MIPS Patient Advisory Committee
What’s new with M-PAC?
The Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety has been busy advertising and recruiting people from all over Manitoba to serve of its Patient Advisory Committee.
The recruitment process was successful and M-PAC now consists of 14 members.
Committee Members (as of January, 2011)
Kim Poppel, Chair, Brandon, MB
Susan van Koughnet, Winnipeg, MB
Marilyn Hendzel, Winnipeg, MB
Sylvia Boudreau, Winnipeg, MB
Angela Hawes, Winnipeg, MB
Lorna Doolan, Petersfield, MB
Kristine Janz, Baldur, MB
Sonja Lundstrom, Winnipeg, MB
Margaret MacDonald, Brandon, MB
Carrie Moran, Melita, MB
Deborah Schulz, Swan River, MB
Lisa Zaretzky, Morden, MB
Bill Bryant, Russell, MB
Meegan Carson, Reston, MB
In early November, the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety (MIPS) launched “Learn to Be Safe”, five animated patient safety videos on the Global and CTV networks. Each video delivers a focused patient safety message that builds on MIPS’s It’s Safe to Ask Initiative. The videos are available through the regional contacts of the Quality and Risk Management Network.
They can also be previewed on www.safetoask.ca. “We produced the videos because it was important to encourage Manitobans to feel empowered to be active partners in their healthcare,” said Kim Poppel, Chair of the Institute’s Patient Advisory Council (M-PAC). “Good communication improves patient safety.”
2011 Committee Update
The MIPS Patient Advisory Committee has been in existence since February 2006. Within that time the Committee has:
- Hosted and was the focus of the 2007 Canadian Patient Safety Week.
- Met twice with John Lewis, author of “Beware The Grieving Warrior”.
- Participated in the public forum, We Grieve, We Listen, We Learn, in November 2007, as part of the annual Provincial Patient Safety Conference
- The development of a literature review on Patient and Family Involvement/Patient Advocacy (2008).
- The development of an in-house patient and family advocacy document titled: Advocating for Your Health (2008).
- The development of the M-PAC Advocacy Plan (2008) aimed at: educating the public and health care providers on patient safety issues in the community, providing a patient safety voice for the public, and collaborating on patient safety activities in communities.
- Made a presentation at the MIPS 2008 AGM on its Patient Advocacy in the Community (PAC) project.
- The development of a Patient Advocate Form (2008-2009).
- Participated in requests to MIPS (e.g. a focus group on the medication card; fielded public inquiries about critical incidents)
- Had members attend 5 conferences/consultation meetings and submit summary reports to M-PAC - The Canadian Healthcare Symposium (Halifax 8, 2008); the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Partners in Care Conference (2008); the Manitoba Elder Abuse Prevention Conference (2008); The Provincial Leadership Forum (2008); and the CPSI-sponsored Canadian Adverse Events Reporting and Learning System Manitoba consultation(2009).
- Presented at 2 conferences: Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Partners in Care Conference (2008), and the Manitoba Elder Abuse Prevention Conference (2008)
- Participated in a survey on the strategic direction of the MIPS Board.
- Held 8 meetings.
Patient Advocate Form
Click here to download the Patient Advocate Form.
The Patient Advisory Committee of MIPS developed the Patient Advocate Form for people who wish to appoint a person(s) to speak up and act on their behalf.
The tool provides some frequently asked questions and answers about what a patient advocate is, why use one, tips on selecting an advocate, and the difference between a patient advocate and a health care proxy. The form includes a checklist of tasks a person, as a patient, may want an advocate to do. This tool is a working document. The intent of this form is as an example to assist the public in expressing their wishes and is not intended to represent professional advice. The Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety invites feedback from the public on this tool’s usefulness.