In our short time with Interior Health, Noah Chalifoux and I (Nina Akhtar) have been granted the unique opportunity to go behind-the-scenes and observe the complex world of health care. We, along with a few other interns, joined Interior Health in May 2021.

Dan Krebs is a physiotherapist who has always worked in a private practice background. He's now a firm believer in the benefits of being part of a multidisciplinary team, where many types of medical professionals work together in the same space to provide well-rounded care that people need.

Team work, makes the dream work, as they say.

We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.

Name: Tara Lecavalier (she/her)

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Supervisor

Years of Service: 13 years

Worksite: East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKRH)

Community: Cranbrook

Ancestral Territory: Ktunaxa (Tun-ah-hah)/Kootenay
Ktunaxa

Wearable health technologies are vastly popular with people wanting to improve their physical and mental health. Everything from exercise, sleep patterns, calories consumed and heart rhythms can be tracked by a wearable device.

But timely and accurate data is also especially valuable for doctors treating patients with complicated health conditions using virtual care.