RJH/VGH are experiencing a hospitalist shortage. The reasons are a combination of difficulty recruiting, retirements, part-time hospitalists devoting more time to office work, and increased hospital occupancy and workload. The result is that the hospitalists have to stop their MAID consult service.
Resolving this for the long-term means recruiting more hospitalists or decreasing occupancy, neither of which will be quick or easy. For this reason, if any of your patients seek MAID they will likely find a growing waitlist.
If you have not done a MAID assessment before please know that it is not difficult. To learn the process and access background information you may visit https://learninghub.phsa.ca/Learner/Home. Create an account and search MAID.
If you have a patient who is requesting MAID and you have done as much in terms of assessments as you can, please refer them to the MAID Coordination Centre. Within the MAID coordination centre we will prioritize cases based on acuity, not location. Contact: Island Health MAID program | 250-727-4382 (Greater Victoria) |Toll Free: 1-877-370-8699 [email protected]
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