Patient Voices Network

The Patient Voices Network (PVN) is a community of patients, families and caregivers working together with health care partners to improve BC’s health care system.

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People passionate about improving health care
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I work for a health care organization seeking patient partners
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Looking for engagement opportunities

What’s New

Improving Patient Voices Network to Have it Work for You

The right information, at the right time and in the right place – all working to make engagement opportunities better for YOU. We are improving Patient Voices Network (PVN) processes to better meet the needs of today’s BC health care system. Health care organizations want to lead and shape their relationships with…

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Culturally Safe Engagement: What Matters to Indigenous (First Nations, Métis & Inuit) Patient Partners?

How do we know when we’ve achieved cultural safety? When both sides leave feeling content. This is one answer shared as we met with Indigenous patient partners during a recent project to develop resources about culturally safe patient engagement.

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About Us

PVN connects health care teams with patients, family members and caregivers to improve BC’s health care system. PVN’s virtual platform promotes health care organizations’ engagement opportunities to people across British Columbia who are interested in sharing their lived and living experience to improve health care.

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From Our Community

Terri McKinlay

Patient Partner, Penticton

The Patient Voices Network has provided Rylee and me the ability to channel our experience into positive change for others. Our voice in decision making, planning and partnerships for mental health care is having a profound impact on our healing process.

Agnes Black

Director, Health Services & Clinical Research and Knowledge Translation – Providence Health Care

It’s really hard to make changes in health care. When a PVN patient partner says, ‘This is important to us’ it keeps us grounded on why a change is needed and keeps us motivated to keep going on projects.