Grant: Foundation Grant

There is strong public interest in health care, and a constant need for health systems to strive for ongoing improvement. Fundamentally, though, we cannot easily improve things that we do not measure. This program is focused on developing valid methods for measuring and reporting on health system quality. Four streams of work will develop data standards and methods for: 1) terminologies for basic health concepts; 2) validated measurements of quality (i.e., indicators); 3) information technology (IT) platforms for measuring and reporting; and 4) data presentation and visualization methods. Of foremost importance, these standards and methods need to be tightly aligned to stakeholder needs. The World Health Organization and the Canadian Institute for Health Information are key program partners, through which our findings will define new Canadian and global standards for measuring and reporting on health system quality.