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…
This award was formally named “Getting Better”. Our Excellence in Quality category names changed in 2020 to reflect the updates to our BC Health Quality Matrix. Visit our Categories and Criteria page to find out more. Medication errors have a substantial impact on patient outcomes and system resources (medication reconciliation is beneficial and cost effective)….
This award was formally named “Staying Healthy”. Our Excellence in Quality category names changed in 2020 to reflect the updates to our BC Health Quality Matrix. Visit our Categories and Criteria page to find out more. The Metabolic Syndrome Program is an intensive self-management support program targeting lifestyle behaviour change for the prevention and reduction…
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…
This award was formally named “Coping with End of Life”. Our Excellence in Quality category names changed in 2020 to reflect the updates to our BC Health Quality Matrix. Visit our Categories and Criteria page to find out more. In 2003, Fraser Health committed to an initiative called “Let’s Talk” to address the advance 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…
This award was formally named “Living with Illness”. Our Excellence in Quality category names changed in 2020 to reflect the updates to our BC Health Quality Matrix. Visit our Categories and Criteria page to find out more. This new program allows hemodialysis patients to set individual goals to enhance self care & promote independent dialysis,…
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…
Awards were given to two sites in Interior Health, both showing significant results related to falls prevention. Falls prevention teams at Brookhaven Care Centre and Penticton Regional Hospital have both developed creative strategies to reduce the number of falls, the number and severity of fall-related injuries and the use of restraints in their facilities. Brookhaven Care Centre…
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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.