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. Shared Care Committee Co-Chairs Kelly McQuillen Dr. Gordon Hoag Executive Sponsor David Thompson, VP Seniors Care & Clinical…
Contact: Dr Sanjiv Gandhi, Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Sugery, BC Children’s Hospital, PHSA, sgandhi@cw.bc.ca Description: Under the leadership of Dr. Gandhi, the BC Children’s Hospital Cardiac Surgery department eradicated the waiting list, more than halved the blood donor product exposures and reduced the pediatric intensive care unit stay by more than half for all cardiac surgery patients. Nominated…
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 Pharmacists and Immunization Working Group (PIWG) members are: Fawziah Marra – 2010/11 co-chair (BC Center for Disease Control –…
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. Team: Marianna Leung – Pharmacist Michaela Leicht – Social Worker Julie-Anne Grose – Social Worker Lawrence…
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 ICU interdisciplinary team consists of the following: 40 RNs 5 CNLs 15 RTs 5 Intensivists 3 Units Clerks…
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…
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. Team: Dr. Johann Brink is a psychiatrist and Director of Clinical Services and Scientific Director for the Forensic Psychiatric…
Contact: Dr. Andrew Penn, Director of the Stroke Rapid Assessment Unit (SRAU), Victoria General Hospital, Vancouver Island Health Authority, apenn@mac.com Description: 20 years for quality: from the web-based Stroke Guidance System to a Stroke Rapid Assessment Unit, Victoria General Hospital has become an influential component of Vancouver Island’s regional stroke strategy. Dr. Penn’s exemplary leadership and commitment to…
Site leaders: Dr. Michael Morris – (Nanaimo) Dr. Clement Fung – (Burnaby) Dr. Sylvia Henderson – (Delta) Dr. Mark Gulka (Langley) Dr. James Zacharias (Ridge Meadows) Dr. Peter Chee (Richmond) Dr. George MacCharles – (Surrey) Dr. Tyler Cheek (Victoria) Dr. Rod Tukker (Vancouver General) Dr. John Lea (Lion’s Gate Hospital) Dr. Steve Ligertwood – (Royal…
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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.