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BCPSLS re:act – Improving safety for vulnerable adults across BC
Throughout the province there are vulnerable adults who need support from our health care system. A vulnerable adult can be anyone 19 years of age or older who is experiencing physical, mental or emotional mistreatment, or damage to or loss of personal property, and...
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Including the voices of patients and families: A collaborative approach to patient safety [podcast]
In our latest episode of Patient Safety Voices we speak with three patient partners from the Patient Voices Network. Sandra Zelinsky, Michel White and Beth Campbell Duke share their personal experiences and talk openly about why partnering with patients and families...
Patient’s View offers Langara nursing students a close-up and personal look at patient safety
The goals of Patient’s View are to identify quality and safety issues through the eyes of patients and families – often problems that the care team may be unaware of – and to use the information to inform improvement initiatives. BC Children’s Hospital led the way...
It’s all about the socks! How a St. Paul’s team is raising awareness about falls prevention
Adapted from a similar program in the USA, the "Red Socks" pilot project rolled out on two units at St. Paul’s Hospital in August 2016 to increase visibility of patients considered high-risk for falling. In conjunction with Falls Injury Prevention guidelines, red...
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The Canadian Patient Safety Institute: Fostering safer care across the country [podcast]
In our latest episode of Patient Safety Voices, our guest is Chris Power, Chief Executive Officer, of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). As you'll hear, Chris is a passionate advocate for preventing harm across our health care system and says patient...
First check, then scan! St. Paul’s CT team implements new patient safety checklist
Throughout our health care system there’s evidence that the use of checklists can improve communication among care teams, streamline complex processes and prevent patient harm. The Surgical Safety Checklist is a well-known example that underscores the importance of a...
Mission & Vision
Our vision is: Safe health care for BC: No needless harm.
Who We Are
BC Patient Safety Learning System (BCPSLS) is a cloud-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.
What We Do
350-400 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 two 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.