Alberta Quality Matrix for Health

In 2004, the Health Quality Network developed the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health, a framework that provides a common language, understanding and approach for thinking about quality among health care organizations, professionals and other stakeholders. The matrix has been adopted as a planning tool by organizations such as the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute, the Alberta Cancer Board and the Alberta Perinatal Health Program.

A new initiative begun in 2007 focuses on developing a strategy for measuring health service quality, with the intent of fostering a co-ordinated effort within Alberta to measure and report on health service quality in key areas. This performance measure initiative is closely linked to the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health, which will be used as a tool to inform the development of indicators that map to the six dimensions of quality and four areas of need that comprise the matrix.

Click here for the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health User Guide. (412 KB) 
Click here for the Alberta Quality Matrix for Health. (84KB)