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Summary

The Health Quality Council (HQC) in Saskatchewan launched "Accelerating Excellence" in 2008 to redesign the province's healthcare system. This initiative aimed to improve health services by modeling them after top-performing global systems.

Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Health Systems Innovation
Public Health Policy

Background:

Established in 2003, the Health Quality Council (HQC) of Saskatchewan was tasked with monitoring and reporting on healthcare quality.
HQC's mandate extended to collaborating with partners to enhance the provincial health system.
Recognizing the need for significant advancement, HQC's board initiated a strategic review in 2007.

Purpose of the Study:

To fundamentally reinvent Saskatchewan's healthcare system.
To adopt best practices from the world's highest-performing healthcare systems.
To launch a comprehensive program for healthcare transformation.

Main Methods:

The board of the Health Quality Council made a strategic decision in late 2007 to pursue a system-wide reinvention.

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A multi-level program, "Accelerating Excellence," was conceptualized and launched in 2008.

The program focused on rethinking, redesigning, and renewing healthcare delivery and infrastructure.

Main Results:

The launch of the "Accelerating Excellence" program marked a significant shift in HQC's strategic direction.
The initiative aimed to foster innovation and implement evidence-based improvements across Saskatchewan's health services.
This represented a proactive approach to healthcare reform, driven by international benchmarks.

Conclusions:

Saskatchewan's healthcare system underwent a strategic redesign process initiated by the Health Quality Council.
"Accelerating Excellence" served as the framework for this ambitious transformation effort.
The program's goal was to achieve superior healthcare outcomes by learning from global leaders.