The overarching goal of the Strategy on Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is to translate research results into improved health outcomes for Canadians. For patients, this means receiving better diagnoses, treatments and outcomes in a timely manner. For health care practitioners, this means obtaining the latest evidence-based medical information that will enable them to deliver the recommended care to the right patient at the right time. For scientists, this means enhanced resources to test new therapies and produce better research output. For hospitals and other health care institutions, this gives them the ability to attract the best and the brightest minds in health care. For governments, this aims to create a more cost-effective delivery of health care in fields such as primary care and chronic disease management as well as an overall improved health system.

With its partners at universities, hospitals, health charities and in the federal, provincial and territorial governments, CIHR is seeking their advice on patient-oriented research in order to develop a country-wide strategy.

Your contribution is essential to the success of this initiative, therefore we kindly ask you to take the time to review the Executive Summary and all of the sections of the SPOR Discussion Paper.  We also welcome your input and have prepared a survey to capture your suggestions.

Thank you,

Alain Beaudet, MD, PhD
President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research