A Quality Debate: Should health care performance data be public to advance better care?

At Quips, Quandaries And Comebacks: A Quality Debate, four great speakers argued an important – and contentious – motion related to improving the quality of care in BC’s health system: Be it resolved that… health care performance data should be public to advance better care. Four great speakers argued for and against this important – and divided – motion related to improving the quality of care in BC’s health system! "PRO" Team: Jeffrey Braithwaite, Professor (Macquarie University, Australia) and Board Member & President Elect (International Society for Quality in Health Care) Tamara Komuniecki Patient Partner (Patient Voices Network) and Council Member (BC Patient Safety & Quality Council) "AGAINST" Team: Ahmer Karimuddin Specialist, General & Colorectal Surgery (St. Paul’s Hospital) and Co-Director, General Surgery Residency Program (University of British Columbia) Maria Judd Vice President, Programs (Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement) The Quality Forum’s annual debate is meant to incite discussion and challenge commonly-held beliefs about a timely health care topic. We have assigned the debate’s speakers to their teams; their positions do not necessarily reflect their personal views on the debate topic, nor those of their respective organizations. The debate took place on February 27, 2019. Learn more about Quality Forum at http://QualityForum.ca