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We invite family physicians to request their 2016-17 Primary Healthcare Panel Report. These individualized reports provide information about patient demographic characteristics, health status, and aspects of patient management and utilization patterns across the healthcare system. They can help physicians and their...

This year’s Patient Experience Awards once again highlighted the amazing work underway in the province to make positive impacts on the patient experience. For the second year, the HQCA, in partnership with our Patient/Family Safety Advisory Panel, held the awards...

This year, the HQCA, together with its Patient/Family Safety Advisory Panel, established the Patient Experience Awards to provide recognition to individuals or teams of healthcare workers in Alberta involved in implementing an initiative that promotes a positive patient, client, or...

This document captures the activities and accomplishments of the HQCA in 2014-15. “Listening is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to health system quality and patient safety, and listening is foundational to every aspect of our...

This document captures the activities and accomplishments of the HQCA in 2013-14. “The work of the HQCA is not always an easy picture to paint, and so I hope this publication effectively illustrates who we are and how we work,...

The HQCA received a poster award for best example of patient and family partnership at Canada’s Forum on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. These posters looked into continuity of care, which was studied in detail in HQCA’s Continuity of Patient Care Study.  

HQCA News Release Message from Dr. Tony Fields, Chair, Health Quality Council of Alberta: As Chair of the Health Quality Council of Alberta’s (HQCA) Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce Mr. Andrew Neuner as the organization’s new Chief...

Message from Dr. Tony Fields, Chair, Health Quality Council of Alberta: As Chair of the Health Quality Council of Alberta’s (HQCA) Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce Mr. Andrew Neuner as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective...

The Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) is recruiting Albertans to serve on its Patient/Family Safety Advisory Panel. Be a voice for Albertans: Click here for more information Click here to fill out the Expression of Interest Form Click here...