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Trillium HealthCare - a Canadian case study of a high performing healthcare system.

This case study explores key factors contributing to Trillium's success, including leadership, strategic alignment of improvement activities, investments in staff capability and cultural development.


Authors: G. Ross Baker, Anu MacIntosh-Murray, Christina Porcellato, Lynn Dionne, Kim Stelmacovich and Karen Born.

An examination of leadership strategies, organizational processes and investments made to create and sustain improvement in healthcare.

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