Re-imagine: Building a high-performing team
Kristina Watkins, HQCA employee and alumna Re-Imagine facilitator, shares a bit about the HQCA’s approach to building a high-performing team.
Quality Exchange
Introducing a new program from the HQCA. Quality Exchange shares information about positive things happening in Alberta's healthcare system.
FOCUS On ED Update – September 2018
New data is available on our FOCUS on Emergency Departments website. The update includes first quarter (April, May and June) data from 2018-19.
Can you really improve quality and reduce cost?
Can you help me understand how improvements can maintain, or better yet, lower the cost of healthcare delivery? Ben Higgins, Lead, Health System Analytics shares his response in our latest post.
6th Annual National Forum on Patient Experience
HQCA is proud to partner with the 6th Annual National Forum on Patient Experience, taking place in Toronto on September 24th-25th, 2018.
The Goldilocks philosophy of healthcare administration – What size is “just right”?
When debating the size of healthcare administration, there are two important questions to answer first.
Protecting civility in healthcare
Civility describes an interaction that is respectful, transparent and inclusive. Andrew Neuner describes how it applies to conversations in healthcare.
FOCUS on Healthcare
FOCUS ON HEALTHCARE The FOCUS on Healthcare initiative is a new dynamic online reporting tool developed by the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA). Displayed via a website, the tool will allow users to navigate data through user-friendly,
In pursuit of quality, let’s be more like geese
Before we forge ahead toward this common destination of quality in healthcare, what conditions create an ideal and trusted space to pursue these dimensions? Andrew Neuner, HQCA CEO weighs in.
Healthcare basics for Albertans now available
Together with patients, families, citizens and healthcare providers, Alberta Health Services is launching the first in a series of topics for Albertans to understand the healthcare landscape. Healthcare 101 is an online information series