Fighting systemic rot in healthcare. Independent and unapologetic generalist, writer, philosopher, entrepreneur. Not a doctor. Recovering technology/UX geek.
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Jun 8
๐ข BC NDP opened the first Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) 8yrs ago. We now have 48.
Govt has given us only cherry-picked good news. No detailed accounting of performance.
I reviewed their own data obtained via FOI.
It's bad. Strap in. ๐งต1/11
healthdatabc.ca/upcc/
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Anxiety and frustration? How about suffering and death? Waiting lists/waiting rooms are how our government controls costs, and where patients linger and sometimes die. Weโve allowed this for decades. Accountability now. @cindyeharnett @Josie_Osborne @DrDMPetersMD @dockevinmcleod
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Pizza and โwellnessโ programs are no match for proper ER staffing and beds. ER doctors can afford their own pizza and find meaningful rest outside work but canโt pull more staff and beds out of their pockets. The solution to ER attrition is fixing the root problem.
Jun 5
Emergency physicians lead the league in burnoutโbut when they quit, itโs often for another reason healthexec.com/topics/healthโฆ
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Of course, in #BeautifulBC nothing bad is real, itโs just your *bad feelings*, which are your own fault and the only problem. ๐
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It can actually be a detriment too. HCW's can be combative and gross/ableist unfortunately. I can't count how many times I clearly have grated on people despite stating my diagnoses pre-emptively and why I come across the way I do. I actually get infantilized quite a bit too.
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Public Health mgmt in BC (from govt ministers, down to the 70 Health Association vice presidents who have the lowest "salary to actual value contributed" ratio in Canada) is absolute trash. So detached from reality, and they've lowered the "new normal" for Public Health #bcpoli
Jun 13
Read this story, particularly VIHA's response.
"We acknowledge waiting for tests like these is frustrating and can lead to increased anxiety and concern for patients and their loved onesโ
Anxiety and frustration?
What about actual negative health outcomes of waiting?!?
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If only advocating for yourself, being specific about your diagnoses & using the proper terms for everything, accurately conveying the level of symptom severity, and asking for accommodations for your diagnoses actually got you anywhere. Especially without a family Dr.๐
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BC has a problem. There is no party here thatโs electable or competent. The Cons are nutjobs and BCNDP are fiscally irresponsible, as well as authoritarians. Theyโve created a disaster in this province. We need an electable, centre right, third partyโฆ
The British Columbia Premier David Eby is in trouble and the only other party available is led by the racist and MAGA adjacent Kerry-Lynne Findlay
British Columbians have a choice. Help Eby succeed (heโs not a great leader), or descend into dark days
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Oliverโs doctor recruiters are not coming back pentictonherald.ca/news/artiโฆ via @pentictonherald
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Jun 13
We really need detailed data on this.
The reports show "90% of exams done within XX days."
Many reasons why some exams may not be done quickly, not all of them fault of hospitals.
A simple number doesn't tell the story.
The full distribution of wait times would.
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Jun 13
There's a reason for benchmark times, and it doesn't have to do with anxiety.
The response also talks about increased volumes of scans. Not the fucking point!
There is NO PLAN to meet benchmark wait times. Hasn't been for years.
"We're trying hard" is not good management.
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Jun 13
Read this story, particularly VIHA's response.
"We acknowledge waiting for tests like these is frustrating and can lead to increased anxiety and concern for patients and their loved onesโ
Anxiety and frustration?
What about actual negative health outcomes of waiting?!?
Jun 13
People on Vancouver Island who are referred for a CT scan that is marked with "ASAP" urgency could be waiting up to 106 days, according to data shared by an MLA.
cheknews.ca/wait-times-for-aโฆ
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Ha and if your breasts are dense, cancer is missed, then you go through 14 months of treatment which almost brings you to death and follow up is guess what, mammogram. Then you have to fight your oncologist for better screening because I actually matter to my kids.
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"Anxiety and frustration"?
This is just more minimizing & gaslighting by my very own health authority.
This reeks of unaccountability, Dr. #fireRika Gustafson.
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Happy to make public what Iโve been through since 2016 โฆ itโs difficult to comprehend the extent โthe systemโ will go to silence a physician and why you donโt hear a peep from @DoctorsOfBC
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My last 4 or so years in a nutshell. ๐ There are zero repercussions for the ethics breaches that leave seriously ill patients without any medical care.
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The word โanxietyโ is certainly being kicked around a lotโฆPeople are going to die waiting for appropriate testing. Unless, of course, youโre a politician or bureaucrat. They seem to all go to the front of the lineโฆ
ctvnews.ca/vancouver/articleโฆ
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To get the most effective treatment in today's health system, you must advocate for yourself.
In mental health, most get offered what's available (if anything). Not what you need. Too many basics get missed. People suffer for years.
How to avoid that? Join us, we'll show you.
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