As 2024 comes to a close, we want to thank you for your commitment to improving healthcare with and for everyone in Canada.
This year, Healthcare Excellence Canada supported hundreds of remarkable individuals and organizations across the country united by a common goal: strengthening access to safe, high-quality care for all.
Here are some inspiring outcomes of our work together:
- Improved turnover rates, work-life balance and patient care: These are some of the goals advanced by reporting teams in the Health Workforce Innovation Challenge.
- Increased access to care and fewer emergency department visits: Nearly 75% of participants in Partnering on Appropriate Virtual Care achieved these results while enhancing provider and patient experiences.
- More people aging at home with support: 96% of older adults reached through Nursing Home Without Walls felt the program helped them stay at home, with stronger community connections.
(Want to learn more about how Healthcare Excellence Canada supports partners to make meaningful change? Read our most recent Impact Report.)
To help build on this progress, here are five resources that offer actionable guidance on topics ranging from workforce retention and equity to patient safety. We hope these tools support you and those you share them with in 2025.
From all of us at HEC, have a happy, healthy holiday season!
5 Resources for Healthcare Improvement
Supporting the health workforce
A one-page guide outlining six strategies for improving health workforce retention.
Reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotics
Tailored resources for using person-centred approaches to support people living with dementia in long-term care.
Advancing health equity
Recorded webinars exploring ways to dismantle systemic inequities that impact the safety and quality of care.
Strengthening understanding of Patient Safety Essentials
A free, 40-minute e-learning module that covers the foundations of patient safety.
Retaining internationally educated healthcare workers
Evidence-guided policy considerations for retaining internationally educated healthcare workers.
