Quality Forum 2015 Vol 40 No 1 - Jan 2015 | Jan. 16, 2015 Conference, BCPSQC

The Quality Forum is around the corner! The annual event focusses on the improvement of quality health care, and takes place in Vancouver on February 18-20.

The event begins on Wednesday, February 18 and features two full-day sessions as well as an evening event. The bulk of the event occurs over February 19 and 20, with over 56 sessions and three plenary presentations.

Here is a preview of some of the sessions:

• Does Pharmacist-Led Medication Review Improve Health Outcomes - Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Project
• Electronic Prescribing in BC: The Past, the Present, and the Future from a PharmaNet Perspective
• Evaluation of Clinicians' Acceptance Pattern and Perception of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions at a Major Canadian Teaching Hospital
• Implementation of a Fully Automated EHR and Closed Loop Medication System - Lessons Learned
• Initiating an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at British Columbia Children's Hospital
• The BC Provincial Renal Agency's Glomerulonephritis Formulary
• To Drug or Not to Drug? Dementia, Behaviours and Dilemmas
• What the Other Folks are Doing: Polypharmacy Risk Reduction

Visit www.QualityForum.ca to register and view speaker information, agendas and session descriptions.

The Quality Forum is put on by the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council.