Current projects and teams
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 »
More details to come
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 »
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
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »