From October 4-7, 2021, attendees came together virtually to share and learn about ‘Co-designing for health and well-being with individuals and communities’ at the first-ever North American international conference on integrated care (NACIC). Organized by the...
OTTAWA – Health Standards Organization (HSO) is pleased to release the What We Heard Report #1: Findings from HSO’s Inaugural National Survey on Long-Term Care. The report, prepared by the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), summarizes the more than 16,000 responses...
From October 4-7, 2021, attendees will come together virtually to share and learn about ‘Co-designing for health and wellbeing with individuals and communities’ at the first-ever North American international conference on integrated care (NACIC). Organized by...
OTTAWA – Health Standards Organization (HSO) and the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force (CMTF), a standing committee of the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS), are proud to officially release the new Malnutrition Prevention, Detection and Treatment standard (CAN/HSO...
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...
