Committees and groups

BC MQI operates on the principle that medical quality is the shared responsibility of health authorities, government, regulatory colleges, professional associations, collaborative committees and more.

Standing committees

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee (SC) brings together representatives of the health authorities, the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, the BC College of Nurses and Midwives, and the Ministry of Health to provide strategic direction and oversight for BC MQI. The SC is accountable to the Ministry of Health.

The SC is co-chaired by Ministry of Health Executive Director Kevin Brown, and the former provincial quality officer, Dr. Doug Cochrane.

Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee (AC) provides input on the BC MQI program of work to identify opportunities to collaborate and align efforts to support medical quality in the BC system. AC members represent the medical staff professional associations, UBC Faculty of Medicine-Continuing Professional Development, the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, and the Ministry of Health.

Credentialing and Privileging Oversight Committee

The provincial Credentialing & Privileging Oversight Committee (CPOC) brings together representatives of the health authorities, regulatory colleges, and the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council to provide operational direction and oversight for provincial credentialing and privileging (C&P). The CPOC directs resource allocation for C&P system operations and oversees the work of related task groups.

The CPOC is co-chaired by a health authority medical leader and a representative from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC.

Project oversight

Medical staff practice enhancement (MSPE) oversight committee

BC health authorities recognize that optimizing patient safety and quality of care includes supporting a culture of continuous learning and practice improvement for individual practitioners.

A new collaborative project aims to develop an effective, consistent provincial approach to medical staff practice enhancement (MSPE). The purpose of the MSPE oversight committee is to provide direction, strategic alignment and issue resolution in the development of a provincial medical staff practice enhancement system.

Committee members represent the health authorities and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. The oversight committee initiated work in September 2019.