The familiarity and comfort of home is often best when it comes to recovering after a hospital stay. Yet, for many, going home from hospital can also create feelings of unease. What if I can’t remember which medications to take and when? What should I eat? How much activity can I do at home? And…
It is with incredible sadness that Health Quality BC acknowledges the passing of Doug Cochrane. Read our media release here. For those who wish to share memories or leave messages of condolences you can do so here. Hear our CEO, Christina Krause, on CBC’s Radio West with Sarah Penton, as she shares heartfelt reflections on…
We are excited and honoured to announce the winners and runners-up of our 2024 BC Quality Awards, and to celebrate their incredible efforts to improve the quality of health care in British Columbia.
Key takeaways from this story: At St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care participated in the Bridge-to-Home initiative, championed by Healthcare Excellence Canada, to transform discharge planning by co-designing the process with patients. The initiative’s success resulted in improved provider confidence, positive patient feedback, and a commitment to adopting these changes across all Providence Health Care…
Few things are more invigorating or rewarding than being amongst your colleagues, sharing knowledge and soaking up the same. We missed that connection and feeling of community during the pandemic years – but with the return of Health Quality BC workshops, we can once again gather to elevate our skills and drive excellence in quality…
Our annual Quality Awards program celebrates projects and individuals in BC who are improving health care quality. Winners are awarded a $2,500 sponsorship to help support and disseminate learning from their projects or to support ongoing learning and development. We’re checking in with our 2023 Quality Award winners to hear about how they used their…
A message from Christina Krause, Chief Executive Officer You hear the phrase a lot these days – truth and reconciliation. But do we really understand what these words mean? More importantly, what are we doing to ensure they are more than just things we say? How do we show we are not only acknowledging that…
Every year on September 30, we recognize and honour Orange Shirt Day in Canada as part of our ongoing commitment to cultural safety and humility and our pledge to ensure our actions are actively in resistance to Indigenous-specific racism. Orange Shirt Day grew out of Phyllis Webstad’s story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on…
You have a really great nominee in mind for a BC Quality Award – but how do you make sure the judges know how great they are, too? How do you ensure that their work exemplifies what quality care is all about? It would be a shame to work on a submission, only to be…
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We would like to acknowledge that we are living and working with humility and respect on the traditional territories of the First Nations peoples of British Columbia.
We specifically acknowledge and express our gratitude to the keepers of the lands of the ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, where our main office is located.
We also recognize Métis people and Métis Chartered Communities, as well as the Inuit and urban Indigenous peoples living across the province on various traditional territories.