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SSA-RUISSS teams to build Québec’s learning health system capacity in the field

The Unité de soutien au système de santé apprenant (SSA) Québec is proud to announce the launch of the SSA-RUISSS teams in Québec. The Unit thus ensures that the four University Health and Social Services Networks (hereafter referred to as RUISSS) are firmly anchored in the field.

Nomination of a Provincial Continuous Quality Improvement Coordinator

Under the direction of the Unit, in close collaboration with the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) and the health and social services network, Ms. Plouffe-Malette will coordinate and guide the activities of the Continuous Quality Improvement agents of Québec (hereinafter referred to AACQ, the French acronym).

New provincial leadership for continuous quality improvement in the health and social services network

The Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec mandates the Unité de soutien au système de santé apprenant (SSA) Québec to structure and deploy continuous quality improvement (hereinafter referred to as CQI) in order to contribute to the emergence of a learning health system in which the scientific expertise recognized in CQI in Québec allows for the improvement of practices in the network.

A practice facilitator for continuous quality improvement initiatives including COMPAS+

The Unité de soutien au système de santé apprenant (SSA) Québec is pleased to welcome Johannie Laliberté-Gagné to its team as a facilitator of clinical and organizational practices in outreach services, particularly in the context of the COMPAS+ initiative.

The Unité de soutien SSA Québec helps the City of Québec adopt the Learning City model

On September 27, 2022, Quebec City unveiled its Active Mobility Vision 2023-2027 and its aspiration to become a learning city. The Unité de soutien SSA Québec is proud to contribute to the achievement of the City of Québec's goal and welcomes this sustainable health-oriented exercise that includes a co-construction with the population and is based on science.

Marie-Thérèse Lussier named scientific codirector of the SSA-RUISSS team Université de Montréal

Dr. Marie-Thérèse Lussier named Scientific Codirector of the SSA-RUISSS Université de Montréal team. She will co-direct her team with a patient partner. Her team will be composed of territorial antennas bringing together several expertises of the Unit.

5 young learning health systems leaders win new Junior 1 career fellowship

By promoting approaches based on the principles of the learning health system and patient-oriented research, this program supports qualified young researchers.

Alexandra De Pokomandy named Scientific Codirector of the SSA-RUISSS McGill team

Dr. Alexandra De Pokomandy named Scientific Codirector of the SSA-RUISSS McGill team. She will co-lead her team with a patient partner whose nomination is imminent. Her team will be composed of territorial antennas bringing together several expertises of the Unit.

Innovative synergy between Québec universities and their research teams: the unité de soutien SSA Québec is recruiting

the Unit ensures that Québec experts are brought together in teams to support research in learning health systems (LHS) in each of the territories attached to the Centres hospitaliers universitaires du Québec (CHU) associated with the universities of McGill, Montréal, Laval and Sherbrooke, namely the RUISSS.

5 winners of the Learning Health System Poster Competition

Learn about the 5 winners and watch the nominees' videos to discover exciting topics related to the Quadruple Aim and the Learning Health System.

“Building Québec’s Learning Health System Together” summit: A Shift to Partnership and Continuous Improvement

On March 24, 2022, the Unité de soutien au système de santé apprenant (SSA) Québec held the summit "Building Québec's Learning Health System Together". The population and key members of our health and social services network were at the same event to build the future. This gathering was an opportunity to initiate a real shift towards partnership and continuous improvement of our health system.

Quebecers believe that the well-being of health care teams and science should guide health care decisions above all else

Between February 18 and 20, 2022, the Unité de soutien SSA Québec, with the expertise of the firm Léger, administered a survey designed to question the population of Québec regarding the improvement of the health system and the sharing of their medical information

A PhD candidate will use the TorSaDe cohort

Clara Bolster-Foucault, a PhD candidate in Epidemiology at McGill University in Montreal, will study inequalities in disruptions to aging in place, such as disparities in admissions to long-term care facilities (CHSLDs), using TorSaDe, which provides researchers with data from a care trajectory cohort representative of the Quebec population.

Dr. Pierre Pluye received the NAGS Doctoral Teaching Award

On April 9, 2021, Dr. Pierre Pluye, Professor at the Department of Family Medicine of McGill University, received the NAGS Doctoral Teaching Award . This award recognizes excellence and creativity in teaching doctoral students (in all scientific disciplines across Canada and the United States), as well as innovation in the development and implementation of graduate programs. The […]

TorSaDE cohort data now more available

More security and privacy The research community in Quebec has special access to microdata from ISQ surveys, in particular the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), as well as administrative data from different ministries through the Centres d’accès aux données de l’Institut de la statistique du Québec (CADRISQ). These sites allow researchers to consult data in […]