About QcHcQ

Established in 2004 (and known at the time as the Queen’s Joanna Briggs Collaboration – QJBC), QcHcQ was the first North American collaborating centre of JBI. QcHcQ was initially formed as an academic-clinical practice partnership with South Eastern Ontario Health Sciences Centre to promote the use of best available evidence in nursing practice in one Ontario region. What began as a demonstration project supported through a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care became a regionally developed academic-practice model driven by local practice priorities to improve health care delivery. Further funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health and an active partnership with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Accreditation Canada supported work from 2009-2014.

QcHcQ has evolved into an active and productive model focused on knowledge translation. QcHcQ was renamed in 2016 and classified as a JBI Centre of Excellence. To qualify as a JBI Centre of Excellence, a group must meet a comprehensive set of practice standards, make an active contribution as authors and peer reviewers of systematic reviews, advance the science of synthesis, promote scholarship and implementation of best practices. The firm foundation established with practice partners over the preceding years provides a solid basis for a pan-Canadian partnership in the area of patient care quality.

As an emerging leader in integrated knowledge translation, QcHcQ supports knowledge creation, capacity building, knowledge exchange, and policy development.

2004

The Centre is founded. An academic-practice partnership was developed with the Southeastern Ontario Health Sciences Centre. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care grant $3 million.

2008

The Centre is awarded a $1-million grant from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

2009

The Centre expands its reach beyond the regional level to create a nationwide academic-policy initiative aimed at enhancing patient safety.

2010

Members of the Centre create CAN-IMPLEMENT: Knowledge to Action process and kit, a valuable tool for adapting guidelines and planning their implementation.

2013

Dr. Margaret Harrison retires as Director, Dr. Christina Godfrey takes on the role.

2014

The Centre holds the first Comprehensive Systematic Review Program, a workshop featuring the JBI methodology for evidence synthesis.

2015

Members of the Centre develop the ‘Review Nanny’, a software to support the conduct of reviews.

2016

The name of the Centre changes from Queen’s Joanna Briggs Institute (QJBC) to Queen’s Collaboration for Healthcare Quality (QcHcQ). The Centre receives accreditation as a Centre of Excellence. The Centre hosts a regional meeting and conference.

2017

The Centre joins the SPOR Evidence Alliance Network as a synthesis team. This network is a pan-Canadian research initiative that supports clinicians, decision-makers and patients by addressing their research needs.

2020

The Centre holds the first online Comprehensive Systematic Review Program.

2021

The Centre joins COVID-END Canada, a network with more than 50 of the world’s leading evidence-synthesis, technology-assessment and guideline-development groups which was developed to support rapid decision-making regarding COVID-19.

2022

The Centre hosts a GRADE workshop, taught by instructors from JBI Australia.

2024

The Centre celebrates its 20th anniversary.

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A JBI Centre of Excellence