Jim Pattison Centre for Health Systems Learning + Innovation

A healthier future.

The Centre is a first-of-its kind for health systems learning and innovation with a focus on rural, community-based, technology enabled, equitable and sustainable health care.

Truly transformative change only happens when there is a collective voice. We aim to engage and hold space for conversations to identify strategic priorities for the Centre that are informed by the voices of people from interior communities, partners, and Interior Health.

How We Innovate.

Creation

Generating novel products, processes, or people focused solutions to improve health systems in meaningful ways.

We support original research, grassroots solutions, and co-designed initiatives that reflect the unique strengths and needs of the communities we serve.

Adoption

Bringing proven innovations into practice, using what works in other applications to create sustainable, equitable health care solutions.

We help bridge the gap between innovation and implementation, accelerating the uptake of effective tools, technologies, and practices.

Education

Empowering learners, leaders, and community through knowledge sharing, training, and immersive learning experiences.

We foster a culture of continuous learning, developing capacity within health systems through mentorship, experiential learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Why the Centre?

Health systems are complex. Solutions often exist, but the pathways to implement them are disconnected. The Jim Pattison Centre for Health Systems Learning + Innovation was created to bridge these divides.

We connect the health authority, industry, and community to co-create practical innovations that make health care more responsive, resilient, and people-centered. Whether it’s integrating cutting-edge technology, reimagining care delivery, or empowering new forms of collaboration, the Centre acts as a trusted intermediary, turning possibility into practice.

By creating space for dialogue, experimentation, and partnership, the Centre helps surface what’s possible, test what’s needed, and implement what works where it’s needed most. The Centre aims to focus on the following:

Community Perspectives.

The Centre strives to nurture relationships and facilitate conversations that explore what an optimal health care system can look like, especially in unique regions such as the Southern Interior of BC.

Empowering Ideas Through Collaboration.

The Centre has the capability to support innovative strategies that translate theory, knowledge, and technology applications into real life practices to address the unique health care needs of our communities.

Rural + Remote Solutions.

The Centre aims to create innovative solutions for the unique challenges posed by large, geographically diverse regions with populations dispered throughout, such as in the Souther Interior of BC.

The Centre will focus on health systems transformation, aiming at unique targets. This includes advancing equity, accessibility, and the sustainability of health-care, and enabling physicians, clinicians and community care providers with resources to not only provide world-class care but to explore what an optimal system could look like.

Dr. Deanne Taylor, Corporate Director of Research at Interior Health