title: Toward a system-wide approach to health care.
abstract: Who is responsible for ensuring that Canadians' health needs are met? Who is responsible for ensuring that Canadians receive high quality health care? Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are unclear. But with broad restructuring in health care delivery systems, total system accountability for health outcomes is needed more than ever. Nurses can play a crucial role in this regard.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nield
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vail
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013597:Systems Analysis