The Northern Health Lab Outpatient Improvement Project (LOIP) has been awarded the BC Quality Award for Excellence in Quality: Strengthening Health & Wellness by Health Quality BC (HQBC). The L...
Engaging individuals in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health services is key to developing mutually beneficial relationships among patients, families, health care providers, researchers, a...
Advance care planning is the process of making a plan for your future health care. This process can be as casual as starting to do some self-reflection on what makes life meaningful to you and how tha...
When Albert Brantnall,76, heard the news that his cancer was not curable, he had one clear wish: he wanted to die at home. “He knew he was dying, and he was very up front about that,” say...
Over the last couple of years, the primary health care team in Smithers has been struggling to get to a point where they have a complete number of staff. Today, we’re happy to say that all primary c...
I started working with Advance Care Planning (ACP) about a year and a half ago. While my position includes promoting ACP, I’m also a nurse consultant with the palliative care team, which means I mee...
Do you know what Advance Care Planning (ACP) is? Honestly, neither did I. Hi, my name is Patti, and I am a Nurse Consultant with Northern Health Palliative Care. My position with the Palliative Car...
