BC Patient Safety and Quality Council (BCPSQC)
Oct 2020

BC Patient Safety and Quality Council (BCPSQC)

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This website has some very useful resources and spans all areas of healthcare. What is quality? This is a link to the newest version of BC’s Quality Health Matrix, a Read More »

Quality Improvement Primer in 3 Parts: Prepare, Execute, Evaluate & Sustain
Oct 2020

Quality Improvement Primer in 3 Parts: Prepare, Execute, Evaluate & Sustain

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This is a three part paper that is a “primer” on quality, and although it focuses on the Emergency Department, the concepts are relevant across the board, using a case Read More »

Doctors Make Mistakes: Ted Talk Dr. Brian Goldman
Oct 2020

Doctors Make Mistakes: Ted Talk Dr. Brian Goldman

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This 20 minute Ted Talk by Toronto ER doc (Brian Goldman, MD) speaks to the mental toll that making errors can have on physicians and urges doctors to start talking Read More »

Harvard Business School Learning
Oct 2020

Harvard Business School Learning

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Three and 5 day Health Care courses suitable for physicians interested in Value Based Health , administrators, private industry, academic and government institutions.  On-line applications open a few months prior. VBHCD Intensive Seminars Read More »

Zero Harm in Health Care: 4 systems-focused elements
Oct 2020

Zero Harm in Health Care: 4 systems-focused elements

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NEJM 2020 Gandhi TK et al: This recent NEJM article describes how a systems-focused approach is vital to improving patient safety and outlines the 4 interdependent elements required including patient engagement, the Read More »