To highlight Canadian Patient Safety Week, on October 27, more than 350 health care administrators, patients, safety and policy experts learned about the new Health Standards Organization (HSO) Workforce Survey on Well-Being, Quality and Safety™. A panel of health...
The World Health Organization called up all nations in 2018 to scale up the implementation for the Baby-Friendly Initiative. Canada stepped up with the Public Health Agency of Canada funding the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC) to improve maternal and child...
Dr. Bernard Leduc, Board Chair of HSO & AC, gathered with health system leaders in Belgium this month to discuss patient safety priorities during a series of events. Topics ranged from Assisted Reproductive Technologies to long-term care. Clients shared their...
October 24 to October 28 is Canadian Patient Safety Week 2022, and the theme is “Press play on Safety Conversations,” focusing on safer care of older adults through safety conversations and actions. In partnership with Healthcare Excellence Canada, we are hosting a...
Friday, September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. Commemorating painful truths about the abuse and deaths of children in the Indian residential school system and the inter-generational trauma survivors and their descendants are...
On September 17, we joined in to raise global awareness and promote the WHO’s World Patient Safety Day, established in 2019 by the 72nd World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety.” HSO’s...
Accreditation Canada’s education quality (EQual) program, which specializes in competency-based accreditation of higher-health professional education programs, and the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) have formed a partnership to promote and advance quality...
June 14, 2022 – The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and Health Standards Organization (HSO) have released the British Columbia (BC) Cultural Safety and Humility Standard, a tool that will enable organizations to address indigenous-specific racism and build a...
Thank you to International Journal for Integrated Care (IJIC) for allowing us to share a journal article that our colleagues recently published on integrated care. This journal article is available in English and also in French. Policy papers Integrated People-Centred...
Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Laval (CISSS de Laval)’s new Leading Practice – A Personalized Assessment for Hospital Acquired Conditions – presents important epidemiological data in a one-page document that is easy for care teams, as well as...
