(a) to promote the improvement of health and long-term care service quality in the Province;

(b) to develop and implement mechanisms to engage the citizens of New Brunswick in meaningful dialogue for the purpose of improving health and long-term care service quality in the Province;

(c) to measure, monitor and assess population health and health and long-term care service quality in the Province;

(d) to identify effective practices for the improvement of health and long-term care service quality in the Province;

(e) to evaluate strategies designed to improve health and long-term care service quality in the Province;

(f) to assess citizen satisfaction with health and long-term care services and health and long-term care service quality in the Province;

(g) to investigate matters respecting the health and long-term care system that are referred to it by the Minister and the Minister of Social Development;

(g.1) to assist and support the Department of Health, the Department of Social Development, EM/ANB Inc. and the regional health authorities in the use of analytic tools and methods for health and long-term care system improvements;

(g.2) to produce comparable and actionable data and provide statistical analysis and information for policy and program development;

(g.3) to support the academic and research sector by disclosing information in accordance with sections 43 and 43.1 of the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act;

(g.4) to support patient-centric change and improvements in health and long-term care data governance;

(h) to provide recommendations to the Minister and the Minister of Social Development with respect to any of the activities described in paragraphs (a) to (g.4);

(i) to take into account the particular needs of the two official linguistic communities in the exercise of the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h); and

(j) to carry out any other activities or duties as may be authorized or required by this Act or as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may direct.

(a) to promote the improvement of health service quality in the Province;

(b) to develop and implement mechanisms to engage the citizens of New Brunswick in meaningful dialogue for the purpose of improving health service quality in the Province;

(c) to measure, monitor and assess population health and health service quality in the Province;

(d) to identify effective practices for the improvement of health service quality in the Province;

(e) to evaluate strategies designed to improve health service quality in the Province;

(f) to assess citizen satisfaction with health services and health service quality in the Province;

(g) to investigate matters respecting the health care system that are referred to it by the Minister;

(h) to provide recommendations to the Minister with respect to any of the activities described in paragraphs (a) to (g);

(i) to take into account the particular needs of the two official linguistic communities in the exercise of the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h); and

(j) to carry out any other activities or duties as may be authorized or required by this Act or as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may direct.