The Canadian Institute Implementing PHIPA Conference - An Overview of the Quality of Care Information Protection Act

Initiatives to improve patient safety and quality of care in the Canadian healthcare system have been the subject of several historic reports. These reports have recognized that most adverse events or near misses to patients, are the result of systemic deficiencies, and improvements are more likely to result, not from modifying individual behaviour, but in systemic improvements through risk management and quality of care programs.