Ottawa – Two important new mental health initiatives, developed by teams from St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, ON and Eastern Health in Newfoundland and Labrador, in partnership with patients and families, will be featured as leading practices at the National...
COAST SALISH TERRITORY – Vancouver, BC – The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and Health Standards Organization (HSO) are partnering to develop a Cultural Safety and Humility standard. A technical committee led by First Nations peoples will develop this standard...
“The new Virtual Health Standard will help to make virtual health more of a norm across the health care system,” says HSO Technical Committee expert Dr. Laura Lee Copeland. “We have yet to experience health care in this way.” In December, HSO launched the Virtual...
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada), Health Standards Organization (HSO), and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) are working together to support Vanessa’s Law; a Health Canada initiative that requires certain healthcare...
We are happy to announce that we’ve launched the new Virtual Health Standard – a National Standard of Canada that will be applied around the world (HSO 83001:2018 – Virtual Health Standard). This new standard works to provide guidelines for health organizations...
Launches expert Technical Committee to develop new standards September 14, 2018 (OTTAWA) Today, Health Standards Organization (HSO) announced the members of the first ever standard development Technical Committee on Biomedical Laboratory and Diagnostic Imaging...
Today, Health Standards Organization (HSO) launched five new public reviews on standards that are being revised and updated. Under the guidance of HSO’s expert Technical Committees, which are comprised of clinicians, policy makers, researchers, as well as patients and...
Health Standard Organization (HSO)’s new Medication Management standards will support health organizations in their quality improvement journey, and decrease the likelihood of medication errors, says Paul Filiatrault, Co-Chair of HSO’s Medication Management Technical...
Health Standards Organization (HSO) launched in 2017, working to unleash the power and potential of people around the world who share our passion for achieving quality health services for all. A large part of that work includes developing innovative, world-class...
Today, Health Standards Organization (HSO) launched a public review on a new Telehealth Standard. The public review is open from June 1st to July 30th, 2018. Under the guidance of HSO’s Technology-Enabled Health Technical Committee, which is comprised of experts...
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