title: By the numbers: measuring for quality care.
abstract: 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 highest-performing 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 fourth article in the series discusses using measurements to improve quality in healthcare.
authors: Healthcare writer based in Ottawa, Ontario. This article was commissioned by HQC.
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Coutts
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012525:Saskatchewan; D012648:Self Care