Enhancing patient safety: A national standard for cyber resiliency in healthcare.

With support from Public Safety Canada's Cyber Security Cooperation Program, HealthCare and the Digital Governance Council developed a new standard to support cyber resiliency in Canada's healthcare system. With a clear framework and enhanced cybersecurity capabilities, healthcare organizations will be better protected from cybercrime, allowing them to respond more effectively to evolving threats and defend critical infrastructure. Health and information technology leaders can derive practical guidance and next steps from this three-year national project to enhance cyber resilience and improve safety within their organizations.

The Quality Mental Health Care Network: A roadmap to improving quality mental healthcare in Canada.

Although there are numerous quality of care frameworks, little attention has been given to the essential concepts that encompass quality mental healthcare. HealthCare and the Mental Health Commission of Canada co-lead the Quality Mental Health Care Network (QMHCN), which has developed a quality mental healthcare framework, building on existing provincial, national, and international frameworks. HealthCare conducted an environmental scan, key informant interviews, and focus groups with individuals with lived experiences to develop the framework.

Access and quality of health care in Canada: Insights from 1998 to the present.

This article reviews perceptions of Canada's public and health professionals regarding access and quality of healthcare. Principal data sources were 13 sequential Health Care in Canada (HCIC) surveys, from 1998 to 2018. Over time, the data series reveals that an increasing majority of the public report receiving quality care, rising from a national average of 53% in 2002 to 61% in 2018.