The patient safety journey will involve front line providers, researchers, patients, community and institution-based care teams and others, and many changes in the way organizations and procedures are structured. This is no small task, yet is critical: the Canadian public and healthcare providers are rightly asking that real strides be made. "At the end of our first five-year mandate, I hope that we can point to the results of a new Canadian Adverse Events study and say, 'Yes, the Canadian health system is safer than it was when we started and it will continue to get safer as we learn more,'" said Dr. John Wade. "That's what success should look like."
患者安全之旅将涉及一线医疗服务提供者、研究人员、患者、社区及机构护理团队等各方，组织和程序的架构方式也将发生诸多变化。这绝非易事，但至关重要：加拿大公众和医疗服务提供者理所当然地要求取得切实进展。约翰·韦德博士表示：“在首个五年任期结束时，我希望我们能够展示加拿大新的不良事件研究成果，并说，‘是的，加拿大医疗系统比我们上任时更安全了，而且随着我们了解更多情况，它将继续变得更安全。’” “这就是成功应有的样子。”
