Island Health Shines at the 2025 Quality Forum

Island Health made a powerful impact at this year's Quality Forum in Vancouver, held March 11-13. This annual event brings together British Columbia's healthcare community to drive  improvement through innovation, collaboration and excellence. Over three dynamic days, Island Health participants engaged in skill-building sessions and meaningful discussions, reinforcing our leadership in shaping a more connected, patient-centered health system.

In the lead-up, Island Health was proud to contribute valuable insights to make this year's conference successful. A special thank-you to Krista Allan, Vice President of Quality, Research and Chief Nursing and Allied Health Officer, for serving on the Quality Forum Steering Committee, as well as abstract reviewers Dr. Nick Cherwinski, Scientific Advisor with Quality, Safety, Improvement, Risk, Experience and Research, and Dr. Ian Warbrick, Internal Medicine at West Coast General Hospital.

FOUR HONOURS AT THE OPENING CELEBRATION

The forum began with a celebration recognizing the recipients of the 2025 BC Quality Awards. Our award-winning teams received 20% of all awards, each accompanied by a $2,500 sponsorship. Congratulations to staff, medical staff and partners on the winning teams.

• Excellence in Quality: Returning to Health & Wellness – Bridging Care Program (read more)

• Excellence in Quality: Living with Illness or Disability – Cowichan Health and Care Plan: Adapting a COPD model of care to meet community needs (read more)

• Leadership in Co-Designing Health Quality with Communities – Cowichan Indigenous Connection Team (read more)

• Achievement in Sustainable Health Care: The Critical Air Project (read more)

SHOWCASING INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE

Throughout the event, Island Health highlighted its commitment to quality through an impressive lineup of breakout presentations:

• ONE 2-hour workshop exploring the benefits of civility in clinical healthcare teams and its impact on culture, productivity and patient outcomes.

• FIVE focus sessions covering:

  1. Enhanced Health & Social Care in Nanaimo through the Social Prescribing Program

  2. Implementing an Evidence-Based Hospital at Home Program in Your Community

  3. Leveraging Quality Practice & Learning Environments to Implement Minimal Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in BC

  4. Harnessing Liberating Structures to Amplify Daily Work

  5. Using an Escape Room as a Tool for Quality Learning and Team Building

• SEVENTEEN rapid-fire presentations featuring engaging Q&A sessions with audience members.

• SIXTEEN posterboards showcasing impactful quality initiatives.

[Find a full listing of Quality Forum presentations here.]

Thank you to all staff and medical staff who contributed their time, energy and expertise to this year's outstanding quality projects, posters and presentations. Your commitment to elevating healthcare in Island Health and throughout BC inspires progress and excellence across the system.