quality improvement

How should we approach Quality Improvement?

January 14, 2020

During the holidays, I had some time to reflect on the many benefits that come with working smarter to deliver better healthcare. Our office implemented a new EMR just in time for Christmas - perhaps not the best time to undertake such a monumental task. Having said that, one could argue that no...
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EMR, quality improvement
Dr Cole Stanley

Dr Cole Stanley: helping patients with Opioid Use Disorder

August 29, 2019
When opioid overdoses and deaths reached stunning proportions in 2016 and 2017, and a public health crisis was declared, Dr Cole Stanley recognized that he and his colleagues might be able to better serve their patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).   Having recently completed quality improvement...
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opioid use disorder, quality improvement

Dr Don Berwick’s Keynote Address at the PQI Summit

December 13, 2018

“We can absolutely succeed” is the message Dr Don Berwick brought to his inspirational keynote address last Monday, November 19 at the first-ever Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) Summit. 

Dr Berwick, who is one of today’s top health care thinkers and President Emeritus and...
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SSC, quality improvement
Dr Tom Wallace

Dr Tom Wallace – A surgeon with an engineer's eye

June 6, 2018

When patients go into the hospital for surgery, everyone  — especially the patient — wants the operation to go well with no complications, a quick recovery time and a short hospital stay.

Kamloops surgeon Dr Tom Wallace is helping lead a special approach — that includes the patient as a...
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quality improvement, ERAS, post-operative care, surgical improvement