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The CE advisor’s checklist – a new tool to support CEAN members
November 26, 2019We can always learn more when it comes to supporting CEAN members working on projects and committees within VCH! The CE team had the privilege of supporting some engagement around what information and processes CEANs feel could support them while on projects at the Mental Health & Substance Use Advisor’s Assembly earlier this year. We […]
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How do your CEAN eyes make a difference?
November 7, 2019The poster above will be placed in patient rooms to support better recovery for patients post surgery. It was adapted with the help of CEAN feedback. Have you ever provided feedback on a draft poster to make sure that it is is user-friendly and appealing to patients and family members? Approximately 10% of the projects […]
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Update on Patient Experience
October 23, 2019In May of this year, CEANs came together at the annual spring forum to network, celebrate, and talk about patient experience. Improving patient experience has been identified as one of VCH’s strategic priorities, and the CE team has been working closely with the Patient Safety and Quality team to support engagement around the initiative. At […]
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Read the latest issue of the Family Connections Newsletter – Creativity and Hope
October 23, 2019The October issue of the Family Connections Newsletter is available! This newsletter is brought to you by VCH’s Family Support and Involvement Team, who assists families with resources, education, information, support, and facilitates inclusion of family voice in the care of their loved ones receiving mental health and substance use services. Click here to read […]
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CEANs with lived experience supporting person and family centred care
October 9, 2019This Thursday October 10th is World Mental Health Day – what a great opportunity to highlight the ways in which CEAN members have supported engagement and improvement of Mental Health & Substance Use (MHSU) services at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). Sharing Lived Experience Within VCH’s MHSU programs and projects, patients and families with lived experience […]
Read More10 Years of CEAN Forums
by CEAN Coordinator Saori Yamamoto As we continue to celebrate 10 years of CEAN, I have been thinking about all of the forums that have happened over the years. The CEAN forums have always been a wonderful opportunity to network, celebrate CEAN, listen and learn and do a lot of hard work! Our CEAN forums […]
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Because caring shouldn’t involve guesswork
August 27, 2019Fitbit-style tags like the ones held by Zarina Sajoo will be attached to VGH surgery patient wristbands starting in November. Shared from VCH News – Aug 26, 2019 “I was a nurse for 40 years, but I was scared when I arrived for my surgery at VGH,” says Zarina Sajoo. “From the time I […]
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Thank you Natalie!
August 26, 2019We want to thank our practicum student Natalie Buglioni for all of her hard work on the Storytelling Tool she has created to support the collection of patient stories for change! Thanks to the CEAN members who supported her in the work! We wish Natalie all the best as she continues her Masters in Public Health […]
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Research Project Involving CEANs Published in Patient Experience Journal
July 31, 2019The research team included 5 members of CEAN A recent study focuses on research and practices around understanding and improving patient experience by Lillian Hung Last week, Patient Experience Journal released a special issue on ‘The Role of Technology and Innovation in Patient Experience’. Members of CEAN (Community Engagement Advisory Network), Mario Gregorio, Jim Mann, Annette […]
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CEAN Beginnings: A memory from CE Leader Belinda Boyd
July 31, 2019Belinda Boyd has been a Leader with the Community Engagement team since 2006. I recall in 2009 when Community Engagement had our budget reduced substantially and we had to determine how to best move forward with our advisory committee structure. At that time we had an advisory committee for each community of care; Richmond, Vancouver […]
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