you know you’re 40% less efficient when multitasking??
Our brains weren’t designed to multitask because of the strain and added energy required. The nature of physician work is just that… multitasking… all day and every day. The CMA recently reported a 30% burnout rate amongst Canadian physicians. … Read More
PHSA’s Mobile Medical Unit provides training to Richmond staff
By: Jodi Kortje, Director, Emergency, Critical Care, and Medicine On April 29 and May 1, the Emergency department held an Applied Disaster Medicine Course with PHSA’s Mobile Medical Unit (MMU)— a state of the art mobile facility and a … Read More