Clinical and Quality Standards

Developed in collaboration with patients, physicians, nurses, other clinicians, care partners, and organizations across the province, quality standards are intended to achieve four main goals. The goals are to help:

• Patients, families and care partners know what to ask for in their care 
• Health clinicians know what care they should offer, based on the best available evidence and expert consensus
• Health care organizations and professionals measure, assess, and improve their performance in caring for patients 
• Health services planners create the environment for clinicians and health care organizations to deliver high-quality care

Quality standards are designed to improve care in Ontario and target priority areas in need of improvement. With their associated tools and resources to support implementation, quality standards provide the blueprint to enable the health care system in Ontario to work better, facilitate smooth transitions, and ensure patients receive the same high-quality care, regardless of where they reside.

Supporting Documents

• Getting started guide
  Quality improvement tools and resources for health care professionals.
• Measurement guide
  Supplementary information to support the data collection and measurement process.

Get Mainpro+ Credits

Family physicians can receive Mainpro+ credits on quality standards they read through the Understanding Quality Standards in Primary Care Program.

Complete a simple self-reflection exercise after reading a quality standard and submit for your credits. This one-credit-per-hour self-learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 63.0 credits.

Submit a Topic Suggestion

Complete our survey to submit a suggestion for a quality standard topic.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments please email qualitystandards@ontariohealth.ca.

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