Updates on the knowledge base for effective scaling of health and social innovations: a seminar
This seminar offers practical and theoretical insights to researchers, public policy makers, and professionals engaged in improving care.
What if healthcare became a community effort, like in the Lanaudière region?
The healthcare system influences only some of the determinants of health. The rest depend on living conditions, the environment, social relationships, and lifestyle habits, which is why there has been a shift toward shared leadership among the healthcare network, municipalities, and the public in the Lanaudière region.
Guidelines on compensation for patients partners of the Unité de soutien SSA Québec
The most recent version of the Unit’s guideline on compensation for patient partners was approved by its Steering Committee on October 7, 2024. It aims to standardize the remuneration of patient partners from the Unit’s funds in the interests of fairness, recognition, and alignment with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Social Services […]
Bridging the Gap Between Science, Experience, Practice, and Public Policy
Position statements and recommendations from the Unité de soutien SSA Québec to ensure that decisions are based on knowledge.
A longitudinal project investigates the biological, psychological, and social signatures of patients visiting the emergency of the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
The Signature Biobank offers a rich and unprecedented space for exploration and study for researchers from Quebec and around the world. It stores administrative biological and psychosocial data collected from patients who visited the IUSMM emergency department between 2012 and 2020. The same biological and psychosocial data were collected from a control group with no psychiatric history.
What if Project Management Could Address the Major Challenges of Research?
Project management is sometimes perceived as an administrative constraint, a rigid framework that stifles creativity. However, when adapted to the specificities of research, it becomes a strategic lever to structure, optimize, and accelerate work.
The Unité de soutien SSA Québec.. in 3 minutes!
Discover how the Unit supports the deployment of a healthcare system that continuously learns and improves, and how it contributes to the improvement of the quintuple aim through the analogy of the beehive.
Teaming
Denis Côté is a regional continuous quality improvement agent. He is a facilitator in the RUISSS Université Laval territory. In this article, he evokes the transition from a culture of health and social services professionals cooperating without strong cohesion to an intrinsically collaborative organization united around inspiring common intentions.
5 Ways Patient Partners Can Be Involved
Did you know that patient partners can get involved in a number of areas? Find out which ones, and explore some inspiring examples from right here in Québec!
What are neurocognitive disorders?
What are neurocognitive disorders? There are two types. Find out more.
An infographic summarizes how to activate Québec’s learning healthcare system
75 people co-constructed an action plan with the aim of inspiring decision-makers and all members of the health and social services network to do things differently and, ultimately, make the Québec healthcare system a learning one.
What is a Living Lab?
An innovative approach, an advantageous research method and a key step in the continuous improvement of our health care system. In a living laboratory, the people who benefit from the care and services become stakeholders, on the same level as the other parties involved
Find out what’s a learning health system in 60 seconds
Discover the concept of a learning health system by watching this short animated video. You'll understand its foundations, objectives and purpose.
Are you familiar with the “Expériences” healthcare partner community?
Expériences is the only self-managed healthcare partner community in Quebec. It has 300 members. Its executive committee works with more than 70 health-related organizations and has, to date, contributed to more than 240 scientific publications and more than 120 local and international events.
“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.