Programs in Action
This type of care model brings multiple professionals together to support patient needs.
What is team based care?
This person is the newest member of the South Okanagan (SOK) Community leadership team
Who is Lisa B?
This group collaborates to improve primary care services and support physician well-being across the South Okanagan.
What is the Divisions of Family Practice?
This team provides short-term skilled nursing to help patients recover at home after hospitalization.
What is HH (Home Health)?
Platform that aims to improve the efficiency and quality of wound care, documentation, and treatment planning.
What is Pixelere?
This program recently extended its hours in Oliver to improve access to care for the community.
What is Home Health?
Before joining the health care world, this team member was a proud beauty school dropout, but we're sure glad they made the switch.
Who is Marie V?
This South Okanagan organization provides shelter, safety, and support services for women and children fleeing domestic violence.
What is SOWINS (South Okanagan Women in Need Society)?
This type of clinic in the SOK region offers urgent but non-emergency primary care without appointments.
What is a Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC)?
This legendary lake creature is said to inhabit Okanagan Lake and is a beloved part of local folklore.
What is Ogopogo?
This 3-digit phone number connects individuals to immediate mental health crisis support in BC.
What is 310-MHSU/ 310-6789?
This staff member proudly claims to lead an “alphabet soup” of programs and teams.
Who is Laura K?
This group provides caregiver support, educational workshops, and advocacy for people living with memory loss and cognitive challenges.
What is the Alzheimer’s Society?
This program helps patients manage long-term health conditions like diabetes or heart disease.
What is CDM (Chronic Disease Management)?
This interpretive centre, located in Osoyoos, BC, showcases the rich culture of the Okanagan people and the unique desert ecosystem of the region.
What is the Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre?
Interior Health’s mandate includes acute and this type of health service.
What is community care?
This team member grew up in Merritt and went on to complete their Registered Practical Nursing program in Orillia, Ontario, at age 18.
Who is Amy G?
This network connects patients and caregivers with health care organizations to ensure their perspectives shape care strategy and delivery of services.
What is the Patient Voices Network?
This interdisciplinary team provides outreach to people with complex mental health and substance use needs.
What is the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team?
This term describes health care that places the individual and their family at the center of decision-making.
What is person- and family-centered care?
This provincial initiative helps unattached patients connect with a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
What is the Health Connect Registry?
This team member once claimed their energy was equivalent to -2,377,000,000 tons of TNT.
Who is Barry H?
This provincial agency provides affordable housing and works with partners to address homelessness across British Columbia, including the South Okanagan.
What is BC Housing?
This government body is responsible for overseeing health care policies and funding in British Columbia.
What is the MOH (Ministry of Health)?
Interior Health serves this many people across southern British Columbia.
What is over 800 000?