The determinants of quality healthcare: implications for Canadian health leaders.

The Accreditation Canada program supports organizations in delivering quality healthcare using a quality framework that recognizes the complex interplay of multiple factors that define quality. This article highlights the Accreditation Canada quality framework and how these dimensions of quality together promote quality care. Using three dimensions of quality--population focus, safety, and worklife--we discuss how these quality dimensions can be utilized by healthcare leaders to improve quality in their organizations.