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Victoria Hospice Society is seeking to engage people with lived experience with a life-limiting condition – either personally or through supporting a loved one. The purpose of this engagement is to gather meaningful patient, family and caregiver insights to: – Ensure that Hospice’s new referral pathways reflect real-world needs and…
The Surgery CARE Network is committed to ensuring the patient voice is meaningfully integrated into decision-making processes that impact surgical care. Patient partners bring lived experience, offering unique insights into the quality, safety, and accessibility of surgical services. Their involvement helps the committee stay grounded in patient-centered values, promotes transparency,…
Opportunities for Involvement We are seeking patient/family partner input on our working group to inform the development of a regional (Island wide) dysphagia strategy. Dysphagia is a significant yet often overlooked health issue affecting adults admitted to acute and critical care, adults living in the community and adults in…
Purpose and Goals of the Engagement We are committed to ensuring that patients’ voices play a central role in shaping the delivery and quality of primary care services across Island Health. As valued members of their own care teams, patient partners bring essential lived and living experiences that help…
Our project focuses on making health care information accessible, inclusive, and easy to understand. We are seeking patient partners to collaborate in reviewing our health care materials. Their feedback on language, design, and other aspects will shape user-friendly resources. Communication will be done via email. We will send documents for…
Island Health is seeking two Patient Partners to join our newly formed Human Experience Cross Continuum Committee (CCC) – a standing committee within our Clinical Governance structure. Purpose and Goals of the Engagement The Human Experience CCC provides leadership in shaping and advancing strategic actions that improve the human…
Family caregivers are critical and essential care partners in navigating the cancer diagnostic journey, especially when access to timely follow-up and care is delayed. We are seeking a caregiver voice to help shape this quality improvement project by contributing lived experience, supporting inclusive design, and ensuring caregiver perspectives are reflected…
We’re expanding Island Health’s Choosing Wisely Patient-Centred Public Awareness Campaign and inviting Patient Partners to help shape the next phase. This next phase focuses on reducing unnecessary lab tests and medications, supporting better conversations between patients and providers, and connecting personal health choices to environmental impact. Patient Partners will help…
Island Health is looking for feedback on patient resources developed to provide information on patient rights and responsibilities in healthcare called our “Care Commitments”. We are looking for input on the clarity and comprehensiveness of the resources and exploring the potential impact of having this information on the patient’s experience…
New graduates of health practitioner programs often experience difficulty in the initial period of transitioning from their role as a student into their professional role. Island Health has been supporting this transition since 2005. In 2022, we implemented 3, full-day new graduate workshops for new nurse graduates. Now we want…
Health Quality BC administers the Patient Voices Network. Using evidence-informed strategies, the Council shifts culture, improves clinical practice and advances person- and family-centred care to support high-quality care for every person in our province.
