VCH staff dazzle during 2018 Quality Forum
The 2018 Quality Forum, hosted by the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, captivated audiences February 21 to 23. This year’s theme was People-Powered Improvement.
VCH had many staff members present their expertise during the program and storyboards:
- Heart Failure Care in the Home Innovation Program – NPs Leah Christoff and Nancy Gwadry and clinical nurse specialist Suzanne Nixon
- Using Social Robots to Reduce Loneliness in Dementia Care – Lillian Hung, clinical nurse specialist, Andy Au-Yeung, OT and Dr. Mike Wilkins-Ho
- Improving the time to ECG in the Vancouver General Hospital Emergency Department – Heather Lindsay, associate head & associate medical director, Emergency Medicine
- The Nose Knows: Sniffing Out C. difficile Spores in Our Hospitals – Teresa Zurberg, K9 handler and trainer, K9 C. Diff Detection Program
- Adherence to ERAS Protocol & Impact on Elective Gyne Oncology Surgical Patients – Kelly Mayson, director of Quality Assurance & Patient Safety, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care with Christa Lepik, resident, University of British Columbia
- Appropriateness in surgical care: asking the right questions – Kimberly McKinley, patient services manager presented with Lena Cuthbertson provincial executive director, Office of Patient-Centred Measurement & Improvement, Ministry of Health
- Capturing, Sharing & Recognizing the Compassion in Our Care – Lisa Stewart, interim director, Quality & Patient Safety and Sheri Johnson, social worker
- Can We Better Prepare Patients Prior to Major Oncology Surgery Within an ERAS Program? -Kelly Mayson, director of Quality Assurance & Patient Safety, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care and Tracey Hong, quality & patient safety coordinator
- Are Wait Times Bad for Everyone: A Case Study of Inguinal Hernia Repair – Katie Redfern, project manager, VALHUE & Wait One and Ernest Lai, research assistant
- Imaging Wisely: Reducing Inappropriate MRI Exams to Address Long Wait Time in BC – Vivian Chan, director, Physician Quality and Flora Dong, program advisor, Choosing Wisely with Bruce Forster, professor & head, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia
- How a Resilient Perspective Shifted Our View of Performance Measurement – Karen Cardiff, researcher, Allison Muniak, executive director, Quality, Patient Safety & Infection Control and Leslie Forrester, regional epidemiologist
Sharing ideas face-to-face
In addition to presenting their work during discussions and breakout sessions, 10 groups from VCH also presented storyboards.
- A Standardized Process for Managing NPO Orders – Theresa Cividin, practice leader, Clinical Dietetics
- A Facilitated Multi-Source Feedback Process to Assure Quality of Practice – Laurie Kilburn, administrative assistant, Physician Quality and Choosing Wisely
- Patients’ Pre-Operative Health Status & Hospital Length of Stay – Ernest Lai, research assistant
- Equip Physicians to Lead Quality Improvement Projects: A Customized Physician Quality Improvement Training Program – Philippe Lang, manager, quality improvement, Physician Quality
- Does Vincristine Chemotherapy Effect Lower Extremity Movement & Function in Adults Living with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia? – Jennifer Bermingham, physiotherapist
- A Common Challenge: Designing an Appropriateness Quality Improvement Initiative in Paper-Based Systems – Flora Dong, program advisor, Choosing Wisely
- Improving Quality of Care for Burn Patients by Focusing on Nursing Education – Simmie Kalan, nurse
- Improving Glycemic Control within an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Program – Kelly Mayson, director of quality assurance & patient safety, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
- Gamification in Dementia Training – Lillian Hung, clinical nurse specialist
- Using Video Reflexive Groups to Innovate Practice in Dementia Care -Lillian Hung, clinical nurse specialist
Congratulations to all of the presenters and keep up the extraordinary work!
Learn more
Presentation slides will soon be available at https://qualityforum.ca/presentations/.
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