Engaging physicians to improve quality.

نویسنده

  • Jane Coutts
چکیده

Saskatchewan’s Health Quality Council (HQC) was launched in 2003 with a mandate to not only measure and report on healthcare but also work with a range of partners to improve the province’s health system. In late 2007, HQC’s board decided it was time for Saskatchewan to reinvent its healthcare system, using the highestperforming systems in the world as its model. And in 2008, HQC launched Accelerating Excellence, a multi-level program to rethink, redesign and renew healthcare. To help maintain momentum and show other provinces whether high-performing healthcare can be achieved in Canada, HQC is documenting its journey toward high-performing healthcare. This third article in this series discusses the challenge of physician engagement.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Healthcare quarterly

دوره 13 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010