Since 1998, we have developed methods and reports on hospital performance in Ontario using the balanced scorecard format resulting in one of the most comprehensive sets of publicly available performance measurement reports available internationally. Our reports cover a broad range of sectors including acute care, emergency department care, complex continuing care, rehabilitation and mental health. Nursing and women's health perspectives are integrated into the reports developed for all health care sectors.

New areas of investigation include development of indicators for ambulatory care and access to care. Other related projects include the development of electronic decision-support tools to facilitate the uptake of performance data in timely and even more useful ways, benchmarks and case studies of best practice, a multi-hospital quality improvement collaborative involving a structured and team-based learning approach to improve process quality and patient outcomes, and a study of tools used to assess the quality of physician care, in collaboration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the Guidelines Advisory Committee.

To learn about the First Principles developed by the Research Collaborative, click here.