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Learn about the process hospitals follow for sending patients home, and how patients are supported in making a home treatment and recovery plan.
… 80 … Planning for your discharge from the hospital starts well before you … to help plan your discharge and any additional care that is required. We are here to help you improve your ability to manage your care …
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Renee Faubert’s goal as Kelowna General Hospital’s (KGH’s) respiratory therapy (RT) educator is to ensure IH delivers the best respiratory care to all patients.
… her knowledge. “I'm so proud of all my colleagues when they practice something they recently learned or feel more … the Respiratory Department was recently approved for 24/7 coverage for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit . … … IH patients can have the best care possible! My goal is to set the standard of respiratory neonatal care within …
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For family physician Dr. Kara Perdue, who also works in the emergency room at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, the park is a big draw to the community.
… Clearwater is best known for being the home of Wells Gray Provincial Park.  “We have … at our back door with the gorgeous Helmcken Falls. There are dozens of other water falls, endless hikes with no …
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Learn how to request personal health records, corporate records and records of interest.
… 101 … Information is released to you as permitted under the BC Freedom of … format used to document information. You can make requests for personal health records, corporate information or records … will be available without the public having to make an official Freedom of Information Request: Administrative …
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Learn about our Tobacco and Vapour Control program, which protects you from the harms of tobacco use, vaping, and second and third-hand smoke.
… a t tobaccoandvape@interiorhealth.ca . … Legislation is a key tool in reducing tobacco and vapour product use, and … and Vapour Products Control Act and Regulation Information for Tobacco Retailers Information for Vapour Product … in session. The ban also includes vehicles, parking lots, sports fields, driveways, courtyards and private vehicles …
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Discover the benefits of joining Interior Health as a nurse practitioner. Learn about the role and how we promote a supportive and caring environment.
… 408 … 116 … At Interior Health, caring is at the core of everything we do. Guided by our vision of health and well-being for all , we offer diverse and rewarding Nurse Practitioner … IH prioritizes education and orientation in that they provide ample opportunities to further your skillset and …
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Learn about what makes a healthy community, and how local governments play a role in health.
… 67 … 118 … A healthy community is when the built, social, economic and natural environments … to your full potential, and to make your community better for yourself and your family, friends, neighbours and others. … planning and current land use referrals.  For example, an Official Community Plan (OCP) can influence our built, …
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Dr. Kathryn Brown, who has been with Interior Health for seven years, is a passionate and dedicated physician leader.
… every member of our team who enabled us to continue caring for patients. From supply chain and housekeeping to critical … Kathryn adds that one of the bravest things we can do is to ask for help or admit we don't understand something. … medical school, Kathryn couldn’t get enough of adrenaline sports and high-risk activities like motorcycling, sky …
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Interior Health now has the ability to capture your preferred name and pronouns in your patient file.
… 80 … Legal sex is an individual’s self-identified gender designation … Pronouns are used to convey a person's gender identity, for example, he/him/his | she/her/hers | they/them/theirs. … sex appear? All these information fields will appear on official health-care documents, including patient arm bands. …
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Meet Ingrid Hawthorne, who recently retired from her longtime volunteer role at the West Kelowna Health Centre that began in 2001.
… Ingrid is a sweet, kind and compassionate person who has been a … working with babies in our Well Baby Clinics over the past 26 years, as well as helping at our annual mass community … would show up early, and was very dependable and prepared for the day. She was always willing to go the extra mile. We …