Health Canada

The Health Care Policy Contribution Program (HCPCP) provides time-limited funding for projects that improve the accessibility, quality, sustainability and accountability of Canada's health care system.

Primary health care refers to an approach to health and a spectrum of services beyond the traditional health care system. It includes all services that play a part in health, such as income, housing, education, and environment.

High-quality, effective primary health care services have profound implications for the entire health care system.

Primary Health Care Transition Fund (PHCTF) has been a unique tool in its ability to support collaborative initiatives undertaken by more than one jurisdiction or stakeholder to provide results beyond what any single recipient could achieve on its own.

This report is one in a series of five syntheses of Primary Health Care Transition Fund (PHCTF) initiative results addressing the following topics: Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Collaborative Care, Evaluation and Evidence and Information Management and Technology.

This report is one in a series of five syntheses of Primary Health Care Transition Fund (PHCTF) initiative results addressing the following topics: Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Collaborative Care, Evaluation and Evidence and Information Management and Technology. The fifth report is...

Health Canada answers to common questions about primary health care in Canada.

Final Report of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare

The Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare (the Council) led a national consultation on how to implement affordable national pharmacare for Canadians and their families, employers and governments.

This call for proposals aims to fund projects that improve access to health services for members of French-speaking communities outside Québec and English-speaking communities in Québec (known as official language minority communities - OLMCs).

Official Languages Health Program Micro-funding Grants Application Form guide.

Learn about palliative care. Find out how it can help improve your quality of life if you are living with a life-threatening or serious illness.

Building on the Framework on Palliative Care in Canada. Making Palliative Care a Priority.

"Home and community care" services help people to receive care at home, rather than in a hospital or long-term care facility, and to live as independently as possible in the community.

Home care human resources refers to the people who provide health and social support services to the public in their private homes, not in health care facilities such as hospitals.

Hospital care, sometimes called "acute care", is an important part of the health care system. The Government of Canada is responsible for setting and administering national principles or standards for the health care system through the Canada Health Act.

This plan provides an overview of virtual care in PEI and identifies the province's specific priority areas moving forward.

Virtual care enables the direct delivery of care between a patient and a provider—or communication between providers regarding the care of a patient—at distance, using information and communication technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a rapid and unprecedented system-wide adoption of...

Health Yukon consists of a number of initiatives that leverage technology to increase access to care, provide opportunities to bring care closer to home, improve delivery and coordination of care and improve both the client and provider experience in Yukon. This initiative supports or directly...

Alberta has created a Virtual Care Action Plan to leverage this groundwork and move the province to the next level.