Department of Medicine

Projects

Current projects and teams

Transforming palliative care for Vancouver’s most vulnerable

​In 2021, a seed was planted when the Providence Health Care (PHC) Division of Palliative Medicine approached the Department of Medicine Innovation Platform with a vision: to create a professorship specialized in Read More »

WEHC – Women’s Endocrine Health Clinic

More details to come

Projects underway

More details to be published: Division of Endocrinology:  WEHC – Women’s Endocrine Health Clinic Division of Nephrology: CCOM – Centre for Complex Obstetric Medicine Division of Gastroenterology: Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Read More »

PHC’s Department of Medicine Innovation Platform aims to improve diagnostics for colorectal cancer, rare diseases, and more

The Department of Medicine (DOM) is supporting four new projects as part of its Innovation Platform. Each project proposes new services or processes that will transform patient care at PHC. This Read More »

Library of past projects

CIED Managment

In 2020, the General Internal Medicine program successfully applied to the Department of Medicine Innovation Platform for assistance in creating provincial level knowledge and awareness around the management of Cardiac Implantable Read More »

Centralized Pain Program

Under the leadership of Dr. May C. Ong, the Providence Health Care Chair in the Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology of Pain, the inpatient Centralized Pain Program specializes in the diagnosis and Read More »

Opioid Stewardship Program

Prescription opioid misuse and dependence has become an increasing problem and is linked to an array of negative consequences including addiction, overdose, and mortality. Although most chronic opioids are prescribed Read More »

Lung Nodule Assessment Clinic

This project involves the creation of a rapid assessment clinical pathway for patients with concerning lung nodules or radiologic signs of thoracic malignancy. In partnership with the Department of Radiology, Read More »

SPH Immunotherapy in Neurology (SPIN) Centre

The SPIN Center, “SPH Immunotherapy in Neurology”,  is a new clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH). Patients with autoimmune neuromuscular disorders will be evaluated and treated in a comprehensive manner, Read More »