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Mental health and substance use are critical issues that affect individuals and communities across British Columbia. Addressing these challenges requires accessible resources and support systems. HelpStartsHere.gov.bc.ca was launched in December 2023 with enhanced features including improved one-step search functionality, map features, one-click icons for search results, and a new campaign…
As part of our approach to patient engagement and partnership, we established the HEC Patient Partner Network to build respectful and mutually beneficial relationships with patients, caregivers and community members from across the country ensuring living and lived experience perspectives are meaningfully embedded in the work of our organization.
Public Awareness Committee Member Positions The Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network is actively seeking community leaders, medication safety advocates, and individuals with diverse lived and living experience with medications to join our Public Awareness Committee. What do Public Awareness Committee members do? Public Awareness Committee members…
We have just launched the 2025 BC College of Family Physicians Awards Program which recognizes excellence in family medicine and highlights the irreplaceable role that family physicians play in the health and well-being of British Columbians. There is the patient-nominated My Family Doctor Award where patients can recognize…
As a patient partner, your voice is vital in shaping the health care system. By being involved in leadership job interview panels, you help ensure that the values of dignity, respect, caring and trust are embedded in the health care workforce. This resource was created to help organizations: •…
Patient Partners improve the e-Health experience for everyone. If you are a Canadian patient or care provider who is able to attend e-Health 2025 in Toronto from June 1-3, you may apply to become an e-Health Patient Partner. Select Patient Partners will receive complimentary conference registration as well as financial…
Health Standards Organization (HSO) is developing a new edition of the Palliative Care Services standard. This standard will provide guidance for delivering safe, equitable and high-quality palliative care to people of all ages and settings. Key focuses include: • Addressing roles, planning, safety, equity and people-centred care. •…
Approximately 3 out of every 100 people will experience bipolar disorder in their lifetime, yet bipolar disorder can be often difficult to understand and find support for. BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services is coming back with quarterly Demystifying Concurrent Disorders Webinar Series to help patients, clients and…
The BC Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Perioperative Care Alignment and Digital Screening (PCADS) initiative and Provincial Health Authorities, aim to enhance pre- surgical screening for non-emergency adult surgeries by designing a patient-centered process to optimize surgical outcomes. We are conducting one on one interviews to gather feedback…
Role description The BC Renal Hemodialysis Committee works to enable optimal care for patients who receive hemodialysis therapy in BC. It involves developing and facilitating the implementation of a common, person-centred and cost-effective approach to hemodialysis care across the province. Committee membership includes patient partners, clinical, administrative and technology…
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.
