The BC Surgical Patient Registry (SPR) is a provincial system that collects information about patients waiting for and receiving surgery in British Columbia. Its purpose is to provide more accurate and complete information for surgeons, hospitals and the Ministry of Health to improve surgical services for the people of BC. It is anticipated that GI Endoscopy will be entered into Surgical Patient Registry program by February 2020.
The BC SPR is a provincial system that collects information about patients waiting for and receiving surgery in British Columbia. Its purpose is to provide more accurate and complete information for surgeons, hospitals, and the Ministry of Health to improve surgical services for the people of BC.
The BC SPR collects standardized information on patients waiting for surgery identified by surgeon, by procedure, by hospital and by health authority. Wait time data is also collected for surgical cases.
The benefits of using SPR in BC’s health systems:
Patients:
- Have better information through their surgeons’ offices and family physicians regarding the relative waiting time for their surgical procedure.
- Increase the consistency and standardization of assessments to other patients with similar conditions.
Surgeons and Endoscopist
- Prioritize surgical patients with a standard list that is used by their peers.
- Have the ability to search current and accurate waitlist data from the BC Surgical Patient Registry for their patients.
- Have access to real-time waitlists.
- Can see comparative, non-identifiable, reports for patients waiting or for surgeries completed across their health
For more information, please contact SPR.Administrators@northernhealth.ca