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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…
Island Health’s Climate Change Steering Committee is currently developing a new Climate Change and Planetary Health Strategy to identify multi-year priorities and align the organization’s efforts towards a common vision. Patient partner engagement is critical to understanding what issues are important to patients and the community, the role Island Health…
To improve patient care and access to primary care through overseeing the establishment, implementation and operations of the Saanich Peninsula Primary Care Network in accordance with the Ministry of Health approved service plan. Patient Partners are valuable members of this committee to help make decisions, review health care models, and…
To improve patient care and access to primary care through overseeing the establishment, implementation and operations of the Western Communities Primary Care Network in accordance with the Ministry of Health approved service plan. Patient Partners are valuable members of this committee to help make decisions, review health care models, and…
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.
