March 28, 2024

Hospital Employees Union warns of big backlogs in medical transcriptions

The Hospital Employees Union is warning of a serious backlog in medical transcription services that could impact patients. HEU spokesperson Bonnie Pearson says almost 17-thousand patient reports are just waiting to be transcribed in Vancouver and Richmond hospitals. Pearson says the delay could have a serious impact for patients in the … [Read more...]

Worker fired for snooping on medical records of media folks

Vancouver Coastal Health has fired an employee for breaching the privacy of five local media personalities. That worker had been snooping around on their electronic health records. It was discovered during a routine audit of patient file access. The now-fired employee seemed to have a personal interest in the media types and didn't share the … [Read more...]

Province working to fixing medical scan problem

The provincial government says it's taking steps to prevent more problems with medical scans around BC.This comes after questions about credentials of some radiologists, and whether hundreds of scans were misread.A release from Health Minister Mike de Jong says the controversy has shaken the confidence of patients, mostly in Powell River, … [Read more...]

Missing Surrey man in possible medical distress

Police in Surrey are looking for help finding a missing man.Surjit Phagura is in his 50's and may be suffering medical distress. He hasn't been seen since Friday at his home in the 9900 block of 159 Street.Phagura is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and 175 pounds with brown-grey hair. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]

CRH Medical posts Q2 profit of $282K

VANCOUVER - CRH Medical Corp. (TSXV:CRM), which specializes in providing hemorrhoid treatment technology to doctors, has reported a small second-quarter profit, reversing a year-earlier ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]