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Dr Cole Stanley: helping patients with Opioid Use Disorder

When opioid overdoses and deaths reached stunning proportions in 2016 and 2017, and a public health crisis was declared, Dr Cole Stanley recognized that he and his colleagues might be able to better serve their patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Having recently completed quality improvement training by the Specialist Services Committee’s Physician Quality Improvement […]

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HIV Monitoring Quarterly Reports, Second Quarter 2019

By Fernando

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BC-CfE’s Provincial BOOST Collaborative continues to implement small changes for big impact

Uncategorized / By Fernando

The teams participating in the BC-CfE’s Provincial BOOST Collaborative met in June for its third learning session, and is now approaching the halfway point for the quality improvement project aiming to improve engagement in treatment for opioid use disorder.

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HIV tests now part of most ED blood work

By Fernando

Since December 2018, when people come in to Interior Health emergency departments and require diagnostic blood work, an HIV test may be included. Provincial testing guidelines encourage primary care providers to know the HIV status of all patients, not only those deemed at risk. The guidelines also advise that when people are sick, an HIV

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HIV infections have fallen by 52% since 2011: Vancouver Coastal Health

By Fernando

Health officials in Metro Vancouver are celebrating a more than 50-per-cent reduction in new HIV infections over the past eight years. In a statement, Vancouver Coastal Health said 86 people in the region were diagnosed with the virus in 2018, a 52-per-cent drop from the 178 diagnosed in 2011. The health authority added that the

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Number of new HIV infections in VCH drops 52% since 2011

By Fernando

Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has seen a 52 per cent decrease in new HIV cases since 2011, and is on track this year to having the lowest number of cases since HIV became reportable (in 2003). On this National HIV Testing Day, doctors are urging people to get tested to further decrease

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HIV cases drop to lowest levels since 2003, Vancouver Coastal Health says

By Fernando

The number of new HIV cases in the Lower Mainland is on track to drop to its lowest levels since 2003, according to Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). The health authority announced Thursday it has seen diagnoses go down by 52 per cent from 2011 to 2018, from 178 new cases to just 86 last year.

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New Vancouver-area HIV cases fall by more than half

By Fernando

2019 numbers expected to drop to record-low levels The number of new HIV infections in the Vancouver Coastal Health region has fallen by 52 per cent since 2011, and it’s expected to keep falling. Last year, 86 people in the region were diagnosed with HIV, down from 178 seven years earlier, according to the health

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Number of new HIV infections hits record low, says Vancouver Coastal Health

By Fernando

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver Coastal Health says it’s on track to record the lowest number of new HIV cases in a single year since the virus became reportable more than fifteen years ago. VCH is marking National HIV Testing Day by releasing data showing it has recorded 26 new diagnoses so far this year. In

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Vancouver Coastal Health says number of new HIV cases down by 52 per cent

By Fernando

Vancouver Coastal Health is reporting a 52 per cent decrease in the number of new HIV cases over the last eight years, and 2019 is on track to have the lowest number of cases since 2003. In 2018, 86 people in the Vancouver Coastal Health region were diagnosed with HIV, down from 178 new cases

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