PCSI 2025

More than ever, Québec is demonstrating leadership in the field of health. Many changes are underway to perfect its health care system. These include, among others, patient-centred funding, an innovative approach that will maximize the effectiveness of services to the population, as well as better the use of resources.

Our health care network is moving to a vision of value-based health care. This paradigm shift represents a major transformation for all professionals, which has the effect of promoting the accessibility and quality of care offered to the population. We are very proud collectively of all the creativity shown by our teams to make a lasting difference. We are therefore committed to placing patients at the heart of decisions, as suggested by the theme of the 37^th edition of the PCSI conference, which will take place in Québec City from September 9 to 12, 2025.

My colleagues at the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux and I are therefore delighted to welcome you all to this event. I had the chance to meet several of you during the conference in Slovenia in the spring of 2024. I am delighted that the exchanges that took place there can continue and deepen on this new occasion for international meeting. There is no doubt that all those who will participate in this next major conference will be able to contribute with their expertise and experience to advance our mutual approaches, in a spirit of sharing and curiosity, in the light of the common values that underpin our collective commitment to health.

On that note, I wish you an excellent stay with us, and thank you in advance for accepting this invitation and visiting Québec at the same time!

Kathleen Munger, Assistant Deputy Minister
Directorate-General for Financing, Resource Allocation and Budget
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux

On behalf of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), I am pleased to welcome you to the 37th PCSI Conference. We are honoured to be partnering with PCSI and the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (MSSS) for this event, hosted in the beautiful city of Québec.

CIHI is a national leader and a centre of excellence in health classifications and terminologies in Canada, including ICD and CCI. We also develop and maintain population grouping methodologies to help facilities plan and manage their services.

As a trusted and neutral source of pan-Canadian health care data for over 30 years, we understand the importance of data as a decision-making tool. Health data is the collective voice of patients and the foundation for equitable-based care — helping us to measure outcomes and allocate precious health system resources. This year’s theme — Patient Grouping as a Driver of Health Value: The Patient at the Heart of Our Decisions — highlights the importance of patients as partners in the delivery of high-value care.

I am incredibly excited to learn from this international community. We have the opportunity to transform together and explore innovative ways to approach case mix, costing data and more. Whether you are attending as a clinician, health system planner, analyst or other important member of a health care system, I am confident this conference will provide many avenues for relationship building and collective learning.

I look forward to meeting many of you as we connect and look toward the future — together.

Dr. Anderson Chuck
President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)