Immerse your team in Medication Reconciliation in sunny Kelowna!
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You are invited to join us on June 17 & 18 for Medication Reconciliation: Summer School in Kelowna, BC at the Coast Capri Hotel. The BC Patient Safety and Quality Council and the Western Node of Safer Healthcare Now! are sponsoring this unique event.
Implementing medication reconciliation across a health region, or at specific points of care such as acute care, home care and long term care is complex and challenging. Come and join us for a two-day Medication Reconciliation summer school to explore the challenges and solutions to implementing Medication Reconciliation.
We have excellent faculty members (among which are):
- Margaret Colquhoun, ISMP Canada
- Dr. Michael Gardam, Canadian Positive Deviance Project
- Mary Lou Lester, Pharmacist, Consultant
Who should come?
Medication Reconciliation leaders, pharmacists, nurses, physicians, quality leaders and other leaders responsible for medication reconciliation in Acute Care, Long Term Care and Home Care.
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June 17-18, 2010
Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna, BC
Two Day Summer School cost: $195.00
For more information please contact info@bcpsqc.ca or 604-668-8210
Please join us at our Annual General Meeting,
June 10, 2010
5:00pm - 6:30 pm
Delta Winnipeg
350 St. Mary, Winnipeg.
Guest Speaker – Ms Dawn White, Patient Advocate, Author of “Finding Your Voice”
Topic: Lessons learned as a Patient Advocate
RSVP to Ms Vi Pelc, Phone: 927-6477 or admin@mbips.ca
You are all invited to attend the Root Cause Analysis Training on May 31 ,June 1 & 2, 2010.
Please check back for details.
We have an exciting opportunity that will help you improve AMI care. This opportunity will enable you to collaborate with Canadian colleagues and expert faculty to ensure thrombolytics are given within 30 minutes of hospital arrival. Enrolment is limited so please act quickly if you want to secure space for your team.
This AMI Virtual Learning Collaborative creates a learning network for healthcare professionals focused on a specific improvement project within a defined timeframe and learning structure. This program connects people using internet and telephone communication to create an interactive learning environment. The improvement work is done in a series of Virtual Learning Sessions, Action Periods, and WebEx Calls.
What are the benefits of joining Virtual Learning Collaborative?
The topics and programs within Virtual Learning Collaborative will allow participants to:
- Learn to apply improvement methodology to achieve local success
- Share learning and network with Colleagues across Canada
- Improve care and standardize implementation of evidence - based clinical care protocols and documentation to reliably produce measurable results in a defined time
- Access, share, and adapt key change ideas, tools, resources and latest knowledge from the implementation initiatives within a broad learning network
- Work with clinical experts and improvement professionals to successfully implement practice changes
Who should join this group?
The AMI VLC is most applicable to teams who provide initial care to people experiencing an Acute Myocardial Infarction. Healthcare professionals whomightconsider joining include: ER nurses, ERPs, Cardiologists, Cardiology Technologists, Paramedics; Department/Service Mangers; Clinical Nurse Specialists; or Educators, Respiratory Therapists and any other healthcare professionals who have an interest in improving AMI care.
Click here to Register!
Click here for more information on Call to Action and more…Start Time: 1000 PDT; 1100 MDT; 1200 CDT; 1300 EDT; 1400 ADT; 1430 NDT
WebEx: https://cpsi-icsp.webex.com/cpsi-icsp/j.php?J=969447012For more information:
please contact Dannie Currie at curried@cbdha.nshealth.ca
The Bedside Observer Project
May 20, 2010,
12 - 1pm PDT
Presenters:
- Mark Ansermino, Director of Research, Department of Anesthesia, BC Children’s Hospital
- Jeremy Daniels, MD Program, University of British Columbia
The presentation describes an innovative approach to learning from safety events at BC Children’s Hospital. The Bedside Observer Project involved family members in reporting safety incidents and near misses using a system integrated with the Patient Safety Learning System. This unique project provided valuable information for learning from safety events while engaging families as a valued part of the care team. Click here for more information.
