Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Safety toolkit, guides, learning
Oct 2020

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Safety toolkit, guides, learning

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The IHI is recognized as a leader in the improvement of health and healthcare globally. At this link you’ll find the following: Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit A Leadership Guide to Read More »

Canadian Patient Safety Institute: Tools, peer support, checklists
Oct 2020

Canadian Patient Safety Institute: Tools, peer support, checklists

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This website provides some great resources as follows: 1) physician leaders interested in working more effectively with patient partners and their families to improve patient safety. 2) peer support programs Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »