Welcome
The Omineca Medical Clinic has been proudly serving the health care needs of Vanderhoof and the surrounding area for over 50 years. Since opening our doors in 1969, the Omineca Medical Clinic has been dedicated to providing timely, professional, and expert care for patients. As a full service Family Practice, our medical team is committed to helping patients achieve optimal health and wellness.
We offer a full range of health care services to our patients including the management of acute and chronic illnesses for people of all ages, preventative medicine, prenatal and newborn care, minor office procedures, and group medical appointments. Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have any questions or concerns.
Winter 2025-2026 Update
Automated Transcription Notice
The Omineca Medical Clinic has adopted use of automated transcription technology to improve the delivery of health care for our clients.
The technology uses a secured and approved artificial intelligence technology to transcribe real-time conversation between an Omineca Medical Clinic clinician and client during a health care session, there is no saved audio recording.
The medically relevant words spoken during the health care session are automatically drafted into clinical documentation, which the Omineca Medical Clinic clinician reviews and confirms in advance of manually copying into the client health record.
Historically, the medically relevant content from a verbal conversation between a clinician and their client during a health care session has always been entered manually into the client’s health record by the clinician.
The use of automated transcription is a modern update to this practice, to further support Omineca Medical Clinic improvements to health care services.
How it works
Automated transcription uses an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called an AI scribe to assist Omineca Medical Clinic clinicians with clinical documentation.
This technology translates our verbal conversation during a health care session into written words and generates a written summary. This allows us to focus more on you instead of taking notes.
The summary is used to create clinical documentation, and only medically relevant content is retained.
The documentation is reviewed and finalized by an Omineca Medical Clinic clinician before adding it to your medical record. The technology does not make medical decisions - it only drafts notes.
The automated transcription solutions used at Omineca Medical Clinic are subject to compliance reviews, to ensure your health information is protected as required by law.
All temporary transcription content is deleted once the final clinical documentation is saved.
If you have any questions about how it works, please ask your doctor.
If you wish to opt-out of participating in this service, you must advise our office.
If you have questions about how your personal information is being managed, please contact us at docsvhf@uniserve.com or ask to speak to a Privacy Officer at the office.
New Electronic Personal Health Record Portal: myhealthkey
The Omineca Medical Clinic is launching a new program that allows you to stay informed and engage in your healthcare.
myhealthkey offers online booking (starting soon), and the ability to view and manage your upcoming appointments. Patients can also access their Northern Health lab and imaging results and receive messages securely from the clinic. Email invitations to register for myhealthkey accounts are being sent out now to all patients who have an email address listed on their EMR chart. We encourage patients to register for an account. If you do not have an email on file with us and would like to register for a myhealthkey account, please contact the office at (250) 567-2201. We will send you an email invitation.
Medications
To avoid running out of your regular medications and interrupting your treatment, we ask for your cooperation in keeping track of your prescriptions.
- Please book an office appointment 6 – 8 weeks before you need to renew your prescriptions.
- Keep track on the calendar when the Pharmacist tells you the status of your refills.
Plan ahead for holidays – check with the Pharmacist for the availability of refills and book an office appointment if necessary.
Endoscopy Scope Video
Patients who have been referred to have a colonoscopy or gastroscopy must view this informational video. Please click here to view the video.