The Health Law Section hosted an informative and well-attended session on Patient Safety: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward. Dr. Cornelia Wieman and Janene Erickson, First Nations Health Authority, and Ronald Guse, founding co-chair of Healthcare Excellence, shared valuable insights for lawyers who advise and advocate for health professionals on patient safety and improvements in healthcare. The session covered the many causes of adverse events in healthcare, including systemic bias and discrimination toward First Nations patients, and thoughts on how to improve patient safety in healthcare.

The regulation of health professionals is changing. Stay tuned for our review of the Health Professions and Occupations Act which will be coming into force soon — affecting all healthcare professionals and their regulatory bodies.