Patient Safety Case Study: Streamlining Medical Imaging across Northern Health
Medical Imaging (MI) services are provided at high volume throughout our healthcare system and are considered pertinent to clinical decision-making in a variety of healthcare settings. Due to the extreme complexity of MI, these services are also considered high-risk...
Happy Holidays from BCPSLS Central Office!
To our colleagues, partners and patient safety leaders across BC, we wish you and yours the very best over the holiday season and in the New Year. Share your patient safety story in 2017! Contact your BCPSLS Coordinator to find out how: Fraser Health - Jyoti...
Seeing the future of patient safety
Representatives from BC Patient Safety & Learning System (BCPSLS) Central Office spent an incredible few days in London for the Datix International Patient Safety Conference where we listened to and learned from a diverse group of patient safety leaders. The...
Substance use and patient safety: First clinic for methadone treatment (opioid substitution) opens in Terrace
An alarming number of drug overdoses and deaths are happening across BC. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has taken a lead role in establishing a comprehensive Harm Reduction Program so communities like Terrace have the tools, knowledge, and resources they...
Questions Save Lives! What question would you ask?
BC Patient Safety & Learning System (BCPSLS) is proud to participate in Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW), October 24 to 28, 2016. Along with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), we’re spreading the message of ASK. LISTEN. TALK and joining CPSI to...
Patient safety is top of mind for one curious Administrative Assistant at Providence Health Care!
As Administrative Assistant to eight patient care managers at Providence Health Care (PHC), Chantal Chow is well-informed about how the organization aims to deliver high-quality care. But when one topic kept coming up in staff meetings and orientations she set out to...