This is a guest post from Providence Health Care, written by Jenika Hamilton. On June 9, countries around the world highlight the importance of patient advocacy with the question, “What matters to you?” This initiative which started in Norway in 2014 has the goal of encouraging meaningful conversations between patients, residents, caregivers, families and their health…
Patient Partners Share What Matters to Them International “What Matters to You?” Day is celebrated on June 9th, but it’s a concept and question that has the potential to humanize health care as well as improve care outcomes and patient experiences each and every day of the year. We’re always keen to hear when and…
The BC Health Quality Matrix is an excellent resource that presents a definition and common language for understanding quality through seven dimensions: respect, safety, accessibility, appropriateness, effectiveness, equity and efficiency. But what does quality care mean for a specific health condition or journey? Certainly “best practice recommendations” and “clinical guidelines” highlight the current scientific evidence, principles for…
Learning About Patients’ Values Christy Boyce is a Virtual Health Learning Consultant at Fraser Health. She wrote this blog post reflecting on her experience asking “What matters to you?” Christy Boyce Life in the health care field is busy, but there are key moments under our control where we can slow down and make big improvements….
Read About Their Hopes for Health Care We’re excited to introduce you to our Health Talks Student Contest winner and runners-up! These students shared their innovative hopes for health care in various engaging formats. Our winner, Judy So, will share her hopes as one of eight speakers at Health Talks 2022! Winner – Judy So Humanizing…
A BCPSQC Summer Intern in Action! Did you know up to 90% of adults and 94% of children with a reported penicillin allergy are not actually allergic to the antibiotic? This misdiagnosis can have major implications on care, as patients are likely to be given other antibiotics which are less effective and have more side…
World Sepsis day is September 13th! It’s a great opportunity to celebrate all of the work you have done to promote early recognition and treatment of sepsis in inpatient and emergency settings, and to promote some great sepsis resources to your networks.
Celebrating the People & Projects Improving Care in BC Date December 17, 2021 Topics Clinical Improvement, Council Updates Share this page It’s time to announce the winners and runners-up of our 2021 BC Quality Awards, and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate their incredible efforts to improve quality of care! There were many projects that made…
Remembering a Trusted Physician and Quality Improvement Champion We are very sad to share the passing of Jeff Harries, who we had the honour of partnering with on many occasions over recent years. Jeff was a trusted physician in the south Okanagan for more than 30 years, during which time he was a champion for…
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