The theme for this year’s World Patient Safety Day is Safe maternal and newborn care: Act now for safe and respectful childbirth. World Patient Safety Day was first established in 2019 to: Enhance global understanding of patient safety Increase public engagement in...
Creating meaningful engagement with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples is an ongoing practice that requires repeated commitment, said Kimberly Fairman, Executive Director of the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research (ICHR). Fairman was speaking during Part III...
OTTAWA – Health Standards Organization (HSO), in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), is pleased to open a public review on its new British Columbia (B.C.) First Nations, Métis and Inuit Cultural Safety and Humility standard (HSO 75000:2021 E...
OTTAWA – Health Standards Organization (HSO) is pleased to announce the members of its Long-Term Care (LTC) Services Technical Committee, which will lead the work on HSO’s National Long-Term Care Services standard beginning in June 2021. The pandemic has...
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...
