Purpose
Provide training and support to physicians, through technical resources and expertise, to lead quality improvement (QI) projects, which build QI capacity. This investment increases physician involvement in QI and enhances the delivery of quality patient care.
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Sizing it Up
The Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) initiative addresses gaps in quality structures relating to physician participation in QI activities and ensures those physicians have adequate dedicated technical supports (i.e. data analysts, quality improvement advisors, etc.).
Initiatives are aligned with the health authority’s overall quality strategy, but are distinct from its Quality Assurance responsibility and mandate.
Things to Know
SSC has worked collaboratively with each health authority and physician representatives to custom design a program that meets the needs of the local HA.
Key activities include one day QI training to physicians in multiple regions of the health authority, as well as the opportunity to participate in more structured training with a cohort of your fellow physician colleagues. Funding is provided to allow physicians to work on either small or larger QI projects. Each health authority has been resourced to hire approximately six dedicated technical staff to support physicians in this endeavour.
Access Support
- Fraser Health, PQI Manager, Ta Chinembiri ta.chinembiri@fraserhealth.ca
- Interior Health, PQI Manager, Ross Gibson ross.gibson@interiorhealth.ca
- Island Health, PQI Manager, Jennie Aitken jennifer.aitken@viha.ca
- Northern Health, PQI Regional Manager, Marna deSousa marna.desousa@northernhealth.ca
- Provincial Health Services, PQI Manager, Bethina Abrahams bethina.abrahams@phsa.ca
- Vancouver Coastal/Providence Health, PQI Manager, Selina Wong selina.wong@vch.ca
Contact
Aman Hundal, Portfolio Liaison, ahundal@doctorsofbc.ca
Reports
Mayo Clinic Visit - Final Report November 2017
In the News
Physician Quality Improvement Initative: Improving BC's health care system one project at a time
PQI Transforming Systems and Physicians
New FH team keeps a focus on quality improvement
Quality Improvement through PQRST - Dr. Shiau