Understanding the enablers of highest-quality care

Over 16 months, between September 2022 and December 2023, OurCare engaged nearly 10,000 people about their experiences with primary care and their values, ideas, and hopes for the future and improvement of that care.

The conversation placed special emphasis on engaging people who have the greatest needs of care, face the greatest barriers to accessing care, and are most likely to be excluded from policy-making decisions about primary care. OurCare had three phases:

This policy statement provides an overview of what CPHA endorses as a public health approach to substance use and describes the approach that CPHA will use to develop policy advocacy or programmatic work on related topics.

#Abstract

#Objective 

To determine the effect of opioid and stimulant Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG) dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during the dual public health emergencies of overdose and covid-19.

#About the tool

This resource is designed to support health professionals working in primary care to implement social prescribing in their practice. It brings together the best available evidence and expert opinion to provide guidance on social prescribing.

Healthcare Excellence Canada  and Patients for Patient Safety Canada held many conversations about patient safety with users of the health system, people who work in healthcare and safety scientists. Their learnings so far are summarized summarized in this key statement: Everyone contributes to patient safety. Together we must learn and act to create safer care and reduce all forms of healthcare harm. After elaborating on each of the phrases in that key statement, the guide provides a list of considerations that go beyond traditional thinking on patient safety.

(The English version of this document is available here). 

#Indicateurs communs du plan d’amélioration de la qualité pour les soins de santé primaires com

This infographic was created to complement the White Paper on the Value of Local Health Promotion in Ontario.

Looking for a quicker bite? This infographic summarizes the white paper's key messages 

This webinar was presented by Dr. Sean Kidd and Mariya Bezgrebelna from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Sean and Mariya are scientists whose research explores the health impacts of climate change with a particular focus on how these impacts disproportionately affect people who face barriers, such as housing insecurity or homelessness. 

If you have follow-up questions for Sean and Mariya or would like to stay connected, you can reach out to them at ClimateHealth@CAMH.ca.