New Fraser Health safety video: A powerful message for healthcare staff
Fraser Health Communications and Public Affairs collaborated with Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Eagle Ridge Hospital and clinical nurse educators to develop a touching and effective video that demonstrates how being mindful is our best defence against events...
Preventing pressure ulcers: Keeping the pressure on to take the pressure off! – Part 2
Since the new Pressure Ulcer (PU) report form was launched across the province last February as part of the Let’s take the pressure off! campaign, we’re seeing evidence that awareness of this important patient safety issue is growing across BC. BC PSLS data shows a...
From building a culture of patient safety to accreditation: The BCEHS journey continues!
When BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) set a plan in motion to revitalize their approach to patient safety, the province saw how important it is for an organization to mobilize and build a safety culture from the ground up. Through a highly coordinated effort,...
Patient’s View: Seeing safety through the eyes of families at BC Children’s Hospital
Patients and their families or caregivers are often an untapped resource when it comes to identifying opportunities to improve quality of care and patient safety. But at BC Children’s Hospital an innovative face-to-face patient/provider engagement tool...
Surgery, patient safety and the future of healthcare: A conversation with Dr. Peter Blair
Dr. Peter Blair is the Program Medical Director of Surgical Services at Fraser Health and a surgeon for over 30 years. During our conversation, Dr. Blair described how Fraser Health was able to reduce surgical wait lists by broadening their surgical services to more...
What’s happening at Central Office? A peek at our plans for 2015
Communicating and working with others are key values for BC PSLS and foundational elements of our strategic priorities. As leaders in the area of patient safety reporting and learning, we’re often approached by others doing similar work and asked to share our...