Providence Health Care

A year-old pilot project at St. Paul’s Hospital to track unnecessary use of preventative blood thinners in hospital patients has seen a decline in use by 53 per cent. The Anticoagulation Stewardship Program (ACSP) is the first in British Columbia and Canada to focus on these preventative blood thinners, known as heparin medications, with a view Read More »

FAISAL AZIZ SENIOR MANAGER, OFFICE OF STRATEGY & RESULTS March 22, 2024 ​An aging population and advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques mean surgeries are increasingly performed on patients who are medically complex and frail. More and more often, patients undergoing these surgeries are experiencing complications. These complications can include post-operative delirium, pneumonia and septicemia. Read More »