Interior Health is congratulating all winners of the 2015 Quality Awards recently awarded by the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council.

Within Interior Health, Dr. Guy Fradet, Medical Director & Cardiac Surgeon, and Carol Laberge, Program Director, Cardiac Services, were honoured with the Leadership in Quality Award.

Kelowna General Hospital implemented a Cardiac Surgery Program in December 2012. The program ensures that patients living within the Interior have access to timely cardiac care closer to home. As part of their quality improvement efforts, Drs. Fradet and Laberge led the development of a comprehensive monthly report card to track outcomes within the program. The two program leads also conduct monthly reviews with their entire interdisciplinary team to address issues, share successes, and encourage new initiatives to sustain program excellence. They discuss issues, acknowledge areas that are doing well and why, and identify areas that need to be improved.

Congratulations also to Salmon Arm Public Health Nurse Marla Bjorgan, who was recognized with the Everyday Champion Award for her work to increase access to safer injection, safer inhalation and safer sex supplies to help change health outcomes of a population at risk. She received the most votes during the category’s online voting stage.

For more information about the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council and the annual Quality Awards visit bcpsqc.ca.

Above photo: Interior Health’s Cardiac Services Medical Director Dr. Guy Fradet and Program Director Carol Laberge (centre) were recently awarded the Leadership in Quality Award by the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council. Interior Health’s Cardiac Surgery Program team has also just marked completion of its 1,000th open heart surgery.


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