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#161 On the Level

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Posted 04 December 2020 - 11:48 AM

Private clinics operate on a fee for service model, that is to say that the doctor gets paid for every patient they see up to certain caps.

 

Wait until it gets taken further....and you are told you should have a routine blood test to check your cholesterol.  That involved a $900 claim against my insurance and an additional $100 out of pocket for me.



#162 JohnN

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Posted 05 December 2020 - 10:36 AM

Maple has simple pricing:

https://www.getmaple...ASACEgJDtvD_BwE

$360/yr. for 30 visits.

it seems to me the only reason our healthcare system is busy is because it’s “free”.

Interesting that Maple is free for BC "video visits" but cost applies in other provinces: "Do I have to pay to use Maple?

Yes, there is a fee for every visit on Maple, unless you have a video visit in B.C." https://www.getmaple.ca/faq/

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#163 JohnN

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Posted 05 December 2020 - 11:29 AM

Private medicine corporations seem to be a target, whether its private medical clinics (Dr. Day's Cambie Surgery trial) or the new "telemedicine" initiatives such as Babylon

 

Private medical corporations are regulated (ie, Part 4 of BC Health Professions Act, Part 6 of College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Bylaws) but perhaps inadequately given the immense push for telemedicine with COVID-19. 

 

At the same time, the advent of Patient Medical Homes and Primary Care Networks. 

 

So much, so fast! Hopefully, there will be more information soon about how all of this might actually improve peoples' medical care - or not...


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#164 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 05 December 2020 - 02:43 PM

based solely on the number of recipients claiming a monthly disability payment it appears medicine is declining at almost an exponential rate.

as a percentage of the population we’ve never had so many people disabled and unable to work.

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Posted 06 December 2020 - 06:03 AM

based solely on the number of recipients claiming a monthly disability payment it appears medicine is declining at almost an exponential rate.

as a percentage of the population we’ve never had so many people disabled and unable to work.

If disability receipt demands medical diagnosis, and disability recipients increasing, wouldn't access to doctors thus be greater than previously?

 

However, its also possible that diagnosis of disability is changing:

"In Canada, the conceptualization of “disability” has changed over time, with the movement away from disability within a “medical model” toward a “social model” (Grondin, 2016). In Canadian Survey on Disability Reports

 

The list of qualifying disability illnesses has likely been getting longer, now including illnesses that might not have qualified formerly. Examples more recent illnesses accepted as qualifying might be bipolar mood disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, Lyme disease, sleep disorders (list)


Edited by JohnN, 06 December 2020 - 06:04 AM.

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Posted 06 December 2020 - 09:25 AM

Bill Currie's public vs private op-ed piece in today's TC: My medical odyssey: Caught in the battle between private and public health care

From reading the piece, I had the impression that Cambie Surgery Centre was shut-down but it seems to be operating as usual.


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Posted 06 December 2020 - 08:56 PM

Bill Currie's public vs private op-ed piece in today's TC: My medical odyssey: Caught in the battle between private and public health care

From reading the piece, I had the impression that Cambie Surgery Centre was shut-down but it seems to be operating as usual.

A friend of mine just had his shoulder rebuilt at the Cambie Surgery Centre. It's his second trip there, he had a knee done a few years ago.


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#168 spanky123

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Posted 07 December 2020 - 07:21 AM

Bill Currie's public vs private op-ed piece in today's TC: My medical odyssey: Caught in the battle between private and public health care

From reading the piece, I had the impression that Cambie Surgery Centre was shut-down but it seems to be operating as usual.

 

The Cambie case was in front of the courts. They recently lost in the BC Supreme Court but have said to expect an appeal.

 

Easy for judges and politicians to make decisions though as few of them wait for medical treatment or lack a family doctor.


Edited by spanky123, 07 December 2020 - 07:22 AM.

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#169 JohnN

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Posted 07 December 2020 - 01:54 PM

Interesting to follow @DrBrianDay on twitter - he has posted two recent news stories: 

Report: Died on a waiting list and 

My medical odyssey: Caught in the battle between private and public health care


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#170 pontcanna

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Posted 17 March 2021 - 05:28 AM

Severity of violent hospital incidents on the rise: unions

MARCH 17, 2021

More social supports are needed to prevent people with complex mental health challenges from ending up in hospital emergency departments during potentially violent episodes, says a spokeswoman for the union representing B.C. nurses.

An incident at Royal Jubilee Hospital on Monday, in which a police officer shot a man armed with a weapon in the hospital, is at least the third weapons-related incident in B.C. hospitals in recent weeks, said Christine Sorensen, president of the British Columbia Nurses’ Union.

“These are not isolated incidents. We see a growing number of reported acts of aggression, violence — often related to emergency rooms,” Sorensen said. “And that, unfortunately, is people who are seeking help, right? They’re coming into emergency, often seeking medical care, or families have brought them.”

 

More: https://www.timescol...ions-1.24295376

 

 



#171 spanky123

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Posted 17 March 2021 - 06:17 AM

Interesting to follow @DrBrianDay on twitter - he has posted two recent news stories: 

Report: Died on a waiting list and 

My medical odyssey: Caught in the battle between private and public health care

 

Medical care is the one socialist bastion where status and political affiliation can get you preferential treatment and care and they will fight tooth and nail to prevent that from changing.

 

Lets face it, anyone wealthy just goes to the US if they need urgent care. I have a friend who was told he needed to wait 6 months for surgery and was admitted a week later at Mayo. How cur health system benefits by pulling that money out of the market I don't know.


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Posted 18 March 2021 - 10:58 AM

Medical care is the one socialist bastion where status and political affiliation can get you preferential treatment and care and they will fight tooth and nail to prevent that from changing.

Lets face it, anyone wealthy just goes to the US if they need urgent care. I have a friend who was told he needed to wait 6 months for surgery and was admitted a week later at Mayo. How cur health system benefits by pulling that money out of the market I don't know.

But the life expectancy in Canada is about three years longer. However possibly genetics or luck? Or just going down to the states for medical care?

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#173 Mike K.

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Posted 18 March 2021 - 11:01 AM

They go to Europe, too, and many to Mexico where the private clinics offer top-tier medicine and top-tier doctors.
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Posted 18 March 2021 - 11:17 AM

They go to Europe, too, and many to Mexico where the private clinics offer top-tier medicine and top-tier doctors.

definitely not the run-of-the-mill hospital down in Mexico though

https://www.comoxval...sion-to-mexico/

#175 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 18 March 2021 - 12:02 PM

But the life expectancy in Canada is about three years longer. However possibly genetics or luck? Or just going down to the states for medical care?


Canada has far less violent deaths, and accidental and otherwise drug overdose deaths.

take this away and our longevity is the same.
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Posted 18 March 2021 - 12:48 PM

But the life expectancy in Canada is about three years longer. However possibly genetics or luck? Or just going down to the states for medical care?

 

You will live just as long with a bum hip or knee, you just have to live in pain until the Canadian system decides they can fit you in for treatment.


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Posted 18 March 2021 - 03:03 PM

You will live just as long with a bum hip or knee, you just have to live in pain until the Canadian system decides they can fit you in for treatment.

Opioids.

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Posted 01 April 2021 - 02:54 PM

Vancouver Island's busiest and largest hospitals have slipped in their Canadian ranking in the span of two years, according to a Newsweek ranking under partnership with Statista.

Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria was ranked as the country's 7th "best" hospital in 2019, but has fallen to 17th place in 2021. Victoria General Hospital in View Royal fell to 26th place from 12th just two-years-ago.

"We know that dealing with a health crisis or a worrisome diagnosis, whether for yourself or a family member, can be overwhelming, and that knowing where to turn can lessen the stress," says an introduction of the ranking from Newsweek. "That's why, for the second year in a row, Newsweek partnered with global data research company Statista Inc. to rank the leading hospitals in 21 countries."

Canada's top 5 highest rated hospitals are:

- Toronto General, Toronto
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
- North York General Hospital, Toronto
- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal

You can view the full ranking list at: https://www.newsweek...als-2021/canada

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#179 todd

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Posted 05 April 2021 - 05:17 AM

If it was this bad before coronavirus how bad is it now?: https://youtu.be/fHJZt5Px0AI

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Posted 05 April 2021 - 05:26 AM

labour unions will always advocate for better working conditions (less work) for their members.

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