Sharing stories. Connecting people. Making healthcare safer.

Happy 1st birthday BC PSLS blog!

This week marks the one-year anniversary of our blog! It's hard to believe, but one year ago we launched this platform as a way to showcase your quality and safety initiatives and provide expert insight on patient safety topics. This past year, we've more than doubled...

Technology, teamwork and innovation drive patient safety forward in BC

Although BC PSLS was first implemented some time ago (beginning in 2008), it’s important to continually reflect on how far we’ve come – in fostering a culture of safety across BC’s healthcare system and broadening the reach and use of healthcare technology. While BC...

BC PSLS blog and website have a new look!

We've redesigned our blog and website to offer you a shiny new version of both in one convenient location! The new single website will showcase your stories about patient safety and quality improvement from across the province and provide you with access to news,...

Engaging physicians in quality and safety: A model of success

As healthcare leaders, how do we encourage physicians to be more interested and involved in quality and safety? Is there a way for physicians and hospital leaders to achieve a shared quality and safety agenda? Key questions Interior Health (IH) leadership carefully...

Learn, Improve, Share

In follow-up to this post in January where I shared our top priorities for the year ahead, I realized it’s already almost May and we’re overdue to update you on what’s happening with BC PSLS. Since then, quite a bit has been happening, and I’m pleased to provide some...

Breaking down healthcare silos to improve safety in the NICU

Teamwork plays a very important role in making healthcare safer. Organizations such as the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Institute for Healthcare Improvement, for example, suggest that healthcare teams are more likely to achieve cohesion and shared...

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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.