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Our project focuses on making healthcare information accessible, inclusive, and easy to understand. We are seeking patient partners to collaborate in reviewing our healthcare 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 review and…
The Lady Minto Hospital, located on Saltspring Island, will be opening a brand new emergency department in the new year, likely January or early February. Before we open this space, we want to ensure we have tested it for functionality and will be running a day of simulations to support…
The Integrated Clinical Governance Council (ICGC) provides oversight for quality and safety across all C.A.R.E. Networks, directs key Clinical Governance functions (e.g., clinical risk, clinical services planning) and integration for cross-continuum design, supported by and aligned with corporate functions. It is chaired by the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing…
This document needs to contain enough patient information to be user friendly and serve as a clear reminder of what the next steps are to book in for chronic disease management appointments if you do not have a primary care provider. We have quite a spectrum of how much information…
BACKGROUND Sometimes patients become really sick and they need a machine (ventilator) to help them breathe. When this happens, they first need to have the breathing tube put in (intubated). There is a growing body of research showing the importance of post-intubation care in the Emergency Department (ED). Post-intubation…
Island Health has an organizational priority to increase public awareness of and access to mental health and substance use (MHSU) services. A primary communication channel is Island Health’s public facing webpage. MHSU-focused web pages need a refresh to improve content accuracy, page consistency and user navigation. The goal of the…
The Island Health Physician Quality Improvement Projects have an aim: to enhance Quality Improvement (QI) capacity, build connections, and create a continuous improvement culture to transform our local health system. Having a patient voice on these projects is an integral part of this initiative. There are 17 different Quality…
Island Health is conducting a Clinical Governance Improvement Initiative (CGII), with a current focus on establishing a model for Local Quality and Operations. As we begin to design this local level quality structure, Patient partners residing on Vancouver Island and the Southern or Northern Gulf Islands are invited to participate…
Purpose: • To provide a venue for the voices of clients and families with lived experience with eating disorders to be heard. • Offer input into the development and provision of eating disorder services provided by the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and Island Health (IH)…
The Pelvic Health and Public Health in Twentieth-Century Canada (PH | PH) Project is a five-year Canadian Institutes of Health Research project led by Dr. Whitney Wood, Canada Research Chair in the Historical Dimensions of Women’s Health at Vancouver Island University. The PH | PH project takes a historical approach…
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.
