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.
"Thirst-quenching conversations: Evaluation and Reporting in Health Promotion" was a webinar hosted by the Alliance for Healthier Communities, presented and facilitated by Julia Fursova, Gillian Kranias, Kisa Hamilton, and Denise Bishop-Earle of Transform Practice.
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.
Le manuel du cadre d'évaluation des CSC énumère les éléments de données à collecter sur les clients, les rencontres de services et les programmes de groupe dans les centres de santé communautaires au sein de l'Alliance pour des communautés en meilleure santé. Il fournit également de brèves explications sur les points de données et la raison de leur collecte.
The CHC Evaluation Framework Manual lists the data elements to be collected about clients, service encounters, and group programs at community health centres within the Alliance for healthier communities. It also provides brief explanations of the data points and the rationale for collecting them.