OHTs are being introduced to provide a new way of
organizing and delivering care that is more integrated
from the perspective of the patients in their local
communities, and that achieves measurable
improvements in key quadruple-aim metrics of
improving care experiences and health outcomes at
manageable ...
Ontario has both a health system and a research system that
are increasingly putting patients and rapid learning and
improvement at their centre. For the health system, a recent
notable example of such efforts was the Patients First Act
2016 which, among other things, mandated the creation of
Patient and...
A number of current pressures on the health system,
including an aging population, increased prevalence
of chronic and co-morbid conditions, and increasing
focus on patient self-management and patientcentred care, are driving interest in delivering care in new ways. With technology playing an increasingl...
As noted by the Health Council of Canada in 2013, there
are many definitions of quality in healthcare, but a
common conception of it is “the degree to which health
services for individuals and populations increase the
likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent
with current professional kn...
