Ready for some Patient Voices Network-ing? We now have almost 1000 patient partners and 500 health care partners, and we heard from our members that you want more ways to connect with each other across the province. We're introducing a new program to help you do so and we need your help picking a name!

Here's how it works: if you choose to sign up, we will randomly select pairs from our list of participating patient and health care partners to give you a chance to get to know each other, build connections and explore opportunities for collaboration.

You’ll then receive an email letting you know who you’ve been matched up with. We encourage you to set up a time to connect for a call or a virtual chat (free apps like Skype, WhatsApp and Facetime are a great way to do so); you'll have six weeks to coordinate a time. After that six-week period, the process will repeat and you'll be paired with another member of PVN!

Now that you know more about the program, help us find a great name! Choose from our list of suggestions or write in your own idea, and we'll announce the winning name in an upcoming newsletter. 

For those who are new to PVN, our Oversight & Advisory Committee helps plan the strategic direction of the Network and is made up of an equal number of patient partners and health care partners. The committee meets on a regular basis to talk about PVN activities.

The committee last met in December, which was the first meeting for some of the committee's new members! They discussed the patient partner compensation engagement process, an upcoming educational opportunity for patient partners and the new way to connect our partners with each other that we mentioned earlier. Exciting things ahead! 

Read the minutes.