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BC participates in national initiative to improve radiation treatment safety for patients

The Provincial Radiation Therapy Program and BC PSLS Central Office are working together to enhance reporting and learning from radiation treatment events in BC PSLS. This provincial project builds on a national initiative led by the Canadian Partnership for Quality...

Spotlight on Kelowna General Hospital’s Emergency Services

It takes a great deal of teamwork and efficiency to manage an Emergency Department that provides care to 76,000 patients a year – a 20% increase in just four years. Everything from broken bones to life-threatening illnesses are daily challenges and this team is doing...

Highlights of our first 100 blog posts

As we head into summer 2016, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on some of the achievements across BC since we began our blog in 2013. We’ve published 100 blog posts, a significant feat on its own, and we’re pleased to highlight a few examples as recognition of our...

Releasing Time to Care: Mental Health & Substance Use team at Royal Jubilee Hospital

More than forty teams from across BC are participating in Releasing Time to Care (RT2C), an initiative developed by the National Health Service (NHS) in England to empower frontline staff in leading change that will improve patient care. The BC Patient Safety &...

Insulin labelling and patient safety

Safe use of Insulin in hospital settings relies on best labelling practices. When a team from Richmond Hospital identified a problem with inconsistent labelling of Insulin, they collaborated with their Pharmacy and Medication Safety Committee to implement a new...

Falls prevention on the Geriatric Psychiatry Unit at Royal Jubilee Hospital

Preventing patient falls and fall-related injuries is top of mind for many healthcare providers, but especially among those who care for the elderly and other vulnerable populations prone to falling. For these patients, just one bad fall can be life-changing, so...

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Mission & Vision

Our mission is: To make health care safer for all British Columbians by fostering a culture of safety, shared learning and continuous system improvement.

Our vision is: Safe health care for BC: No needless harm.

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Who We Are

BC Patient Safety & Learning System (BCPSLS) is a web-based tool used by approximately 100,000 health care providers across BC to report and learn about patient safety events, near misses and hazards. BCPSLS has fostered improvements in patient safety and quality of care in all health care settings since its inception in 2008.

Today, we are focused on streamlining data collection and output, enhancing learning across our health care system and improving the quality of our modules and tools.

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What We Do

Over 400 safety event reports are submitted to BCPSLS each day from across the province. This data is allowing us to identify safety concerns and target quality and safety improvements where they’re needed most. To date, over one million safety event reports are in the BCPSLS database. Data summaries provide a rich basis for learning and improvement to over 10,000 healthcare leaders across BC.