Improving health care in Canada depends on using better data to make better decisions. Individuals throughout Canada’s health care system—including chief executive officers, health ministers, policy-makers and analysts—use our data. Our data has supported many decisions that led to changes in the Canadian health care system.
Here are a few examples of decisions based on our data that have helped make Canadians healthier:
- Reduced use of antipsychotic drugs in one Manitoba nursing home by more than 20%
- Reorganized care processes and criteria in one Ottawa long-term care facility to better serve stroke patients
- Adjusted funding to support transplant patients through the continuum of care
- Added 1,000 new nursing home beds in Nova Scotia
Data and the health care system
Watch these videos for more examples of how our data can make a difference:
- Data helps put philosophy into practice
- CIHI data helps battle depression
- Costing Canadian hospital services
Using CIHI’s data
See these documents for more success stories about the use of our data:
- Better Data, Better Decisions: Supporting More Efficient and Appropriate Care (2012) (PDF, 1570 KB)
- From Clinician to Cabinet: The Use of Health Information Across the Continuum (2012) (PDF, 323 KB)
- Informing Decisions: Data Improves Rehabilitation Services in Canada (2013) (PDF, 1000 KB)
- Building a Strong Foundation: Improving Primary Health Care Delivery in Canada (2013) (PDF, 2000 KB)
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