What We Do
Healthcare Excellence Canada works with partners to spread innovations, build capability and catalyze policy changes so that everyone in Canada has safe and high-quality healthcare.
Programs directory
Our programs help turn proven innovations into lasting improvements in healthcare quality and safety.
Programs directory
Our programs help turn proven innovations into lasting improvements in healthcare quality and safety.
Our focus areas
Our three focus areas reflect some of the most pressing quality and safety issues in Canada.
Care closer to home and community with safe transitions
Spreading innovations that equitably deliver care where people live and when they need it.
Care of older adults with health and social needs
Reimagining care with – and for – an aging population with diverse needs.
Health workforce retention and support
Many dedicated teams, organizations and individuals are using innovative approaches to support and retain healthcare workers.
Quality and safety perspectives
Five key perspectives guide our work to ensure we’re fostering meaningful, equitable care.
Lived experience of patients, caregivers, and communities
Supporting patient partnerships for safer, high-quality healthcare that is guided by the people who receive it.
People in the workforce
Ensuring those who provide care shape how we improve care, for everyone's benefit.
Value
Maximizing benefits for patients, families, caregivers and the health system by linking resources with outcomes that matter to patients.
Culturally safe and equitable care
Promoting safe, appropriate and high-quality healthcare for everyone in Canada.
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis priorities
Engaging with First Nations, Inuit and Métis to ensure their priorities drive reconciliation, quality and safety in healthcare.
Our approach
Identify innovations
Drive adoption
Build capability
Catalyze policy change
