About Us - Website FAQs

Answers to the most commonly asked questions about the Impact BC website:

What makes the site different from other healthcare quality improvement websites?
Who should be using this website?
How do you choose content for the site?
Can I link my website to impactbc.ca?
Does impactbc.ca use cookies?
How can I save a PDF file to my computer (i.e., downloadable tool)?
Why don't some links on the site work when I click them?

Q: What makes impactbc.ca different from other healthcare quality improvement websites? 
A: Impact BC provides access to healthcare quality improvement information specific to British Columbia. Access to trustworthy information is one of the most important forms of support for healthcare professionals and patients.

For healthcare professionals, Impact BC provides a gateway to local resources and interventions. We hope our website will:

• Provide local solutions for quality improvements and facilitate ways for BC’s healthcare professionals to improve their practices
• Create communities of users with common interests
• Offer opportunities for interaction with experts in the field
• Help eliminate duplication of information and resources
• Promote sharing of information, networking and collaboration

The website provides a springboard to trustworthy information on healthcare quality improvement issues. Instead of just using our own published materials on topics of interest to patients and healthcare providers, our editors review existing internet websites and link to a select number of resources. These links have been chosen to assist in your search for helpful and relevant information about quality improvements in healthcare.

Impact BC wants to share knowledge about quality improvement by creating an interactive community where people exchange knowledge and share experiences. Since our goal is to improve BC’s healthcare system, an online resource is a logical means for achieving this goal.
 
Q: Who should be using this website?
A: The main users of the site are healthcare providers and organizations that want to improve their practices, patient with chronic diseases, individuals at risk or that have chronic diseases, and those who care for them. The Impact BC community is comprised of physicians, nurses, technicians, policy-makers, executives, administrators, managers, support staff, government leaders, and many others interested in reducing the social, economic and health burdens of chronic diseases in BC. Every one is welcome to browse the site.

If you are a patient who would like to learn more about quality improvements in healthcare, we invite you to explore the entire site. However, remember that you should always consult with healthcare professionals about any aspect of your health. Patients who solely rely on the information provided on imppactbc.ca do so at their own risk (see our Terms of Use). If you are a health professional, we invite you to regularly review the material on Impactbc.ca and to feel free to suggest additions or updates to the site. 
 
Q: How do you choose content for the site?
A: Content on site is generated by experts in the relevant disciplines. We engage leading clinicians and academics, as well as individual physicians, nurses, exercise specialists and dietitians who are at the forefront of their professions.

Q: Can I link my website to impactbc.ca?
A: Usually, we do not mind if you have a simple link from your website to Impact BC and we encourage other websites which share our aims to link to our website. We would appreciate being informed on any link to our site. If you intend to frame our site or incorporate pieces of it into a different website or product, you must first ask for our permission. You are not allowed to link to impactbc.ca if you create or post illegal, obscene, or offensive content, or if the link in any way has a negative impact on our reputation. Impact BC retains the right to withdraw this permission without explanation or notice if, in its sole judgment, such a link is inappropriate. For more information, please see our Terms of Use, or to request permission to link to impactbc.ca please Contact Us. 
 

Q: How can I contribute to impactbc.ca?
A: Our vision is that website users will contribute ideas, lead and participate in discussions and share tools, stories, and lessons learned. The site is designed to mobilize the knowledge of local community members and to add to our resources.

Q: Does www.impactbc.ca use cookies?
A: Yes. A cookie is information that Impactbc.ca stores on the hard drive of your computer so that it can remember you each time you return to the site. Typically, a cookie records your preferences or status. No other websites can access your impactbc.ca cookies, and you can delete it at any time.

Q: How can I save a PDF file to my computer (i.e., downloadable tool)?
A: To view an Adobe Acrobat® file, you require Acrobat® Reader to be installed on your computer. You may download Acrobat reader from the Adobe website.

Q: Why don't some links on impactbc.ca work when I click them?
A:  It is possible the page you are trying view no longer exists, or the page has been moved. Please contact us if you discover this type of error on the site.