A Coming Together of Health Systems
This collaboration between the UBC Faculty of Medicine Digital Emergency Medicine, First Nations Health Authority, Island Health and Vancouver Coastal Health seeks to better inform Island Health care centers about incorporating traditional medicine into everyday practice, gathering physician input and perspectives in system redesign, and optimizing the health and wellness of all patients […]
Dr. Kendall Ho talks Chronic Disease Management on OMNI TV
Dr. Kendall Ho on Rogers OMNI TV December 6, 2017 to talk about Chronic Disease Management. Please click the image to view (in Cantonese, external link):
Digital Emergency Medicine office relocated to VGH
As of December 11, 2017 Digital Emergency Medicine has moved from the UBC Point Grey campus back to the VGH area. Our new office address is: 3rd Floor, 818 West 10th Avenue (Blusson Spinal Cord Centre) Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 1M9 Our telephone numbers and email addresses remain the same. Please feel free to visit […]
iCON MURC Presentation
On March 23 2017, iCON’s Research Assistants Shawna Narayan and Alex Fung had the opportunity to develop and present a poster of the results from iCON’s mental health forums for Punjabi and Chinese communities to undergraduate students, faculty members, and the community at the University of British Columbia’s Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC). Their presentation […]
FREE iCON Punjabi Health Forum
On March 5, 2017, iCON (the interCultural Online Health Network) will host a free South Asian Health forum entitled Healthy and Happy Living at Home. This forum will expand on the theme of healthy aging to promote healthy living, falls and injury prevention, chronic disease management, and community support services. As the population ages, people […]
Learn to set your child up for success!
Learn to set your child up for success! – Cantonese language event Vancouver Technical Secondary School (2600 East Broadway, Vancouver) February 2, 2017 (6:30 – 8:00 p.m.) Are you a parent or a caregiver of a child in grade 7-10? Join us for our Cantonese language event on February 2nd to learn how to set […]
Free Chinese Health Forum – Save the Date
Join our health experts to learn about diet and exercise, fall prevention, medication management, community resources and more! Presented in Cantonese with Mandarin and English interpretation. Register Now! Questions? Email us at icon.support@ubc.ca.
Vancouver Sun – Growing eHealth in BC
In the August 6 Vancouver Sun news article by Erin Ellis titled “The doctor is online, anytime — it’s the freewheeling world of eHealth“, Dr. Kendall Ho comments on the ever-growing eHealth options available in British Columbia. Digital Emergency Medicine led by Dr. Ho is embarking on a multi-year eHealth project called TEC4Home that will […]