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Do you live with pain and would like to share your experiences with BC Pain Care Services? Pain Care BC (PCBC) is looking for Indigenous patients living with pain who are willing to share their journey and help improve health services in British Columbia. Join our Indigenous Patient Journey Mapping…
Aim, Background, and Logistics Information: • The purpose of this project is to enhance the efficiency, accuracy and quality of health care delivery to better patient care • We are looking for patients who are interested in providing their input to improve patient resources and share their care…
MedSafer is a computer application that helps guide older adults (60 and above) and their healthcare practitioner through a medication review. Available in both English and French, the app is powered by science to optimize patients’ medication regimes, based on their current health priorities. Dr. Emily McDonald, Associate Professor of…
The BCCFP My Family Doctor Award provides British Columbians with the opportunity to recognize and honour their own family doctors, celebrating the doctor-patient relationship that supports good health. Five family physicians are selected annually – one from each health authority. For an idea of what to include in your nomination,…
Patient engagement and partnership asks both patient partners and researchers to work differently. While the idea of ‘nothing about us without us’ is a driving force behind this work, being able to systematically document and evaluate the impacts of engagement and partnering can help demonstrate its value, support further investment,…
Pain Care BC (PCBC) is a provincial health improvement network. PCBC is working with health-care organizations to improve the quality and coordination of pain services across BC. From February through March 2024, Pain Care BC will conduct a few Patient Journey Mapping sessions. Patient Journey Mapping will help us capture…
The Providence Health Care Heart Centre is looking to improve a patient’s access to support and resources to quit smoking (smoking cessation) when hospitalized and to create a clearer path for follow up after discharge. Smoking can damage your heart health so it is important to help patients quit smoking…
Health Quality BC is supporting 20 patient partners to attend Quality Forum 2024 (QF24) on April 23–25, 2024 in Vancouver, BC. QF24 is an annual event hosted by Health Quality BC that attracts more than 1,250 participants working across the continuum of care from communities through BC. By…
The Provincial Perinatal Community of Practice is hosting its first in-person event. It shall be held Friday, March 1, 2024 (8-4pm) at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre with up to 120 guests within the medical field including physicians, nurses, NP, ministry and midwives. The events theme is Post Partum care…
We need your input! Please consider reviewing the following BC Clinical Practice Guidelines drafts: Concussion / Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Tobacco Use Disorder (TUD) Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Your feedback will be invaluable in shaping guideline content and formatting from the perspective of a patient…
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.
