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A new integrated, connected community health and care model is coming to your community and you are invited to participate in the Island Health committee that will oversee implementation of this improved approach! Open to: Patient partners in Island Health Region…
Island Health’s Infection Prevention and Control Program would like to include patients as active members of their team working to improve the health and safety of patients, families and staff. If you are naturally curious, and have ideas to share about how to partner with patients and the public to…
If you or a family member has experience with late-stage cardiac disease or heart failure, we’d like to include you in a working group tasked with development of new model of care that will provide earlier access to supportive palliative care and improve quality of life. Open to: Patient partners…
We’d like to include you in a working group committed to improving the experience of patients and families as they return home after a hospital stay or emergency department visit. If you or someone you care for has required support after returning home to the Saanich Peninsula or relied on…
Chemotherapy care has changed dramatically in recent years and so must our approach! If you or someone you care for has been admitted to the Royal Jubilee Hospital’s 8South for chemotherapy, then Island Health and the BC Cancer Agency need your expertise to improve the patient experience of care.
The Medical Planning and Credentials Committee understands that patients are the reason physicians come to work each day and is committed to ensuring that high quality physician services are available across the Island Health region. It’s no surprise that the Committee wants to include patient partners in their discussions!…
Gamification is rapidly spreading internationally as an exciting way to engage people in change. What’s Gamification? It means using designs and elements of games in non-gaming contexts such as health care. This interactive workshop will teach you how motivational theory and game design can engage patients, families and those working…
Island Health believes that everyone should be cared for with compassion and dignity in a clean, safe environment. Site environmental assessments provide motivation for improvement and will now include a clear message, directly from patient assessors about how the care environment can be enhanced. After all, the standard we walk…
Do you rely on the Cowichan District Hospital to provide high quality care to you, your family and community? Do you feel committed to ensuring that patient and family perspectives are considered in early plans for a new hospital in the Cowichan Valley? If you answered “YES!” to both questions,…
Having a care plan that reflects the needs of patients is an important part of patient and family-centred care! Island Health is seeking your feedback as they strive to improve care planning across the region. Open to: Patient partners in the Greater Victoria region…
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.
