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Quality Standards

Quality standards outline for clinicians and patients what quality care looks like.  They focus on conditions or topics where there are large variations in how care is delivered, or where there are gaps between the care provided in Ontario and the care patients should receive.

For more information, contact qualitystandards@ontariohealth.ca.


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Browse all of our quality standards in their various phases of development

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Frecuently Asked Questions

Learn all about the quality standards program, outlining what quality care looks like, based on the best evidence

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View All Guidance Documents

Browse our guidance documents

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Ontario Quality Standards Committee

Strengthening uptake of quality standards and other clinical care standards

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Understanding Quality Standards in Primary Care Program

Learn how family physicians can earn Mainpro+® credits by reading quality standards

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Submit a topic where there is potential to make significant improvements in the quality of care in Ontario

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