Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 BC Quality Awards, which celebrate improvements made in improving quality of care. Award categories represent the four areas of care, an individual who demonstrates outstanding leadership, and an Everyday Champion who will be determined by online voting.
You can raise the profile of great work taking place in BC’s health system by championing a colleague or initiative that you think deserves recognition and funding. The nomination deadline is July 12 at 23:59 PST.
Quality Award Categories
There is no limit to the number of nominations you can make and an initiative can be nominated in multiple categories. Visit www.bcpsqc.ca/bc-quality-awards for more information about the awards, nomination forms, and to learn about past years’ winners.
- Staying Healthy – awarded to an initiative focused on preventing injuries, illness and disabilities
- Getting Better – awarded to an initiative focused on improving care for acute illness or injury
- Living with Illness – awarded to an initiative focused on improving care and support for chronic illness and/or injury
- Coping with End of Life – awarded to an initiative focused on improving the planning, care and support for life-limiting illness and bereavement
- Leadership in Quality – awarded to an individual who demonstrates outstanding leadership in improving the quality of care
- Everyday Champion Award – celebrates someone who shows a passion and commitment for improving quality of care, even though he or she may not work in a role that specifies participation in quality improvement activities or in a formal leadership position. The judging panel will select the candidates who best exemplify the award’s criteria and will proceed to online voting by British Columbians.
Award winners will receive a $2,500 sponsorship to help support or disseminate learning from their projects. They will also be presented plaques in a ceremony at Health Talks on February 26, 2014, and be invited to attend and deliver a presentation at the Quality Forum 2014 (February 27 & 28).
The Quality Awards are presented by the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council.