At HSO we work every day to inspire positive change. For International Women’s Day 2020, we decided to embrace the Canadian #BecauseOfYou campaign and talk about women who inspire us. We also understand the power of example, and in that spirit we are pleased to...
(Ottawa, Ontario) The Regional Medicine Program team from Eastern Health – a HealthCareCAN member – is being recognized as part of the Recognizing Excellence in Patient Engagement for Patient Safety Program for their work to improve the patient experience and patient...
(Ottawa, Ontario) The Long-Term Care Yorkton team from Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) – a HealthCareCAN member – is being recognized as part of the Recognizing Excellence in Patient Engagement for Patient Safety Program for developing a leading practice that...
February 4, 2020 is World Cancer Day. For some of us, the day carries special significance. Here Monica Lovas shares the story of her father. No health practitioner wants to see a foreign spot on her patient’s x-ray, especially not when the patient in question is a...
Technical Committee Member Profile: Gilles Vienneau, Director, Société Santé et Mieux-être en français du N.-B., SSF recognition program Related: Raising the bar on linguistic diversity in health care and services Gilles Vienneau is passionate about language...
Ever wondered how HSO’s standards are developed? We have broken down the process into seven steps. 1. Identify First, identify a need. This can be done by providers, patients or both. For instance, technological advancements in remote monitoring of health conditions...
People-centred care is like authentic cuisine: You immediately know what it is until someone asks you to define it. Obviously it means care centred around the person. But what exactly does that entail? While not as challenging as settling the question of precisely...
Guest post by Hélène Campbell and Heather Thiessen, Patient Leaders with HSO Patient-centred care and people-centred care share an acronym but they are definitely not interchangeable. They are, in fact, quite different. Let us explain why. Health care used to be based...
Why did this show happen? This live broadcast show was created to address the problem that in times of transformation in health care, often the people who understand their issues the most are left out of the conversation. When those with lived experience...
Have you ever experienced a patient safety incident? Did you know that in Canada, patient safety incidents (PSIs) are the third most common cause of death behind cancer and heart disease? A patient safety incident is a preventable action (or inaction) that causes a...
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