Date June 1, 2021 Topics Council Updates Share this page We’re pleased to announce that Syexwáliya / Ann Whonnock has joined our team as a Knowledge Keeper. Syexwáliya is an Elder and Knowledge Carrier from Squamish Nation and a Knowledge Keeper/Elder Advisor with the First Nations Health Authority. She has strong Indigenous worldviews and is…
Date March 25, 2021 Topics Council Updates Share this page Culture is “the way things are done around here.” It’s our typical attitudes and behaviours as we work together with colleagues – and it impacts the quality of care provided to patients. That’s why positive shifts in culture are linked to improved system-related and clinical…
Date January 29, 2021 Topics Council Updates, Patient Engagement, Quality Forum Share this page Quality Forum 2021 is Patients Included! This means that the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, which organizes the event and administers the Patient Voices Network, is “committed to incorporating the experience of patients as experts in living with their condition while ensuring they are…
Date January 5, 2021 Topics Partners, Uncategorized Share this page Burnaby Hospital, Chilliwack General Hospital, Lions Gate Hospital and Surrey Memorial Hospital were recognized in November by the American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) for exemplary results for patients in surgical care. The four hospitals were among 89 to be recognized out of 719…
Date December 7, 2020 Topics Council Updates Share this page On November 30, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond released a report on her investigation into Indigenous-specific systemic racism in health care. Read a statement from our chief executive officer, Christina Krause, about the report. We encourage all British Columbians to read the report, and to reflect on their own…
Date November 18, 2020 Topics Council Updates, Partners Share this page Every year, we offer health care improvement scholarships in partnership with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School chapters at post-secondary schools in BC. The scholarships support students to attend educational events related to health care quality and safety. This year, students were encouraged to participate…
Date October 23, 2020 Topics Council Updates, Partners, Uncategorized Share this page Led by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canadian Patient Safety Week takes place October 26 to 30 and aims to increase awareness of patient safety and the role that patients and health care professionals can play in reducing harm and making patient safety a priority. This year’s…
Date September 18, 2020 Topics Council Updates Share this page Our annual Quality Awards program celebrates projects and individuals in BC who are improving health care quality. One of the highlights is checking in with past years’ winners to hear about how they used their sponsorships to support and disseminate learning from their projects or…
Date August 31, 2020 Topics Council Updates, Sepsis Share this page September 13 is World Sepsis Day! Seven years ago, we created the BC Sepsis Network to support the sepsis improvement work of health care providers across the province. In honour of World Sepsis Day, we’re working alongside members of our network to plan activities to increase sepsis…
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We would like to acknowledge that we are living and working with humility and respect on the traditional territories of the First Nations peoples of British Columbia.
We specifically acknowledge and express our gratitude to the keepers of the lands of the ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, where our main office is located.
We also recognize Métis people and Métis Chartered Communities, as well as the Inuit and urban Indigenous peoples living across the province on various traditional territories.