When COVID-19 began to spread within Ontario, the inpatient mental health team at Baycrest knew they had to act quickly to protect their high-risk patients. Located in Toronto, Ont., in a neighbourhood considered to be a COVID-19 hotspot, Baycrest is a leader in...
OTTAWA – The Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Health Standards Organization (HSO), and Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) are collaborating to develop two new complementary National Standards for Long-Term Care that will be shaped by the needs of...
Health Standards Organization (HSO) and its partners Health Canada and Frayme are proud to introduce the six integrated youth services (IYS) networks from across Canada that form the Improving Integrated Care for Youth (IICY) Learning Collaborative! HSO is honored to...
OTTAWA – Health Standards Organization (HSO) and the CIO Strategy Council are pleased to announce their partnership, aiming to further cooperation on the development and use of data governance and virtual health care standards in Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic...
Introducing our New Continuous Assessment Program Greetings, As 2020 comes to a close, all of us at Health Standards Organization (HSO) and Accreditation Canada (AC) are reflecting on the unusual year that was for all of us. This past year has tested our resilience,...
“You have to be comfortable at some point to be humble. To say, I’m sorry. I didn’t know. I can learn from you,” said Marilee A. Nowgesic, CEO of the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA), in a recent webinar. Nowgesic was addressing the need for humility as a...
Every patient deserves safe, quality care. And yet, patient safety incidents are the third leading cause of death in Canada. To prevent avoidable harm to patients when our health care system is vast, complex, and under tremendous pressures we need clear, collective...
“At the beginning of all this, I made it my mandate that I never wanted a patient to experience what I have in health care,” shared Heather Thiessen, patient and family advisor and recipient of the 2020 award of excellence from the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses...
OTTAWA – Health Standards Organization (HSO), in partnership with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), is excited to launch the Canadian Quality and Patient Safety Framework for Health Services. Many Canadians believe we have the safest health care system in...
The HSO:76000 Integrated People-Centred Health Systems (IPCHS) standard will be released shortly. This standalone standard aims to guide health and social systems to cultivate a culture that is dedicated to providing people-centred care. Are you wondering what this...
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