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Right Care Challenge

Right Care Challenge supports health and social care delivery organizations to launch or enhance initiatives that ensure patients receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place—all while helping reduce avoidable emergency department visits.

Organizations doing innovative work to expand access to primary and community care while easing pressure on emergency departments are supported by HEC to celebrate their impact, scale their efforts and share valuable insights that inspire others to do the same.

HEC is pleased to partner with The Graham Boeckh Foundation (GBF) who will be supporting Integrated Youth Services (IYS) teams with an additional award opportunity within the challenge - the GBF award.

Meet the teams

More than 80 teams across 11 provinces and territories are part of Right Care Challenge.

Teams include: hospitals, long-term care homes, family health teams, community care organizations, universities, research institutes, integrated youth services, mental health services, regional governments and more.

How we’re supporting teams

Participating teams have joined a movement transforming healthcare, supported by:

Monetary awards for achievements related to impact, sustainability and more.
Expert coaches who help address challenges, sustain improvements and plan for long-term success.
Proven tools and evidence-informed resources for implementing and measuring what works.
Virtual learning and networking to share knowledge, learn from peers and achieve more together.

Participating teams will be supported to pursue their goals while building essential skills in equity, cultural safety, patient engagement and safety. They’ll also explore key topics like quality improvement and working partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities.

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“Our teams are highly motivated and grateful to be able to contribute to an initiative with so much promise for our organization, and they have been enthusiastic about participating in this Challenge.”

-Marie-Claude Roy LL.B., Clinical activities specialist - continuous improvement, U-FMG Sacré-Coeur, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal

Explore other programs

This offering is part of Care Forward, a pan-Canadian movement that provides funding and learning supports to drive impact on four key priorities: expanding care access, supporting aging in place, advancing person-centred long-term care and strengthening the health workforce.

Enhancing Integrated Care

Primary and community care delivery organizations are working to strengthen integrated team-based care, including virtual care.

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Primary Care Access Improvement

Team-based primary care organizations create efficiencies and optimize team functioning so they can provide timely access to care.

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Paramedics and Social Prescribing

Paramedic teams to use social prescribing to connect clients with local community services.

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The Graham Boeckh Foundation is a private foundation that aims to significantly improve the lives of people living with, or at risk of, mental illness by initiating, funding and facilitating a suite of strategic initiatives. Integrated Youth Services are provided across the country and through their work are expanding care to improve access and ease pressures on emergency departments while providing the right care, at the right time and in the right place.