Dec 13, 2021 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Projects & Initiatives
Eat. Sleep. Console. Three simple words that describe a patient-centred, culturally safe, and trauma-informed approach to improving care for newborns with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and their families. According to Perinatal Services BC, the incidence rate of...
Jun 24, 2021 | Featured Posts, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)
Do you ever wish there really was an “easy button” you could push to solve whatever problem you were facing? Um…#yespleaseeveryday. Well, several thousand health care staff and clinicians in BC are now a tiny bit closer to that dream: CST Cerner users in Vancouver...
Mar 29, 2021 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Featured Posts, Medication Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Adverse drug reactions can have serious consequences. Many of us became familiar with the impacts of adverse drug reactions when Vanessa’s Law regulations came into effect in 2019. But one team in BC had already been studying them for years. They considered the high...
Jan 18, 2021 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Education, Equipment Safety, Featured Posts
Many of us in health care have been encouraged to see vaccines for COVID-19 becoming available in BC, Canada, and around the world. It’s an exciting time—reinforced by senior officials who have stated that there is now a light at the end of the tunnel. But what...
Dec 17, 2020 | Central Office, Education, Featured Posts
BCPSLS Central Office has a special gift for you, just in time for the holidays: three shiny, new courses focused on patient safety! We have revised our Patient Safety, Actions, and Reports courses on LearningHub. And we’re thrilled to announce that the courses will...
