Jump to Navigation
Close

What can we help you find today? Type what you’re looking for in the space below.

  • About Us
    • Committee Members
    • Annual Report
    • Evaluations
    • Meeting Summaries (The Wrap)
    • SSC Co-Chair Report
  • PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
    • DEVELOP PHYSICIAN CAPABILITY
      • Physician Quality Improvement Initiative
      • Physician Leadership and Quality Improvement Training
      • UBC Sauder Physician Leadership Program
    • ENGAGE PHYSICIANS & HEALTH PARTNERS
      • Facility Engagement
    • TRANSFORM CARE DELIVERY
      • Enhancing Access Initiative
      • Surgical Patient Optimization Collaborative (SPOC)
      • Quality and Innovation Projects
      • SSC Fees
      • Health System Redesign
  • News
    • Archived SSC Focus E-news and Special Bulletins
    • PQI Stories
    • Videos
  • Contact
  • The Exchange
  • Main Menu
  • search

Doctors of Innovation: “Preparing for surgery is like preparing for a race”

Posted on Jun 4, 2019

Over 100 participants from multidisciplinary teams were welcomed by Doctors of BC’s president-elect Dr Kathleen Ross at the launch of the new Surgical Patient Optimization Collaborative (SPOC) on May 6, 2019.

SPOC aims to optimize 13 clinical components (shown below) of a patient’s mental and physical health during their wait time and in preparation for surgery. Improving these components have shown to improve surgical outcomes in patients of all ages.

Dr Ross acknowledged the importance of this initiative in bringing together three joint collaborative committees of Doctors of BC, namely the Specialist Services, the General Practice Services, and the Shared Care Committees, along with six health authorities and the BC Ministry of Health. “It is a transformative initiative in breaking silos,” she acknowledged. 

At the day-long event, Dr Husein Moloo, a surgeon from the Ottawa Hospital and national leader in quality improvement and optimization, inspired participants with his knowledge and experience on the subject. “Preparing for surgery is like preparing for a race” he said. “The more you prepare, the better the outcome will be.” He further inspired the audience to be agents of culture change, because the outcomes we experience are a result of established practices, he explained.

Participants were comprised of 17 multidisciplinary teams, each representing a site from across BC. They learned about their colleagues’ work in six pilot sites during the last four months, followed by process mapping the optimization work in their own sites.

These teams will come together four more times during the life of the Collaborative (May 2019 to September 2020) to share experiences and plan future steps. The practices introduced by SPOC are expected to be integrated in the BC health system as routine medical procedures after the life of the Collaborative, which will be ground-breaking in the area of pre-operative optimization in Canada. 

Find more information about the event on this webpage.

  • Archived SSC Focus E-news and Special Bulletins
  • PQI Stories
  • Videos

What’s New

Oct 4, 2019

Funding support for specialist involvement in PCN planning and implementation

Oct 3, 2019

PQI equips 27 health care professionals with quality improvement training and support

Oct 1, 2019

Patient Safety Drives PQI Project

Sep 30, 2019

Spotlight on a Specialist – Dr Leena Jain

View all News

About Us

  • Committee Members
  • Annual Report
  • Evaluations
  • Meeting Summaries (The Wrap)
  • SSC Co-Chair Report

SSC Fees

  • Advance Care Planning
  • Discharge Care Planning
  • Group Medical Visits (GMV)
  • Multidisciplinary Conferencing
  • Patient Follow-up Fees
  • Specialist Advice Fees
  • FAQs
  • Labour Market Adjustment Fees

News

  • Archived SSC Focus E-news and Special Bulletins
  • PQI Stories
  • Videos

General Contact

Lori Kwok
Sr Administrative Assistant,
Specialist Services Committee
sscbc@doctorsofbc.ca
604 638 2880

   

 

Specialist Services Committee © Doctors of BC

  • About Us
    • Committee Members
    • Annual Report
    • Evaluations
    • Meeting Summaries (The Wrap)
    • SSC Co-Chair Report
  • PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
    • DEVELOP PHYSICIAN CAPABILITY
    • ENGAGE PHYSICIANS & HEALTH PARTNERS
    • TRANSFORM CARE DELIVERY
  • News
    • Archived SSC Focus E-news and Special Bulletins
    • PQI Stories
    • Videos
  • Contact
  • The Exchange
  • Main Menu
  • search