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Triple Aim in Canada: Developing Capacity to Lead to Better Health, Care, and Cost

Farmanova E, Kirvan C, Verma J, Mukerji G, Akunov N, Phillips K, Samis S. Triple Aim in Canada: developing capacity to lead to better health, care, and cost. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. October 7, 2016. [Epub ahead of print]

This article reports on the work of nine Canadian health care organizations to embed the Triple Aim — better care, health, and cost — across Canada. The nine sites participated in IHI’s Triple Aim Improvement Community in order to build a solid Triple Aim infrastructure. Beyond developing quality improvement capacity, the Canadian sites also focused on ways to achieve broader system change and foster a culture of health care improvement.

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