BC Patient Safety & Learning System

11/10/2020

What happens when the use of IT in health care inadvertently creates risk or causes harm? A clinical informatics team is determined to find out!

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09/17/2020

Happy World Patient Safety Day! Safe health workers, safe patients! BCPSLS is celebrating with the first e-transfer of radiation treatment patient safety incident data to CIHI NSIR-RT http://bcpslscentral.ca/bc-first-province-in-canada-to-electronically-transfer-radiation-treatment-patient-safety-incident-data-to-cihi-nsir-rt/

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10/24/2019

Ever wonder how no-harm patient safety incidents are followed up to prevent recurrence? Check out this great example from Interior Health!

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05/07/2019

It's been a year since CST was activated at Lion's Gate and Squamish General. If you're curious to know how things went from a patient safety perspective, check out our latest blog story!

Ah, change. We it, don’t we? It can be refreshing, energizing, and full of promise. It can also be stressful, challenging, and uncertain. And no one knows this better than the many dedica…

03/07/2019

Patient safety stars being recognized in our latest blog story for the important work they do to report and follow up on patient safety incidents.

“Learning depends critically on the less visible social processes of inquiry, investigation and improvement that unfold around incidents.” Would you agree? Carl Macrae presented the above viewpoint…

01/10/2019

Do you have a handle on hazards? Learn about BCPSLS's newly revised Safety Hazard report form and taxonomy and test your skills with our 2-minute hazard quiz!

Have you ever noticed something at work and thought, “Well, that doesn’t look safe”? Maybe you found the narcotic cupboard unlocked, or saw that the crash cart wasn’t prepped correctly, or spotted …

12/17/2018

2018 was a year of feedback and reflection for BCPSLS. Happy holidays from all of us at Central Office!

  The holiday season is upon us! We can hardly believe it, but 2018 is quickly approaching its finale. As always at this time of year, we find ourselves considering the past year’s events, cha…

11/28/2018

Strategic planning session + annual Christmas lunch with this good-looking bunch. Thank you, BCPSLS Coordinators, for all that you do!

11/28/2018

Datix Patient Safety Conference Nov 13, 2018

11/06/2018

New BCPSLS Central blog post: Trauma experts around the province are using their new BCPSLS module to explore province-wide opportunities for improvement

  Our two most recent blog stories on BCPSLS Central provided updates on exciting new tools that were launched in 2017. In August, we outlined early successes of BCPSLS re:act, highlighting it…

09/07/2018

Saying farewell to the lovely Michelle and celebrating her new role with Fraser Health!