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Deadline: Apply by
Commitment: Short-term
Connection method: Hybrid
Open to Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland, Patient partners across BC
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Project ideas
– Improving the intake process by having new patients timely and appropriately triaged, and booked with complete referral packages
– Increasing the uptake of substance use care plan for patients with co-occurring substance use and early psychosis
– Optimizing Short-Acting Dry-Powdered Inhaler Usage
– Increasing Patient Usage of Online Appointment Systems
– Improving patient awareness and availability of resources for patients recently diagnosed with cancer
– Reducing the number of routine group-and-screen for patients who have myeloid neoplasms and are transfusion-dependent
– Enhancing identification and documentation of nicotine use disorder
– Improving Two-Way Communication between between hospital and an outpatient clinic
– Reducing Plastic Waste from Urine Specimen Containers
– Reducing Inflammatory and Ischemic damage incurred by liver drafts during donation process
– Reducing Door to Needle Time for Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients
– Improving Bone Marrow Scheduling and Workflow at lab
– Establishing Regular Access to Virtual Translation Services
– Reducing Unnecessary Wound Cultures
Background
Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) is a professional development and education program for Community or Facility-based Medical Staff who want to enhance their Quality Improvement (QI) capacity, build connections with colleagues, and create a continuous improvement culture to transform our local health system.
The Providence Health Care and Vancouver Coastal Health PQI team offers online learning, introductory workshops and a comprehensive 8-month cohort training program to Medical Staff. An important part of this learning is around patient engagement and quality improvement that is in collaboration with those with lived or living experience.
Level of Engagement
This opportunity is at the level of Involve on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.Eligibility
- Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
- Specific health care experiences [details below]
- Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
- Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
- • Preference given to individuals who have lived/living experience as a patient or family member, in one or more of the project topics.
Health Care Partner Contact Information
Hing Yi Wong Quality Improvement Leader, Physician Quality Improvement | Vancouver Coastal Health (778) 871-6651 hing.wong@vch.caInterested?
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