Health care system and services: Reports and publications

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• Chief Public Health Officer
• Funding
• Health act reports
• Health indicators
• Health innovation
• Home and continuing care
• Indigenous health care
• Medical assistance in dying
• Palliative care
• Stigma

Chief Public Health Officer

• Reports from the Chief Public Health Officer

Funding

• Integrating Health Equity into Funding Proposals: A Guide for Applicants
• The Innovation Strategy 2009 to 2020: A strategic fund to effect multi-level change (infographic)
• PHAC Innovation Strategy (2009 to 2020): Strategic funding model (infographic)
• Strategic funding model for scale-up: The experience of the Innovation Strategy (infographic)
• (2017) Equipping Canadians: Mental health throughout life (infographic)
• (2017) Summary Report: Consultation on the Renewal of the Official Languages Health Contribution Program

Health act reports

• Canada Health Act annual reports

Health indicators

• (2023) Health of People in Canada Dashboard

Health innovation

• Unleashing Innovation: Excellent Healthcare for Canada

Home and continuing care

• (2006) Self Managed Care Programs in Canada: A Report to Health Canada
• (2005) Home care case management: Invitational roundtable summary of proceedings
• (2004) Ethical issues in home care: Summary and overview of presentations and discussions at the annual meeting of the Canadian Bioethics Society

Indigenous health care

• (2023) Common Definitions on Cultural Safety: Chief Public Health Officer Health Professional Forum
• (2023) Principles for Engaging with First Nations, Inuit and Métis: Chief Public Health Officer Health Professional Forum
• (2005) Blueprint on Aboriginal Health: A 10-Year Transformative Plan

Medical assistance in dying

• Model Practice Standard for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)
  • Advice to the Profession: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)
  • Background Document: The Work of the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Practice Standards Task Group
• Fifth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, 2023
• Fourth annual report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada 2022
• Third annual report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada 2021
• Second Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada 2020
• First Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, 2019
• Guidance Document: Reporting requirements under the Regulations Amending the Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying

Palliative care

• Explore the full spectrum of palliative care (Infographic) (2024)
• Living with a serious illness? (Poster) (2024)
• The Framework on Palliative Care in Canada—Five Years Later: A Report on the State of Palliative Care in Canada (2023)
• 3 Questions to ask yourself that make difficult conversations about serious illness easier (Fact sheet) (2023)
• What to do when facing a serious illness: 3 sets of questions to ask your health care team (Fact sheet) (2023)
• (2007) Canadian Strategy on Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Final Report

Stigma

• (2020) Communicating about Substance Use in Compassionate, Safe and Non-Stigmatizing Ways: A Resource for Canadian Health Professional Organizations and their Membership (2019)
• (2020) A Primer to Reduce Substance Use Stigma in the Canadian Health System
• (2020) Reducing Substance Use Stigma in the Canadian Health System (infographic)