Updates

Everyone plays a role in patient safety—leaders, providers, policymakers, patients, and caregivers. Healthcare Excellence Canada recognizes the vital work happening nationwide to ensure safer care.

Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC) is pleased to welcome new leadership to its Board of Directors with the election of a new Chair, Vice-Chair and Director.

Everyone plays a role in patient safety – leaders, providers, policymakers, patients, and caregivers. Healthcare Excellence Canada recognizes the vital work happening nationwide to ensure safer care.

Nearly 500 healthcare teams across Canada are working together to make healthcare better for at least one million people across the country.

Does your health or social care team want to improve access to care? What if you had funding, expert support, practical tools, and a network of peers to help you get there?

Patient engagement resources are everywhere — but finding a tool that’s actually used by both staff and patient partners is far more rare.

Is your long-term care (LTC) home working to reduce antipsychotic use for residents without a diagnosis of psychosis? Whether you’re just getting started or building on existing work, Healthcare Excellence Canada’s (HEC) Sparking Change in the Appropriate Use of Antipsychotics (AUA) Awards Program is designed to make a meaningful impact in your home.

Safer care doesn’t happen by chance — it’s something we create together.

During Canadian Patient Safety Week 2024, Healthcare Excellence Canada hosted a webinar with a group of panelists to talk about safer care in the community and focused on the importance of compassionate care. Read on to find out more about this promising practice.