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To help improve Canada’s health system and the well-being of Canadians by being a leading source of unbiased, credible and comparable information that will enable health leaders to make better-informed decisions.
12/24/2025
On behalf of everyone at CIHI, we wish you a happy holiday season. 😊
As we rest our thinking caps and put on our elf hats, our offices will be closed from Dec 25 – Jan 1. See you in 2026 with new data and deeper insights.💡
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Au nom de toute l'équipe de l'ICIS, nous vous souhaitons de joyeuses fêtes. 😊
Alors que nous faisons une pause dans nos réflexions et enfilons nos bonnets d’elfes, nos bureaux seront fermés du 25 décembre au 1er janvier. Rendez-vous en 2026 avec de nouvelles données et des analyses plus approfondies. 💡
12/23/2025
Cet épisode porte sur la façon dont l’ICIS examine en profondeur les facteurs d’équité liés aux erreurs médicales en milieu hospitalier. En effet, selon les données d’un récent rapport, les personnes qui ne parlent ni l’anglais ni le français sont 30 % plus susceptibles de subir un préjudice pendant leur séjour à l’hôpital. Maintenant, comment combler cet écart?
L’animatrice Alya Niang examine ce que ce rapport apporte à l’évolution de la sécurité des patients et de l’interprétation — un domaine au cœur du travail de M. Yvan Leanza, professeur de psychologie à l’Université Laval, qui explique l’importance des interprètes qualifiés.
This new tool provides data-driven profiles tailored to each province and territory for use alongside health system performance measures and other information.
The first phase of the series focuses on 5 themes:
➡️ Population
➡️ Population health
➡️ Determinants of health
➡️ Hospital care
➡️ Long-term care
New themes will be added and current ones refreshed regularly, so check back often.
Explore shareable profiles available in both HTML and PDF formats — ideal for use in briefing materials, presentations and reports: https://ow.ly/mEGN50XAbSi
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NOUVEAU : Présentation de la série « Contexte du système de santé » !
La série de l’ICIS Mesures contextuelles liées aux systèmes de santé fournit, pour chaque province et territoire, un profil personnalisé fondé sur des données, en complément aux mesures de performance du système de santé et autres informations.
La première phase de la série porte sur 5 thèmes :
➡️ Population
➡️ Santé de la population
➡️ Déterminants de la santé
➡️ Soins hospitaliers
➡️ Soins de longue durée
Restez à l’affût : de nouveaux thèmes s’ajouteront, et les thèmes actuels seront mis à jour régulièrement.
Découvrez les profils partageables disponibles aux formats HTML et PDF, parfaits pour les documents d'information, les présentations et les rapports : https://ow.ly/Gwcb50XAbSj
12/19/2025
That’s a wrap! We wanted to give you all a heartfelt thank you for all your support on our digital channels this year! It truly meant the world to us.
Each like, comment, share was a reminder of how much every one of you cares about improving our health systems. Your passion doesn't go unnoticed, and your interactions help us bring awareness to the always evolving health systems across our country.
There are so many moving parts in building a strong and healthy Canada, thank you for helping us move towards that goal.
12/17/2025
The big problem?
Canada’s health systems are fragmented. Many jurisdictions and authorities have their own unique data needs and processes. Also, many health systems tackle similar data and digital health challenges in different ways, resulting in poorer outcomes and quality of care for Canadians.
The solution?
CIHI has been tasked by the Council of Deputy Ministers to lead a pan-Canadian initiative in collaboration with stakeholders across health care systems to drive necessary changes — in policy, practice, legislation and culture — to adopt a stewardship approach to health data across the country. Our Maureen Kelly explains more.
Here's where we are to date, including our new publicly available framework: https://ow.ly/Co3s50Xufyk
12/16/2025
En 2024, 5,7 millions d’adultes au Canada n’avaient pas de dispensateur de soins attitré.
Malgré ces besoins, nos plus récentes analyses indiquent que l’effectif des médecins de famille a diminué depuis 5 ans, une fois la croissance démographique prise en compte.
Dans ce rapport, nous nous appuyons sur les données pancanadiennes les plus récentes sur la main-d’œuvre de la santé provenant de registres, de sondages et de documents financiers. Regroupées, ces données racontent une histoire plus large : pour répondre aux défis actuels, il faudra une approche systémique globale à plusieurs volets qui va au-delà de la croissance de l’effectif.
5.7 million Canadian adults did not have a regular health care provider in 2024.
Despite this need, our latest findings indicate that the supply of family physicians has decreased over the past 5 years when accounting for population growth.
In this report, we draw on the most recent pan-Canadian health workforce data from registries, surveys and financial records. Together, this data tells a broader story — that a comprehensive, system-wide and multi-pronged approach will be needed that goes beyond simply increasing supply.
Looking for a brief summary of CIHI’s analytical products? Explore our updated web page where recent and future releases are categorized by priority theme — including health information priorities and health system performance — and regular cycle products: https://ow.ly/lne450WIZ4v
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Vous cherchez un aperçu des produits analytiques de l’ICIS? Consultez notre page Web à jour où les publications sont classées selon les thèmes prioritaires et les produits à cycle de publication régulier : https://ow.ly/W9vL50WIZ5t
12/11/2025
Understanding why health care workers leave their jobs is crucial for effective workforce planning and retention.
Start with our NEW REPORT > The state of the health workforce in Canada, 2024: https://ow.ly/Q8BH50XGp1o
Burnout is a key retention issue. Over half of physicians and 93% of nurses report symptoms of burnout. This trend is also seen among other groups of health care providers — about 80% of pharmacists reported being at risk of burnout and almost one-third said they were likely/somewhat likely to leave their job.
12/11/2025
📊A new CIHI report shows 5.7 million Canadians don’t have a primary care provider. So what if people with back or joint pain could skip the wait and see a physiotherapist first?
That’s the idea behind first contact physiotherapy—a trend that is quickly growing in Canada and around the world. Listen as host Avis Favaro chats with Emily Stevenson of the Ontario Physiotherapy Association, and family physician Dr. Alexander Glover, about how this approach gets patients treated faster while easing the load on primary care providers.
Understanding why health care workers leave their jobs is crucial for effective workforce planning and retention.
Start with our NEW REPORT > The state of the health workforce in Canada, 2024: https://ow.ly/Q8BH50XGp1o
According to data from Statistics Canada burnout is a key retention issue. Over half of physicians and 93% of nurses report symptoms of burnout. This trend is also seen among other groups of health care providers — about 80% of pharmacists reported being at risk of burnout and almost one-third said they were likely/somewhat likely to leave their job.
12/09/2025
La prestation sans délai des soins de première ligne appropriés permet de nous maintenir en santé, de réduire le recours aux services d’urgence, d’éviter les hospitalisations non nécessaires et de diminuer le coût des soins de santé au Canada. Pourtant, de nombreux Canadiens peinent encore à obtenir des soins lorsqu’ils en ont besoin.
Afin de corriger la situation, les gouvernements fédéral, provinciaux et territoriaux collaborent avec nous et d’autres partenaires de données pour vérifier régulièrement si les Canadiens
🩺 ont accès à un dispensateur habituel de soins de santé
📅 reçoivent des soins le jour même ou le lendemain
🏥 peuvent éviter les hospitalisations pour certaines affections
Lisez le rapport complet — Le pouls des soins de santé : mesurer les priorités partagées en santé au Canada, 2025 : https://ow.ly/LL1Y50XnZJB
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