Developing the first pan-Canadian survey on patient engagement in patient safety.

Background: Patient safety is a worldwide problem, and the patient contribution to mitigate the risk of patient harm is now recognized as a cornerstone to its solution. In order to understand the nature of integrating patients into patient safety and healthcare organizations and to monitor their integration, a Canadian survey tool has been co-constructed by patients, researchers and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). This questionnaire has been adapted from the French version of the patient engagement (PE) in patient safety (PS) questionnaire created for the province of Quebec, Canada.

Cracking the Code on Quality and Safety in Healthcare - What Will It Take?

Over the next 30 years in Canada, it is estimated that there could be roughly 400,000 average annual cases of patient safety incidents, costing approximately $6,800 per patient and generating an additional $2.75 billion in healthcare treatment costs per year. What will it take to "crack the code" on creating safe environments and practice in healthcare?