Improving the quality of health care in Canada

Dhalla and Tepper cite that Canadians are healthier than ever before, but there are still large gaps between what we know to be high-quality health care and the care that many Canadians receive. High-quality care is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered. There is opportunity for improvement in all of these dimensions. Ways to improve the quality of care include expanding public funding for proven treatments, investing in primary care and embedding tools of improvement into practice. Improving care is more likely with the involvement of both front-line clinicians and patients.