in 2026. the Alliance introduced a new Common QIP Indicator for our sector: "Number of New Clients/Patients."
This new indicator was chosen by Alliance members to replace "Client Involvement in Decisions about their Care," which Ontario Health discontinued in 2025.Technical specifications were developed in partnership with the Improvers Working Group.
This handout that was shared during the webinar, Thirst-quenching conversation: Evaluation and reporting in health promotion. It draws from the research paper titled Round Peg in a Square Hole (Journal of Public and Non-profit Affairs, Vol 10, No.2, 2024), which explores what can happen when reporting and evaluation overemphasize a funder’s functional requirements - to the detriment of community priorities, organizational values, and professional standards.
Hepatitis C is the first curable chronic viral infection, yet many people remain undiagnosed or disconnected from care. Over 110,000 people in Ontario are living with hepatitis C, yet nearly 1/3 of cases are undiagnosed.
On October 31, 2025, the Alliance hosted a webinar with guests Tayler Brown and Dr. Peter Senior from the CanScreen T1D Research Consortium.
Our guests spoke about the potential benefits of introducing pediatric T1D screening to Canada, while also reflecting on some of the necessary considerations.