Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC) works with partners to spread innovation, build capability and catalyze policy change so that everyone in Canada has safe and high-quality healthcare. Find out about ...

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve physical, psychological, and educational elements.

Objectives Research has found unwarranted variation across community wound care services in the North of England, with underuse of evidence-based practice and overuse of interventions where there is ...

Background: Older adults represent the largest consumers of health care. It is, therefore, important that they receive adequate patient-centered care to empower them to be proactive in managing their ...

Objective People living with diabetes need and deserve high-quality, individualised care. However, providing such care remains a challenge in many countries, including Canada. Patients’ expertise, if ...

nurses during Peri-Anesthesia Nurse Awareness Week. These skilled professionals are integral to ensuring patient safety, comfort, and care before and after surgery. Peri-anesthesia nurses are found ...

which has resulted in substantial health disparities in later phases of stroke care. Additionally, healthcare providers (HCPs) are often unaware of not only patients’ potential for improvement during ...

Support for emotional issues helps a patient retain their sense of self, rather than just be seen as a cancer sufferer. And this is why the Daily Express's Cancer Care campaign is so important.

Students often are surprised by the answers and reactions from the avatars. That anxiety actually is helpful as students prepare and become more comfortable before a faculty member is observing them ...

which specifically called out the need for a care approach that actively incorporates patients’ perspectives in care decisions. Relational communication is more important in medicine today than ...