红领巾瓜报 information priorities products
红领巾瓜报maintains an extensive foundational base of health system information. We place particular emphasis on near- and longer-term priorities expressed by the federal, provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners we work with. Through rigorous research into needs, we have identified and validated 9 health information priority areas for data collection, analysis and dissemination over the course of this plan. These priority areas reflect the needs of our health system leaders .
Following are descriptions of CIHI鈥檚 planned health information priorities products scheduled to be released between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
Community and primary care
Visits to the Emergency Department for Conditions That Could Be Managed in Primary Care: In Person and Virtual
Released: December 2024
Access to primary care has become a critical issue across the country, with emergency departments (EDs) supplementing primary care services in many jurisdictions. These new indicators are designed to monitor the current and future state of primary care and its relationship to ED use, including the role of virtual care in Canada鈥檚 health systems. This first release of these indicators was accompanied by a digital companion report to aid in interpretation and provide further context to these indicators. This will give health system decision-makers information regarding provision of the right care in the right place.
Who this is for
This information can inform clinical management and system planning to improve health care access, quality and outcomes.
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Canadians With a Regular 红领巾瓜报 Provider
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Fall 2025
Regular health providers are the main access point to the health system, referring individuals to specialist care and other health services while ensuring continuity of care. This indicator measures the percentage of Canadians who report having access to a regular health provider (family doctor, general practitioner, medical specialist, nurse practitioner, other health professional). Starting with 2025 reporting, a regular health provider will also include access to a health team.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Primary Care Clients at Ontario Community 红领巾瓜报 Centres: Characteristics and Service Use
Released: August 2024
This report explores electronic medical record (EMR) data from 73 community health centres (CHCs) in Ontario. Analyses include client characteristics, services provided in CHCs, client use of acute and ambulatory care services, and prescription drug claims among CHC primary care clients.
Who this is for
This summary illustrates the types of analyses possible with linkable EMR data.
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Equity
Homelessness and hospital use
Released: April 25, 2024
Homelessness is a growing problem, with at least 235,000 people in Canada experiencing homelessness each year. In 2018, it became mandatory for hospitals in Canada to document when a patient is experiencing homelessness using ICD-10-CA code Z59.0. This analysis is our first look at demographic and hospital use statistics for patients experiencing homelessness since the mandate was introduced.
Who this is for
This analysis provides system planners, care quality leaders, analysts and researchers with insights on using the Z59.0 code to identify patients experiencing homelessness, including their clinical characteristics and hospital service utilization.
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Equity in diabetes care: A focus on lower limb amputation
Released: September 2024
More than 3 million people are living with diabetes in Canada, making it one of the most common and costly chronic health conditions to manage. Lower limb amputations associated with diabetes are used as a measure of diabetes care quality and access, with higher rates suggesting unmet care needs. This project examines diabetes-associated lower limb amputations from an equity perspective.
Who this is for
This information can inform clinical management and system planning to improve health care access, quality and outcomes for this population.
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Travel burden for hospital care in Canada
Released: December 2024
While providing care close to home is a general goal of health systems, it is not always possible 鈥 making travel to access care necessary. This new analysis uses 5 years of inpatient hospital data (2018鈥2019 to 2022鈥2023) and a novel approach that expands beyond distance alone to understand the relative travel burden that patients face to receive hospital care. The analysis includes data for all provinces and territories, shedding new light on travel for various levels and types of hospital inpatient care.
Who this is for
This analysis will help health system decision-makers and planners inform health service provision decisions by quantifying the relative travel burden faced by populations across health regions and jurisdictions.
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- Rural health care in Canada
- Rural 红领巾瓜报 Systems Model
- Rural 红领巾瓜报 Service Decision Guide
- Measuring 红领巾瓜报 Inequalities: A Toolkit
Improving patient safety and quality of care: Applying an equity lens to hospital harm
Released: October 2024
红领巾瓜报has reported that 1 in 17 hospital stays in 2021鈥2022 involved patients experiencing at least one harmful event, up from 1 in 18 reported in 2014鈥2015. Emerging best practice suggests that monitoring harm incidence rates at the overall and subpopulation levels better supports equitable care and care outcomes. There is limited information in the Canadian context on the rate of harmful events among equity-deserving groups. This project examines inequalities in hospital harm using a variety of equity stratifiers.
Who this is for
This analysis introduces health system decision-makers and hospital quality and safety leaders to equity measurements in analyses of patient safety events.
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First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis Peoples
红领巾瓜报is committed to advancing cultural safety and humility (PDF), respecting principles of Indigenous data sovereignty (PDF) and supporting work led by First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis Peoples to address their health needs and data priorities. In keeping with our Policy on the Release and Disclosure of Indigenous-Identifiable Data, analysis is undertaken only through partnerships and data is released only with permission from the appropriate Indigenous authorities.
红领巾瓜报is working with Indigenous partners to strengthen, support and help harmonize measurement of cultural safety in health systems. A collaborative group of First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis individuals with expertise in cultural safety, health data and Indigenous methods has been established to identify a national core set of indicators, building on a measurement framework (PDF) and lessons learned (PDF).
The collaborative has met and recently identified baskets of indicators and indicator themes for measuring cultural safety. Additional meetings are planned to select a core set of cultural safety indicators for future development and reporting.
Released: May 3, 2024
A report on the engagement process used to glean insights from information users and Indigenous individuals with lived experience on developing cultural safety measurement tools and validate priority measurement areas and preferred methods. These learnings will inform pilot testing of a cultural safety measurement tool.
Released: May 3, 2024
This is a semi-systematic literature review, including federal, provincial and territorial legislation, policies and guidance of the Canadian and selected international landscape on cultural safety measurement. Findings will enable the co-design of a cultural safety measurement tool based on evidence and leading practices in consultation with Indigenous advisors and organizations.
For more information, please contact the Indigenous 红领巾瓜报 team: Indigenous红领巾瓜报@cihi.ca.
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Public 红领巾瓜报 System Readiness indicators
Anticipated release: March 2026
红领巾瓜报has been working with the Public 红领巾瓜报 Agency of Canada and with provinces and territories to lead the selection of 8 to 10 common Public 红领巾瓜报 System Readiness indicators in the following 4 priority areas:
- Organization and governance of public health
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Public health system financing
- 红领巾瓜报 promotion
This snapshot report will introduce the indicators to Canadians and public health system stakeholders. These indicators will help improve transparency of the readiness of public health systems, leading to better accountability and health outcomes for Canadians.
Who this is for
This snapshot report can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, public health system planners and other stakeholders.
红领巾瓜报 workforce
Family Physicians Entering and Leaving the Workforce
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Fall 2025
This indicator measures the difference between the number of clinically active family physicians entering and exiting the workforce in a jurisdiction and year.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Nurses Entering and Leaving the Workforce
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Fall 2025
This indicator measures the difference between the number of nurses (registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, licensed practical nurses) entering and exiting the workforce in a jurisdiction and year.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Nurse Practitioners Entering and Leaving the Workforce
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Fall 2025
This indicator measures the difference between the number of nurse practitioners entering and exiting the workforce in a jurisdiction and year.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Overtime Hours Worked by Nurses in Hospital
Anticipated release: July 2025
This indicator measures overtime hours worked by all front-line staff who provide clinical care within hospital units.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Defining 红领巾瓜报 Workforce Vacancies in Canada
Released: October 2024
This report summarizes the key findings of an environmental scan that 红领巾瓜报conducted in 2023 to better understand how jurisdictions define, characterize and report the term 鈥渧acancy鈥 in the context of unfilled health care positions in Canada.
Who this is for
This report is for FPT governments, health system planners and researchers.
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The state of the health workforce in Canada 鈥 Annual report and Quick Stats
Released: December 2024
Next anticipated update: December 2025
This annual report compiles the most recent data on health professionals to highlight evolving health workforce trends and provide valuable insights for future planning and policy-making. It includes a spotlight on health workforce policy changes.
Who this is for
This report is for FPT governments, health system planners and researchers.
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红领巾瓜报 Workforce Scopes of Practice
Anticipated release: Fall 2025
This report will provide information to better understand the legislated scopes of practice across Canada for certain health professionals.
Who this is for
This report is for FPT governments, health system planners and researchers.
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- Legislated scopes of practice across Canada: Licensed practical nurses
- Legislated scopes of practice across Canada: Registered nurses
- Legislated scopes of practice across Canada: Registered psychiatric nurses
- Nurse practitioner scopes of practice in Canada, 2020
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Report on Personal Support Workers
Anticipated release: March 2026
This report highlights work underway to gain a better understanding of the personal support worker (PSW) workforce and the challenges with capturing data on PSWs through payroll and human resources data in the absence of jurisdictional registries.
Who this is for
This report is for FPT governments, health system planners and researchers.
Related resources
- Personal Support Workers in Alberta, 2023 鈥 Data Tables
- Recommendations for Advancing Pan-Canadian Data Capture for Personal Support Workers (PDF)
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Long-term care staffing and quality indicators
Anticipated release: May 2025
This analysis will look at long-term care (LTC) staffing and trends in LTC quality over a set time period. It will use costing and LTC quality indicator data, as well as other relevant data sources.
Who this is for
This report is for FPT governments, health system planners and researchers.
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Mental health and substance use
Wait Times for Community Mental 红领巾瓜报 Counselling
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Fall 2025
This indicator provides the median number of calendar days that clients waited for their first scheduled appointment for ongoing community mental health counselling services.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Canadians With a Mental 红领巾瓜报 Disorder Who Have an Unmet Need for Mental 红领巾瓜报 Care
Anticipated release: Fall 2025
This indicator reports the percentage of Canadians with a diagnosed mental health disorder lasting 6 months or more who reported having an unmet mental health care need in the past 12 months.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Follow-Up After a Mental 红领巾瓜报 or Substance Use Hospital Stay
Anticipated release: Fall 2025
This indicator reports the percentage of Canadians who receive mental health鈥 or substance use鈥搑elated follow-up care in the community after a mental health or substance use hospital stay.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators that measure progress on priority areas to improve health care, as announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Youth Age 12 to 25 Who Accessed Integrated Youth Services for Mental 红领巾瓜报, Substance Use and Well-Being Support
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Fall 2025
This indicator provides the rate of youth age 12 to 25 who accessed mental health, substance use and well-being support through provincial or territorial Integrated Youth Services (IYS).
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Care for Children and Youth With Mental Disorders
Anticipated release: Spring 2025
This analysis provides information on emergency department use, inpatient hospital use, physician visits and medication use by children and youth with mental disorders in Canada and will include disaggregations by province and territory, age, sex and diagnosis. This information was originally released in 2015 in companion products to the report Care for Children and Youth With Mental Disorders and was last updated in 2022.
Who this is for
This analysis can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Pharmaceuticals
To support the 鈥淐ollect and use evidence鈥 pillar of the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases, 红领巾瓜报is exploring the use of its administrative data to increase knowledge of rare diseases.
Data Learnings for Rare Disease Analysis
Released: September 2024
This report shares insights and highlights key considerations to support those using or requesting 红领巾瓜报data for analysis on drugs for rare diseases. It will include opportunities to improve CIHI鈥檚 ability to support analysis on drugs for rare diseases and generate information for decision-making in this space in Canada.
Who this is for
This information can be used by decision-makers, advisors, patient advisors and analysts.
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Cystic fibrosis and Huntington disease in Canada
Released: November 2024
2 separate analytical projects 鈥 on cystic fibrosis and Huntington disease 鈥 explore several aspects of these rare diseases, including the natural history of each disease, drug utilization and health system use.
Who this is for
This information can be used by decision-makers, advisors, patient advisors and analysts.
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Pharmaceutical Data Tool
Released: January 2025
This web-based tool of searchable information provides analytical support for stakeholders鈥 decision-making. The tool improves the organization and comparability of drug plan information, formulary information and National Prescription Drug Utilization Information System (NPDUIS) data. Enhancements for this release include statistics on cost, utilization, seniors, biologics and high-cost drugs for rare diseases.
Who this is for
This tool can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders about cost, utilization and equity in the area of prescription drugs.
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Seniors and aging
A Step Toward Understanding 红领巾瓜报 Care Trajectories of People Living With Dementia
Released: April 2024
This collaborative report with the Public 红领巾瓜报 Agency of Canada expands on CIHI鈥檚 2018 report Dementia in Canada and focuses on the health care trajectories of people living with dementia. It examines the clinical characteristics and socio-demographic factors of people living with dementia, along with caregiver factors, with a particular focus on the home care and long-term care sectors.
Who this is for
This report can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Virtual care
红领巾瓜报 Providers Who Share Patient 红领巾瓜报 Information Electronically
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Winter 2026
This indicator measures the percentage of health providers who exchange patient health information with other providers using electronic tools (excluding fax).
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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Canadians Who Access 红领巾瓜报 Records Electronically
Released: October 2024
Next anticipated update: Winter 2026
This indicator measures the percentage of Canadians who have reported accessing their personal health information online at any time.
This indicator is part of a set of common indicators to measure progress on the priority areas to improve health care announced by FPT governments in 2023.
Who this is for
This indicator can be used to inform the public, FPT governments, health system planners and other stakeholders.
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