A Quality Debate: Has COVID-19 Put an End to Quality Improvement?

Four great speakers argued for and against this important – and divided – motion related to improving the quality of care in BC’s health system!

For

Bev Pomeroy
Patient Engagement Specialist, BC SUPPORT Unit, Fraser Centre (Fraser Health)
Patient Partner (Patient Voices Network)

Hussein Kanji
Medical Director, High Acuity Unit (Vancouver General Hospital)
Clinical Lead, Critical Care (BC Patient Safety & Quality Council)

Against

Carl Meadows
Executive Director, Clinical Operations, Acute & Community, South Okanagan (Interior Health)

Mandy Man
Registered Nurse and Quality Lead (Vancouver Coastal Health)

The Quality Forum’s debate is meant to incite discussion and challenge commonly-held beliefs about a timely health care topic. We have assigned the debate’s speakers to their teams; their positions do not necessarily reflect their personal views on the debate topic, nor those of their respective organizations.