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...
Jun 30, 2015 | Featured Posts, Medication Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
A “near miss” (good catch/close call) is an opportunity to learn from what happened and make improvements to quality of care and patient safety across our healthcare system. The following case highlights the value of near miss reporting in BC PSLS and the importance...
Jun 23, 2015 | Adult Abuse and Neglect, Featured Posts, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Every day, there’s a vulnerable adult living in BC who suffers from abuse, neglect or self-neglect. The Adult Guardianship Act (Act) was enacted in February 2000 – with recent updates and changes that came into force on December 1, 2014 – to give designated agencies...
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...
May 13, 2015 | Featured Posts, Fraser Health (FH)
Fraser Health Communications and Public Affairs collaborated with Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Eagle Ridge Hospital and clinical nurse educators to develop a touching and effective video that demonstrates how being mindful is our best defence against events...
