The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) and the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council (BCPSQC) have jointly identified the need to better understand the patient safety issues unique to primary care in Canada. A coordinated and collaborative approach to exploring and addressing the need for new knowledge in this field has therefore been undertaken.

CPSI and BCPSQC have established a Pan-Canadian Advisory Group, mandated to oversee the development of the Patient Safety in Primary Care Background Research Paper and the planning of and participation in an invitational Roundtable Event in May 2010. As a first priority in fulfilling its mandate, the Advisory Group issued a request for applications in October 2009 to commission researchers to develop a background paper discussing patient safety as it applies to primary care.

Project support and leadership for this initiative will be provided by staff from CPSI and BCPSQC.

For more information about this initiative, contact Sandi Kossey at skossey@cpsi-icsp.ca