Innovations in Health Care - Saskatchewan - Health

Saskatchewan! Healthy people. A healthy province.

Data from the surgical registry shows that about 85% of surgeries in Saskatchewan are completed within six months, and 94% within one year.

If you were starting from scratch, how would you organize, manage and deliver health services in Saskatchewan?

That question is at the centre of many initiatives underway across the province. The goal is to explore new approaches that cut unneccessary red tape, streamline processes and result in a safer, more efficient, patient- and family-centred health system.

Health providers, policy developers, administrators and clients of the health care system all have roles to play in the discussions about ways to improve how things get done.

Saskatchewan Innovations

		Applying Lean Principles to Health Services Lean is a patient-focused approach to identifying and eliminating all non-value-adding activities within an organization. It empowers employees to generate and implement innovative solutions to improve service, enhance staff morale and free up time for patient care.

		Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative - Sooner, Safer, Smarter The Surgical Initiative has a dual mission to improve surgical patients' care experience and ensure that within 4 years, no one in the province has to wait longer than 3 months for surgery.

		Primary Health Care Redesign As a result of recommendations made by the Patient First Review, Saskatchewan is launching a major initiative to redesign primary health care service delivery.

		Patient First Review Research, findings and recommendations of the Patient First Review speak to creating a more patient- and family-centred health system and improving the performance, efficiency and cohesiveness of the organizations and individuals who make up Saskatchewan's health system.

		Health Quality Council An independent agency that measures and reports on quality of care in Saskatchewan, promotes improvement, and engages its partners in building a better health system. Research reports measure overall health care quality in Saskatchewan, with specific areas of focus.

Other Innovators

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
IHI works with health professionals to accelerate the measurable and continual progress of health care systems by focusing on six improvement aims for the the healthcare system.

South Central Foundation
The South Central Foundation of Alaska is one of the world's most innovative health care organizations.

National Health Services (NHS) Institute for Innovation and Improvement
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement supports the NHS to transform healthcare for patients and the public by rapidly developing and spreading new ways of working, new technology and world-class leadership

Kaiser Permanente
Opened to the public in 1945, Kaiser Permanente is the largest non-profit, integrated health care delivery system in the United States.

The Change Foundation
The Change Foundation is an independent policy think tank, intent on changing the health-care debate, health-care practice and the health-care experience in Ontario.

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