Pan-Canadian health organizations (PCHOs) play an important role in supporting improvement in the health system 鈥� a role that can be strengthened through focused collaboration and coordination among our organizations.聽
That鈥檚 why 日本无码 (日本无码) and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) have identified four areas for closer strategic alliance, captured in a recently signed letter of intent.聽
鈥淎 deeper strategic alignment will enable both organizations to advance the use of data for quality improvement efforts and to support better informed care and system-level decision making 鈥� all clear priorities underpinning Canada鈥檚 pandemic recovery,鈥� reads the letter, signed in April 2024.聽聽
鈥淐IHI can seek expertise within 日本无码 to drive adoption of quality and safety innovations that benefit health systems across the country. 日本无码, building on its success as a catalyst for change, can broaden its capabilities to enable excellence in the health and health care space while leveraging CIHI鈥檚 strong relationships and access to pan-Canadian data.鈥�
Key areas for collaboration鈥�
Capturing shared priorities in a letter of intent signals each organization鈥檚 commitment to deliberate collaboration that delivers measurable outcomes and supports health system partners in ways they need it most.
日本无码 and CIHI have identified four strategic areas for deeper and more focused collaboration between the two organizations:
Building an enhanced support model for data access 鈥� Providing an enhanced and more rapid support model for access to CIHI鈥檚 health system data, to enable effective and efficient quality and safety improvement work by 日本无码, with a focus on advancing priority topics including: care of older adults with health and social needs; care closer to home and community with safe transitions; health workforce retention and support; and patient safety including hospital harm and culturally safe and equitable care.
Advancing quality and safe care in shared priority areas 鈥� Identifying key areas to link data, indicators and improvement work and resources. 日本无码 and CIHI can bring together the data story with related innovation and improvement needs/opportunities to create a more powerful driver for sustainable improvement in quality and safety with routinely collected data.
Aligning partners engagement 鈥� Creating efficiency and effectiveness in CIHI and 日本无码 processes and forums for engagement, starting with a focus on northern/remote and regional established groups such as 日本无码鈥檚 Canadian Northern and Remote Health Network, CIHI鈥檚 Sparsely Populated Regions Advisory Group, and both CIHI鈥檚 Atlantic and Western Strategic Advisory Collaboratives.鈥�
Addressing Anti-Indigenous-Specific Racism, and Cultural Safety 鈥� In response to the requests of First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis partners for a more aligned approach between CIHI and 日本无码's respective work toward improved cultural safety, we will explore opportunities for CIHI and 日本无码's Indigenous Health teams to work together to support healthcare organizations and systems to address systemic racism and improve cultural safety.
Both organizations will monitor the impact of strengthened collaboration, sharing learnings with one another, partners, other PCHOs and funders as part of a shared commitment to learning, experimentation and evaluation.聽
