The Western Healthcare Improvement Network (WHIN) is a non-profit association based in British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1980 as an association of Quality Assurance Professionals based largely in hospitals, it has evolved with the times to broadly address the full health sector. WHIN is organized as a voluntary “network” of health care quality improvement leaders working together to enable performance improvement in health care through leadership, education and collaboration. WHIN focuses on knowledge transfer providing high value, affordable educational services including workshops and conferences with the opportunity to network with other member professionals committed to quality improvement.
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2007
| Executive Office | ||
| Kirk Mitchell, Executive Director | ed@whin.org | |
| Susan Foster, Office Manager | info@whin.org | |
| Board Members 2007-2008 | ||
| Helen Carkner, Director | helen.carkner@fraserhealth.ca | 604.587.4622 |
| Linda Comazzetto, Director | linda.comazzeto@interiorhealth.ca | 250.314.2310 |
| Lee Hall, Director | lee.hall@northernhealth.ca | 250.262.5297 |
| Sue Iles, Vice-President | sueiles@shaw.ca | 250.385.8838 |
| Darren Kopetsky, Director | Darren.Kopetsky@vch.ca | 604.875.4557 |
| Diane Layton, President | chimera@islandnet.com | 250.655.9354 |
| Diane Miller, Director | diane.miller@fraserhealth.ca | 604.587.4463 |
| Georgene Miller, Director | gmiller@cw.bc.ca | 604.875.2679 |
| Patrick O'Reilly, Director | pmo@healthyheart.bc.ca | 604.741.1772 |
| Rick Roger, Treasurer | rroger@shaw.ca | 250-472-3889 |
| Lorna Romilly, Past President | lromilly@telus.net | 604-980-2157 |
| Lynn Stevenson, Director | lynn.stevenson@viha.ca | 250.519.1804 |
| Jim Thorsteinson, Director | jim.thorsteinson@bccfp.bc.ca | 604.736.1877 |
| Ron Zapp,
Director / Education Chair |
rzapp@telus.net | 604.937.6674 |
| WHIN Education Committee | ||
| Ron Zapp, Chairperson, WHIN Board | rzapp@telus.net | 604.250.2449 |
| Sue Iles, WHIN Board | sueiles@shaw.ca | 250.385.8838 |
| JoAnn Derrickson,
Administrator Pine Acres Home LTC |
jderrickson@pineacreshome.com | 250.768.6841 |
| Gwen Gordon,
Administrator Carlton Gardens Residential Care |
ggordon@chartwellreit.ca | 604.438.8224 |
| Leslie Karmazinuk,
Director of Care Planning & Delivery Retirement Concepts Residential Care |
lkarmazinuk@retirementconcepts.com | 604.306.7855 (C) 604.662.4969 ext 36 |
| Elissa Kraus Gamble,
Regional Director Bayshore Home Health Home Care/Support |
egamble@bayshore.ca | 604.552.3852 604.837.0033 |
| Peter Coleridge,
Senior Advisor BC Mental Health & Addictions PHSA |
pcoleridge@bcmhs.bc.ca | 604.707-6387 (C) 604. 202.6828 |
| Helen Healey,
Director of Accreditation DAP |
hhealey@dap.org | 604.739.3277 1.800.785.3277 |
| Ruby Fraser, Regional Director, Quality & Risk Management, Northern Health | 250.565.2245 | |
| Wrae Hill, Acting Regional Director – QI IHA | 250.870.5893 (C) 250.863.0987 |
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| Linda Comazzetto,
Alternative, IHA |
Linda.comazzetto@interiorhealth.ca | 250.314.2310 |
| Tamara MacDonald, QI & Patient Safety Consultant FHA | tamara.macdonald@fraserhealth.ca | 604.777.8376 |
| Lori Hughes , Alternative FHA | lori.hughes@fraserhealth.ca | 604.520.4544 |
| Linda Dempster,
Regional Director- Patient Safety Vancouver Coastal |
linda.dempster@vch.ca | 604.875.5642 |
| Pat Semeniuk, Regional Director, Health Professional & Patient/Client Liaison VCH Alternate | pat.semeniuk@vch.ca | 604.875.5469 |
| Lesley Moss, Exec. Director- Quality & Safety VIHA | lesley.moss@viha.ca | 250.727.1404 |
| Ev Pearce, Manager, Quality Assurance & Process Improvement VIHA alternate | ev.pearce@viha.ca | 250.370.8770 |
| Susan Widera, Quality, Safety & Accreditation Leader @ BCC&W PHSA |
swidera@cw.bc.ca | 604.875.2345 |
| Annemarie Taylor, Quality, Safety & Accreditation Leader, BCC&W PHSA |
ataylor@cw.bc.ca | 604.875.2345 ext 3007 |
| Dr. Valentyna Koval, Clinical Simulation Instructor Centre for Excellence – Surgical Innovation VGH |
valentyna@cesei.org | 604.875.4499 |
| Karen Cardiff, Researcher, UBC | karen.cardiff@ubc.ca | 604.822.5533 |
| Kirk Mitchell, Executive Director, WHIN | kam.iqs@telus.net | 604.541.9784 |
| Susan Foster, Office Manager, WHIN | smjfoster@shaw.ca | 604.541.9705 |