Nov 28, 2013 | BCPSLS Coordinators, Featured Posts
There’s something special happening across BC Health Authorities and that’s the voices of BC PSLS Coordinators who tirelessly advocate for patient safety every day! In fact, without them, our connection to healthcare providers across the province would be...
Nov 20, 2013 | Central Office, Featured Posts
By Guest Blogger: Darren Frizzell In follow-up to Part 1, which described how Bubble Charts help to identify potential black holes in a review process, here in Part 2 I’ll talk about our BC PSLS Analytics tools and how they can be used to retrieve meaningful data for...
Nov 14, 2013 | Featured Posts, Island Health (VIHA)
High quality patient care is central to sustaining a safe and reliable healthcare system. With this in mind, the Patient Care Quality Review Board introduced legislation in 2008, requiring all six BC Health Authorities to establish a Patient Care Quality Office...
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...
Oct 29, 2013 | Featured Posts, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Spreading the patient safety message among healthcare staff is no small task. Not to mention, influencing those staff to be enthusiastic about using an online safety event management tool in addition to an already busy day caring for patients. But, that’s exactly...
Oct 22, 2013 | Central Office, Featured Posts, Island Health (VIHA), Lab Safety
Transfusions of blood and blood products are an important part of healthcare. When adverse events related to transfusions occur, the impact on patients can be considerable with negative outcomes such as ABO blood group incompatibility, delays in care, inappropriate...
