Powell River General Hospital receives the MOREob Recognition Award

For the second year in a row, the Powell River General Hospital obstetrics interprofessional team, which includes physicians, midwives and nurses, has received the MORE^OB Recognition Award.  The award is given by Salus Global, the parent company of MORE^OB, for meeting the following criteria of  80% of participants:

• 2  or more Chapters
• 1 Skills Drill / Emergency Drill or Simulation
• Workshop/ACE
• Audit Process is being utilized
• Teamwork and/or Communication tools are utilized
• Interprofessional review of No Harm Events
• Effective Core Team functioning

The Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently (MORE^OB) Program is a comprehensive performance improvement program that creates a culture of patient safety in obstetrical units. Founded on High Reliability Organization principles, the MORE^OB Program integrates professional practice standards and guidelines with current and evolving safety concepts, principles and tools.

Dr. Felix Nwaeze is a Core member of the PRGH MOREob team.

The PRGH MORE^OB team have been working on the quality and patient safety initiative for the last two years.

The core team has achieved greater than 80% participation in the program with 92% attending the MoreOB workshops and 88% completing the assigned chapters and quizzes.

The award was presented Sept. 20, 2017 to the Core team members.