Transfer of Care for Cardiac Surgical Patients from Cardiac OR to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Provincial Health Services Authority

The BC Children’s Hospital is an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority and provides expert care for the province’s most seriously ill or injured children, including newborns and adolescents. Based in Vancouver, the hospital provides all British Columbians with vital health services. They also provide specialized training in pediatric health care and work with renowned researchers to achieve…

Surgical Safety Collaborative: Fraser Health

The Surgical Patient Safety Collaborative was launched at the end of 2007 and involves 10 teams working in hospitals across Fraser Health. The Collaborative aims to spread the improvements gained from the Safer Healthcare Now! Surgical Site Infection (SSI) intervention targeted at preventing and reducing surgical site infections. Through the creation of the Collaborative, teams established a learning…

Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently (MOREOB): Northern Health

The MOREOB program, launched in 2006, is a comprehensive patient safety, professional development and performance improvement program for hospital caregivers and administrators providing obstetrical care in Northern Health. Over the past four years, health care providers and administrators working in obstetrics have come together as a cohesive team with a shared passion and goal for putting patient…

John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic: Providence Health Care

The John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC) at St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care, has made significant improvements in screening and immunization by identifying areas in need of improvement and implementing a structured approach to tackle the challenges. The interdisciplinary team from the John Ruedy IDC, within the HIV/AIDS program at St. Paul’s Hospital, had initially focused…

Informed, Prepared, Educated: The Waiting Room Potential Captured

The BCCH Emergency Department team, is living the value of “Patients first”. Creating a sustained environment of enquiry and desire to improve, the aim is to reduce wait time, while increasing patient and family understanding of why they are waiting. For more information, please contact: Kris Gustavson Corporate Director, Patient Experience Provincial Health Services Authority…

B.C. IHC Quality Assurance Program For Breast Cancer Biomarker Assessment: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Led by Dr. Blake Gilks, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Vancouver General Hospital, Dr. Robert Wolber, Regional Discipline Leader, Anatomical Pathology at VCHA and Mr. John Garratt, Technical Specialist Anatomical Pathology at VCHA, the B.C. Immunohistochemistry Testing (IHC) Quality Assurance Program engages every hospital laboratory in the province. Dr. Gilks has been called…

Admission Medication Reconciliation Program (Royal Jubilee and Victoria General Hospital): Vancouver Island Health Authority

Two hospitals within Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA), Royal Jubilee and Victoria General Hospital, are participating in a process called medication reconciliation during the patient admission process. This program has shown dramatic decreases in the occurrence of adverse drug events by reconciling a patient’s home medications upon admission to the hospital for surgery. The program has demonstrated…

BC Provincial Renal Medication Reconciliation for all Dialysis Patients in BC

Team: Dan Martinusen – PharmD Monica Beaulieu – MD Marianna Leung – PharmD Peira Callisi – PharmD Lyn Johnson – PharmD Judith Marin – PharmD Clifford Lo – PharmD Ruth Burns Mirek Piaseczny – PhD Philip Lai – Programmer Karen Shalansky – PharmD John Antonsen – MD Mary-Lou Lester – BSc(Pharm) Contact: Dan Martinusen, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist…