Sep 28, 2015 | Central Office, Featured Posts
Providing safe healthcare is a continual and evolving process that requires input and collaboration by everyone in the system. As a country, we have not pursued agreement on a list of “never events” – until now. Never events are patient safety incidents...
Aug 27, 2015 | Central Office, Featured Posts
Yesterday (August 26th) BC PSLS underwent a significant upgrade so we could offer several new features and enhancements to BC PSLS Handlers. We take pride in making BC PSLS the best it can be for all our users and system upgrades, like the one we did yesterday, are...
Aug 6, 2015 | Central Office, Featured Posts
What drew you to healthcare? What ignites your passion? What step – big or small – could you take to make our system better for our patients and their families? Change Day BC is building on the successful global movement ignited by the National Health Service...
Jun 16, 2015 | Central Office, Featured Posts
Time sure flies…another year has passed and it’s time to celebrate our 2nd birthday! The BC PSLS blog has now reached nearly 40,000 visitors, which is three times last year’s numbers…wow! At the top of the list for Canadian visitors are BC, Ontario and...
Jun 10, 2015 | Central Office, Featured Posts, Island Health (VIHA), Lab Safety
In our first article about Transfusion Medicine (TM) safety we introduced the Transfusion Error Surveillance System, or “TESS,” a national initiative led by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and we described Island Health’s significant contribution to...
Mar 26, 2015 | Central Office, Featured Posts, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)
Patients and their families or caregivers are often an untapped resource when it comes to identifying opportunities to improve quality of care and patient safety. But at BC Children’s Hospital an innovative face-to-face patient/provider engagement tool...
