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May 2, 2017 | Central Office, Conversations With Leaders, Featured Posts
In our latest episode of Patient Safety Voices, our guest is Chris Power, Chief Executive Officer, of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). As you’ll hear, Chris is a passionate advocate for preventing harm across our health care system and says patient...
Aug 24, 2016 | Central Office, Conversations With Leaders, Featured Posts
Carl Macrae is a senior research fellow with the University of Oxford and a respected advisor on patient safety to the National Health Service (NHS) and other healthcare organizations around the world. He has devoted much of his career to improving safety and...
Mar 16, 2016 | Conversations With Leaders, Featured Posts, Island Health (VIHA)
Victoria Schmid joined Island Health as Quality and Safety Director in September 2015 after five years in a similar role with the Saskatoon Health Region in Saskatchewan. We met in her office at Royal Jubilee Hospital where she shared her views on IHealth and how the...
Nov 24, 2015 | Conversations With Leaders, Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH)
I sat down with Michael Marchbank at the Fraser Health Corporate office. Mr. Marchbank has an extensive history with BC healthcare and has held several important leadership positions throughout his career. He was appointed President and CEO of Fraser Health in January...
Jul 29, 2015 | Conversations With Leaders, Featured Posts, Interior Health (IH), Physician Engagement
Physician engagement and leadership are essential to the pursuit of safe high-quality patient care. But often the challenge for healthcare organizations is understanding what strategies will work best to strengthen physicians’ commitment to quality and safety...
Mar 9, 2015 | Conversations With Leaders, Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH), Physician Engagement
Dr. Peter Blair is the Program Medical Director of Surgical Services at Fraser Health and a surgeon for over 30 years. During our conversation, Dr. Blair described how Fraser Health was able to reduce surgical wait lists by broadening their surgical services to more...
