Health Standards Organization (HSO) and its affiliates, Accreditation Canada (AC) and Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare (IQMH), showed their commitment to ongoing quality improvement in 2022 with accreditations of its standards and programs. In December,...
More and more Canadians are accessing recreational stores to obtain cannabis to self manage medical conditions. According to a Canadian survey (2022), up to 73% of Canadians using cannabis for medical purposes did not have medical authorization from a healthcare...
Complementary standards address the need for high-quality services and safer environments Toronto, ON/Ottawa, ON – January 31, 2023 – The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted long-standing issues in Canada’s long-term care (LTC) sector. In early 2021, Health Standards...
HSO is reflecting today, Bell Let’s Talk Day, on how it creates meaningful change when it comes to the mental health and well-being of its employees and embedding these critical aspects of health in our work. Bell Let’s Talk Day highlights the importance of mental...
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...
