Kendall Ho

UBC emergency medicine researchers find virtual physician calls safely reduce in-person visits to the emergency department

UBC Department of Emergency Medicine researchers published a new study in CMAJ Open, showing that the addition of virtual physicians to British Columbia’s existing health information telephone service safely reduces the number of urgent in-person visits to provincial emergency departments.

Digital Emergency Medicine among consortium to commence project on the use of innovative digital health technologies to transform After-Hours Urgent Primary Care services delivery

Digital Emergency Medicine, a unit within the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, will be among a consortium of national partners and international supporters to develop a project that aims to continue the advancement of digital After-Hours Urgent Primary Care.

Dr. Kendall Ho Awarded BC Medal of Good Citizenship

Congratulations to Dr. Kendall Ho on being awarded a BC Medal of Good Citizenship—which recognizes individuals who have acted in a particularly generous, kind or selfless manner for the common good without expectation of award—at a virtual medal presentation March 24, 2022. Watch now!

In the News! 30,000 went to Vancouver Coastal Health ERs over the holidays last year. A third of them didn’t need to

Dr. Kendall Ho shares options for care this holiday season: “In case you can’t get hold of a health professional, you can always pick up the phone, 24/7, dial 811, and we’ll be able to discuss with you whether your problem needs emergency (care) or not.”

In the News! Virtual physicians enhanced the precision of 8-1-1 calls

UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Professor, Dr. Kendall Ho shares new research showing that video-based service “HealthLink BC Emergency iDoctor-in-assistance (HEiDi)” helped callers receive more accurate and timely care recommendations.

UBC Emergency Medicine Researchers Optimize Delivery of COVID-19 Telehealth Care

A team of UBC researchers, led by Dr. Kendall Ho, recently spearheaded innovative research aimed at augmenting B.C.’s health information phone line service capacity to better meet the needs of the COVID-19 crisis. B.C.’s HealthLink BC 8-1-1 service is a free-of-charge provincial health information and advice phone line provided by the Ministry of Health. By […]

UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Researchers Attract CIHR Fall 2020 Funding

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have funded 354 research grants for a total investment of approximately $274m through the Project Grants: Fall 2020 competition. In addition, 97 priority announcement grants were funded to a total amount of $9,575,000 and 11 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $296,500. UBC Department of Emergency […]

UBC researchers explore touchless technology to remotely monitor patient vital signs

In partnership with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), UBC Emergency Medicine Professor, Dr. Kendall Ho, is investigating whether a new contactless sensing technology can be integrated into existing virtual care platforms to boost patient care.

Register now for upcoming virtual health webinar featuring Dr. Kendall Ho!

Hear from UBC experts Dr. Silke Cresswell and Dr. John Pawlovich, BSc’90, MD’94, and UBC Emergency Medicine’s Dr. Kendall Ho, MD’86, as they share their insights on how the use of technology to improve access to health care in rural and remote communities during the last few decades has paved the way for rapid update […]

2019 Awards and Significant Honours

Each year, faculty members from the Department of Emergency Medicine are recognized for their excellence in teaching, clinical practice, and research. Congratulations to our 2019 award and significant honour recipients: NAME AWARD/HONOUR AGENCY Jim Christenson Helen Karounis Memorial Award for Professionalism in Emergency Medicine Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Lee Graham 2019 Interior Site Emergency […]