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…
Recent tragedies and protests around race-based violence and discrimination are reminders that racism is a reality for too many people, including British Columbians. We recognize we have more to do to enhance our knowledge, continue our cultural safety and humility journey, support anti-racism and acknowledge our unconscious biases. Our role is to identify and highlight systemic…
Date June 8, 2020 Topics Patient Engagement Share this page ** This article was originally featured on the Patient Voices Network website. The simplest of gestures can bring out the best in people. Lianne is a registered nurse with the Interior Health, Royal Inland Hospital Pre-Dialysis Clinic and when she and her family got the devastating news about…
Date June 8, 2020 Topics Patient Engagement Share this page ** This post was originally featured on Patient Voices Network website. Patient partner Ovey Yeung shares her story of recovery and patient engagement advocacy. Ovey speaks to the importance of the patient experience and provides some practical tips for health care teams as they move forward…
We are committed to promoting, learning about and educating others about cultural safety and humility to drive change in BC.
“As an Indigenous person, I was eager to create a culturally safe space for Indigenous people’s stories to be heard in a way that encourages growth and healing” Brenna Robert, a psychiatric nursing student, first looked into the 2019 summer student internship program as a way to sharpen her medical and psychiatric skills. When an…
Meet this year’s winners and runners-up We’re thrilled to share the incredible honourees of the 2020 Quality Awards! While there were many projects that made a difference in BC’s health care system over the year, these 16 winners and runners-up are shining examples of the dedication, leadership and passion that drive health care improvement. The achievements…
The Government of BC has appointed Devin Harris as our new chair, effective today. Devin assumes the role from Doug Cochrane, who served as chair since our organization was formed in 2008. “Dr. Harris is the perfect person to serve as the second-ever board chair of the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council,” said Adrian Dix, Minister…
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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.