Health Quality Council

09/10/2025

The Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency will be doing a deep dive into their Healthcare Practitioner Community Support Toolkit with us on September 26!

Join us virtually to explore:

✅Resources to help showcase your community as a great place to live
✅Why welcome and integration committees are crucial to the recruitment process
✅Diverse avenues of support to offer new health practitioners in your area
✅How to foster a foundation between the community and the healthcare provider

And don’t miss the chance to hear directly from a local community leader about the initiatives making a difference in their area!

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08/18/2025

Join us on August 27 for a webinar on how coordinated, system-level strategies can help optimize nursing roles and expand comprehensive care in Saskatchewan.

We will explore:

✅ Key findings from a B.C. study on clinical nurse specialists

✅Evidence-based strategies for workforce planning & integration

✅Practical actions to better utilize nurses in our province

✅Tools to support on-boarding & sustainable change

Don't miss this chance to see how lessons and experts from across Canada can guide us in strengthening our nursing workforce and improving patient care.

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08/08/2025

We’re proud to share the progress and impact we’ve made together over the past year!

2024-25 marked the first year of our five-year strategic plan – and with it, bold steps forward in improving health outcomes for Saskatchewan, strengthening partnerships, and supporting system-wide quality improvement.

As we enter year two, we remain focused on scaling impact, and building a stronger, more responsive health system for all.

Click to read our full annual report and explore this year’s milestones:

For over 20 years, HQC has played a leading role in building capacity for quality improvement, bringing together key partners, and supporting our health care system to think and act as one. As we launch our 2024-25 annual report, we celebrate all the incredible work our team and partners have accomp...

07/23/2025

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05/12/2025

Learn how nurses are making a difference in private practices across Saskatchewan!

Join us for QI Power Hour on May 23 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. and explore how the Patient Medical Home approach can enhance collaborative, interdisciplinary clinics.

We will be joined by leading experts from a pilot project in Swift Current who have made incredible strides in advancing rural primary care.

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03/31/2025

Learn how to truly thrive and connect deeply to the meaning and purpose of your work!

Join us and Dr. Amar Shah at QI Power Hour on April 11 from 9 - 10 a.m. to explore the evidence base and theory about what we know contributes to joy in work. We will walk you through how you can apply your quality improvement skills to understanding what matters to the people you work alongside in your team, and show you how to test your ideas for creating joy.

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03/18/2025

Join us on Friday, March 28, from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. to talk about how human centered leadership is making a difference in health and health care.

Guests from Trillium Health Partners will teach you how understand the three key success factors in leadership practice that drives results. Adopting this approach in your work will help you improve staff staff engagement and satisfaction, enhance team performance and innovation, and retain talent.

Register now!
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02/11/2025

Do you know what it really takes to create a culture of continuous improvement? Join us and Dr. Amar Shah virtually on Friday, February 21, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. CST, to dive into what we really mean by these words.

Learn what a culture of continuous improvement actually looks and feels like, how to know if you’re on the right track and what key building blocks are going to get you to your goals.

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01/14/2025

Join us virtually on Friday, Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. for QI Power Hour!

USask associate professor and registered nurse Dr. Holly Graham will be joining us for a discussion on racism in health care. As part of creating and supporting a speak-up culture to address unsafe care related to racism in health care, Dr. Graham offers a practical, and visual guide to assist teaching an intervention for when racism is witnessed.

Reserve your spot with us today! https://bit.ly/3CXvza0

01/13/2025

In October, we were ecstatic to announce long-time board member Beth Vachon was stepping into the role of Board Chair.

Now, with over two months in the role under her belt, she is reflecting on the last decade on HQC’s board and her remarkable career in Saskatchewan’s health system.

Beth recounts some of HQC’s latest milestones in quality improvement and shares what she’s most looking forward to as she takes on this new challenge.

In October, we were ecstatic to announce that long-time board member Beth Vachon officially stepped into her role as Board Chair. With this new step, she reflects on the past decade she’s served as a member of HQC’s board and her remarkable career in the Saskatchewan health system. Beth’s hist...

12/23/2024

At HQC, we have improvement down to a science – and a strategic approach to make it happen.

With 2024 coming to a close, we are taking stock of our lessons learned from the first year of our new approach and how we've been putting it to the test to address complex health care challenges in Saskatchewan.

Our Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Tanya Verrall recaps how we used our four-stage approach over the last year to drive change in our health system.

As we approach the end of the year, this is often thought of as a time of reflection. A time of introspection. A time when you might take stock of the past year and consider setting a goal to improve an area of your life.   At HQC, we have improvement down to a science. As […]

12/03/2024

Why should clinic driven quality improvement matter to you? Join us virtually on Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. for a discussion with primary care nurse practitioner Aubrey Tollefson, to learn how to set up a simple initiative for your clinic or workspace to improve function, work/life balance, and patient satisfaction and safety.
Register today! https://bit.ly/40WYchu