Understanding the enablers of highest-quality care

# Abstract

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.

In 2024, Alliance members passed a resolution to support the adoption of CAPSA’s Substance Use Health Framework. 

Timely access to abortion services improves the health and wellbeing of individuals accessing this service. However, access to abortion services is not distributed equitably across Ontario. Low and no touch medication abortions can help address barriers faced by many people in Ontario by providing low-barrier access to proven safe and effective abortion care.  

This is one of three QIP Summaries published by Ontario Health in 2025, based on the 2025-26 QIP submissions.

Equityin Interprofessional Primary Care shares insights from the Equity section of the 302 Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) submitted by interprofessional primary care teams for 2025/26., which includes the following indicators: 

This is one of three QIP Summaries published by Ontario Health in 2025, based on the 2025-26 QIP submissions.

Safety in Interprofessional Primary Care shares insights from the Safety sections of the 302 Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) submitted by interprofessional primary care teams for 2025/26, which include the following indicators: 

This is one of three QIP Summaries published by Ontario Health in 2025, based on the 2025-26 QIP submissions.

Access and Flow in Interprofessional Primary Care shares insights from the Equity section of the 302 Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) submitted by interprofessional primary care teams for 2025/26, which includes the following indicators: 

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.

# Executive Summary

It has been more than 20 years since the National Academy of Medicine published their report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, and despite decades of efforts, true health equity remains a distant goal.