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ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨enjoys a long-standing partnership with , an international research network committed to developing clinical standards across a variety of health and social services settings.

interRAI has designed its clinical assessments to provide real-time information that supports clinical care, organizational and system planning.

interRAI assessment information is collected at the point of care in long-term care, home care, continuing care, and inpatient and community mental health organizations across Canada. That same assessment information comes to CIHI, where we make it available

• At the organization level, for quality improvement activities, benchmarking, program planning and resource allocation
• At the system level, to analyze and compare health data across regions and provinces

What interRAI does

• Develops the clinical data standards and associated outputs
• Works with ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨to refine/Canadianize the interRAI standards and to update outputs
• Shares results of analysis and research
• Is a member of several advisory groups at CIHI

What ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨does

• Serves as the custodian of the interRAI standards for Canada and as a repository of interRAI data
• Produces specifications for a number of the interRAI standards
• Annually, provides data to interRAI for research and analysis
• Is a member of the interRAI Steering Committee
• Connects jurisdictions with interRAI to leverage expertise

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨offers support to jurisdictions that want to adopt the new suite of interRAI instruments. This includes

• Delivering education and training programs based on your organization’s needs
• Developing plans to accommodate data from the new suite
• Collaborating with interRAI on updates and best practices

Contact us

help@cihi.ca