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.

New Hospital Harm data shows that 1 in every 17 hospital stays in Canada involved patient harm in 2023-2024, highlighting the ongoing need to make healthcare safer for everyone. Reported by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), the rate of hospital harm has held steady at 6% for the past four years after increasing in 2020.

Meet the two leaders joining Healthcare Excellence Canada’s Board of Directors.

Explore the impact of unsafe care and racism in healthcare for the Métis. Understand the cultural safety needs of Métis communities today.

Study demonstrates economic benefits in equipping paramedics to support patients with palliative care needs in their homes, when appropriate.

Patients for Patient Safety Canada (PFPSC) has marked a new beginning by becoming a not-for-profit organization, effective January 22, 2024. This milestone signifies a significant moment in PFPSC's evolution, highlighting its growth and success in championing patient safety and engagement since its inception with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), now Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC), in 2006.

Healthcare Excellence Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information have identified four areas for closer strategic alliance, captured in a recently signed letter of intent.

Healthcare Excellence Canada’s newest collaborative, Enabling Aging in Place, is six months old. Here’s a look at how participating teams are moving from planning to implementation in their community-based approaches to aging well at home.

Nancy Quattrocchi, outgoing Vice-President, Corporate Services at Healthcare Excellence Canada, reflects on what she’s led and learned during her career here.