2015 Award Recipients
Please watch the videos below to learn more about each Gold Apple Winner. To download the 2015 Luncheon Program, click here.
Gold Apple recipients
Provincial Health Care Hero & Health Care Hero: Island Health
Dawn Nedzelski – Chief Professional Practice & Chief Nursing Officer
Health Care Hero: Affiliate
Frannie Cruise – Recreation Therapist (Centre for Child Development, Surrey)
Health Care Hero: Fraser Health
Marika Sandrelli – Addiction Knowledge Exchange Leader (Mental Health & Substance Use Program)
Health Care Hero: Interior Health
Patrice Gordon – Nurse Practitioner (Community Integrated Health Services, Cariboo Region)
Health Care Hero: Northern Health
Heather Floris – Head Nurse (St. John Hospital, Vanderhoof)
Health Care Hero: Provincial Health Services Authority
Amy Pezzente – Eating Disorder Peer Support Worker (Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre, BC Children's Hospital)
Health Care Hero:Vancouver Coastal Health
Ian Denison – Physical Therapy Equipment Specialist (GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre)
Collaborative Solutions
BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office (Provincial Health Services Authority) – Hospital Inventory Optimization Project
Workplace Health Innovation
Island Health (Nanaimo Regional General Hospital) – Integrating Violence Prevention Policies into Practice
Top Innovation: Health Authority
Fraser Health – Implantable Cardiac Electrical Device Project: From Complexity to Optimization
Top Innovation: Affiliate
Rosewood Manor (Richmond) – Enriching the Quality of Care for Dementia Residents
2015 Awards of Merit
Awards of Merit were also presented in each of the four project-oriented award categories. This year’s Awards of Merit recipients are:
Top Innovation: Affiliate
• Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), BC Division – Bounce Back: Reclaim Your Health
Top Innovation: Health Authority
• BC Children’s Hospital (Provincial Health Services Authority) – ON TRAC (Transitioning Responsibly to Adult Care) Youth Transition Initiative
• Vancouver Coastal Health– Emergency Department (ED) iCare
Workplace Health Innovation
• Fraser Health – Site Security Incident Reporting System
• Northern Health & Interior Health – Duty-to-Accommodate Pilot Project: A Collaboration with HR Operations & Disability Management
Collaborative Solutions
• BC Emergency Health Services – Decreasing Lead Time for RED (High Acuity/Emergent) Inter-Facility Transfers
• Vancouver Coastal Health – Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: Innovation, Research, Education & Safety (ASPIRES) Team