Transitioning Patients To and From the BC Cancer Agency and Vancouver General Hospital

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. During a review of a patient safety event it became immediately apparent that, in order to prevent the same type…

Releasing Time to Care at Squamish General Hospital & Richmond Hospital

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. Since April 2012 Squamish General Hospital and three nursing units from Richmond Hospital have been implementing a program called…

Michael Noble

Dr. Michael Noble is an ardent leader for medical laboratory quality in a health system where most care decisions are based on medical laboratory information. His accomplishments span four decades and speak for themselves. In 1983 Michael established the first pan-Canadian medical laboratory quality assessment program, named Clinical Microbiology Proficiency Testing (CMPT). CMPT soon became…

Bas Kervel

As the Manager of Facilities and Housekeeping at Abbotsford’s Menno Place, which provides long-term care for 700 people, Bas Kervel oversees the quality of cleaning in the care home’s six buildings. Several instances of housekeeping team members suffering allergic reactions and sensitivity to cleaning products as well as his concern for people who suffer cognitive…