Sep 20, 2018 | Featured Posts, Medical Imaging, Patient Safety
Pop quiz: What happened a year ago on September 6? If you guessed Hurricane Irma landing in the Caribbean or Metallica’s epic live concert in Amsterdam, you would be correct. However, at BCPSLS Central Office we’re remembering a different kind of phenomenon:...
Sep 21, 2017 | Central Office, Featured Posts, Medical Imaging
BCPSLS Central Office and Lower Mainland Medical Imaging (LMMI) are excited to announce the launch of a new specialized provincial form to support better reporting and learning from patient safety events involving medical imaging procedures! With millions of medical...
Jan 31, 2017 | Featured Posts, Medical Imaging, Northern Health (NH)
Medical Imaging (MI) services are provided at high volume throughout our healthcare system and are considered pertinent to clinical decision-making in a variety of healthcare settings. Due to the extreme complexity of MI, these services are also considered high-risk...
Nov 7, 2013 | Featured Posts, Island Health (VIHA), Medical Imaging
In healthcare, medical imaging (MI) is the production of high-resolution images of the human body, and often involves expertise from a variety of medical professionals such as Radiologists, Technologists, Sonographers, Clerical, or Medical Physicists. Medical images...