Patient Safety & Learning System
The BC Patient Safety & Learning System (BC PSLS) is a web-based safety event reporting tool that is currently being implemented across BC. The goal of the BC PSLS is to establish a system to help healthcare providers make healthcare safer for patients in BC. The BC PSLS provides effective tools to facilitate reporting and follow-up, and automated processes that save time and increase efficiency.
The BC PSLS fosters and supports:
- Common processes, language, definitions and reporting standards;
- Prompt identification and follow-up of safety events and hazards;
- Improved communication about adverse events;
- Event analysis to determine root causes;
- Timely feedback to “close the loop”;
- Identification of preventative measures and sharing of information to reduce risks;
- Better information about the state of care within facilities;
- A just, non-punitive, reporting and learning environment; and
- A culture of safety
The BC PSLS will benefit patients by providing healthcare staff with tools to analyze trends and current practices toward developing strategies to improve patient safety and quality of care at BC healthcare facilities. The project is the first of its kind in Canada.
PSLS Newsletters
2010
May 2010 (pdf, 171Kb)
January 2010 (pdf, 112Kb)
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September 2008 (pdf, 109kb)
July 2008 (pdf, 114kb)
May 2008 (pdf, 121kb)
March 2008 (pdf, 146kb)
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For more information please contact:
Michelle Preston
Provincial Communications Coordinator/Administrative Manager
BC Patient Safety & Learning System
Phone: 604-875-2396
mpreston@phsa.ca
c/o Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC
4500 Oak Street
Room C431A
Vancouver, BC
V6H3N1 Canada
Fax: 604-875-3186
