Are you interested in discovering ways to make health care more equitable and inclusive? Join our virtual event as we recognize World Standards Day on October 13, 2023. Discover how HSO and Accreditation Canada are embedding health equity principles throughout all its programs to improve quality and health care outcomes. From standards to assessments to education and capacity-building, discover how to build trust that can transform health systems for people experiencing and delivering care. Learn from people with lived experience and health care leaders on how to drive changes that are people-centred, integrated, and promote safe and reliable care for all.

Le 9 juin, nous nous joignons à la communauté mondiale pour célébrer la Journée mondiale de l’accréditation (agrément). Le thème de cette année, « Soutenir l’avenir du commerce mondial », souligne le rôle crucial que joue l’agrément dans le soutien des objectifs de développement durable (ODD) des Nations Unies, y compris l’accélération de la transformation numérique.

On June 9, we join the global community in celebrating World Accreditation Day. This year's theme of "Supporting the Future of Global Trade" highlights the crucial role that accreditation plays in supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Aligned with this theme, we invite you to a roundtable with expert health care leaders to discuss how accelerating digital transformation is shaping their world – and our world.

To highlight Canadian Patient Safety Week, on October 27, more than 700 health care administrators, patients, safety and policy experts learned about the new Health Standards Organization (HSO) Workforce Survey on Well-Being, Quality and Safety™.

To highlight Canadian Patient Safety Week, on October 27, more than 700 health care administrators, patients, safety and policy experts learned about the new Health Standards Organization (HSO) Workforce Survey on Well-Being, Quality and Safety™.

To highlight Canadian Patient Safety Week, on October 27, more than 700 health care administrators, patients, safety and policy experts learned about the new Health Standards Organization (HSO) Workforce Survey on Well-Being, Quality and Safety™.

In May 2021, Health Standards Organization (HSO) launched the HSO Integrated People-Centred Health Systems (IPCHS) Standard. It is intended to guide implementation of integrated care initiatives.

Integrated Care is about bringing together a collaboration of organizations and their staff to coordinate services around patients and people in order to improve health and well-being outcomes and overall…

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) redesigned their previously linear accreditation model to one based around the Circle of Life – a holistic, continuous process from pre-natal to end of life that highlights interdependencies throughout the health system during the four-year accreditation cycle.

Hélène Campbell, Mario Di Carlo, Heather Thiessen and Leslee Thompson discuss “must have” people-centred care partnership philosophies to illustrate what effective partnering can look like for you, wherever you are in the world.

Join Janet Davidson, O.C., MHSA, LLD (Hon), HSO Integrated Care Faculty, for insights on what it takes to action and realize benefits from whole systems integrated people-centred care.

Hear the first-hand experiences of health leaders involved in implementing integrated care in their respective jurisdictions. Gain insights from a patient perspective of navigating evolving health systems. Hear their reflections and insights, understand the impetus for change and learn how ideas can be turned into action.

An engaging panel discussion between Julie Drury, Heather Thiessen and Leslee Thompson on the value of patient and family partnerships.

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