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Improving medical monitoring of mental health patients at Chilliwack General Hospital

Vital sign monitoring is the assessment of body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure, and is often considered to be the baseline for determining a patient’s health status. When mental health patients have their vital signs assessed it’s...

Supporting moms and babies at home: A partnership between Raven Song & BC Women’s Hospital

In BC, the provincial protocol for babies born in hospital is to receive follow-up by a public health nurse within 24 to 48 hours of arriving home. Liaison Forms are a summary of the pre-natal care, birth, and current status of mom and baby, that are filled out by...

Getting to the heart of good communication with Royal Columbian’s CSICU team

Healthcare teams that communicate effectively and follow a systematic approach to communication have better patient outcomes, higher staff morale and a positive safety culture. And regardless of role or area of expertise, communication skills and practices can always...

Nursing student earns high praise for PSLS poster

Students in their fourth year of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) are learning to refine their skills in nursing practice with an emphasis on leadership, research and education. During an eight-week leadership...

Season’s Greetings from BC PSLS!

As 2016 approaches, we look back at the amazing year we've had and we're thankful to all of you for your support along the way. During the past year our team has been working hard with stakeholders from across the province to improve BC PSLS – from specialty report...

An interview with Michael Marchbank, Fraser Health President and CEO

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...

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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.