Innovations Tagged With:Medical Community Connections

Community works together to have grassroots conversations around youth poverty and what can be done to solve important issues.

Using Texting to Plan Ahead for Nurse Practitioner Schedules

Nurse Practitioner utilizes texting with Child & Youth Mental Health to communicate anonymized information about a youths general situation in order to find the best placement for them.

Sex Education in Schools

Local physicians go into schools and educate youth on risks that come with sex, rates of teen pregnancy and STDs drop dramatically.

Counselling Presence in Schools Proves to Have a Positive Effect

Counselling is present at the Elementary School four days a week, including a drug and alcohol counselor one of those days.

Local Nurse Practioner Works With School Counselor to Support Youth

Youth experiencing lack of continual care are linked in with Nurse Practicioner for support

Building Local Connections to Address Youth Mental Health Service Gaps

A local Nurse Practitioner builds connections with other health professionals and schools to increase mental health service access for youth.

Cross-community Connections for Child Poverty

A Lions member attended a presentation on Gabriola’s child poverty put on by the community’s wellness collaborative. From this, he took it back to the Lions and the community and they created a lunch program fully funded by outside operators at the school.

Nurse Point of Contact in Community

Patients of Anahim Lake are given direct contact details to a community nurse. This point of contact offers quick responses and real-time support.

Nurse Practitioner Online Forum Hub

Nurse Practitioners and health authority regularly meet and have an online forum to ask questions.

Nursing Outreach via Facebook

A nurse uses social media to create access to care during forest fire season. This involved maintaining communication with patients and health providers, arranging needed supplies to be dropped off., etc. Post-emergency, the impact of the nurse’s Facebook page was exponential and formalized into a professional page where community members can message her through there.

First Nations Virtual Primary Care

A primary care physician brings electronic system on their iPad to visits with remote First Nations community as well as provide virtual visits.

Nurse Practitioner Island Health Listserv

A Community of Practice for Nurse Practitioners to communicate and discuss successes and gaps.

Video Consultation From Home for End of Life Patients

Palliative patients have a consultation from the comfort of their own homes via WebEx, a virtual platform.

Virtual Morning Huddle

A physician stays in his community and virtually joins huddle (a brief team check-in, usually in a clinical setting at the start of a shift to manage quality and safety) in another community.

Focus Group for Staffing Model Creation

Physician puts together focus group to understand staff challenges and issues in order to put together a staffing model for acute care that would be approved by staff.

Comparing Practice Improvement Stats

[Community X], [Community Y] and a Practice Improvement Group (PIG) connect over lunch hours to compare improvement stats.

Mayor Attends Local Medical Advisory Council (MAC) Meetings

Regular attendance at the Medical Advisory Council (MAC) meetings allows for continued engagement and connection between the municipality and local physicians on specific initiatives, strategic planning, and health concerns related to their community.

Providing the Opportunity for Employees to Connect with Others

Employer provides autonomy for employee to make connections and interactions with colleagues.

Taking Time to Make Connections and Improve Patient Care