Offering the latest news in health care quality and safety, the ISQua blog also features guest posts from the best and brightest in the industry.

Sinead McArdle

WHO - Working together for World Patient Safety Day 2020

By Sinead McArdle | Jul. 30, 2020 |

Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety. WHO will observe World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2020 and launch a global campaign to emphasize the importance of health worker safety as a priority for patient safety.

Why should you apply for the 2020 Lucian Leape Patient Safety Fellowship?

By Sinead McArdle | Feb. 17, 2020 |

Applications for the 2020 Lucian Leape Patient Safety Fellowship are now being accepted. We asked our 2019 recipient, Dr Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, to share his opinion of the Fellowship, and the value he has gained from it.

Join ISQua in Florence, Italy for #ISQua2020

By Sinead McArdle | Jan. 16, 2020 |

We invite healthcare professionals, students, patients, policymakers to share their ideas, successes and achievements at ISQua’s 37th International Healthcare Conference in Florence, Italy from 30th August to 2nd September 2020. Submit by 30th January 2020 for a chance to present in Florence.

ISQua's Statement on Sustainability in Health Care

By Sinead McArdle | Oct. 23, 2019 |

The Lancet Countdown Report showed that health gains of the last 50 years are severely threatened by the effects of climate change and that the “greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century” is how to reform the healthcare sector in the sense of planetary sustainability.

Canada - exclusive screening of To Err is Human

By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 16, 2019 |

Join CPSI, Patient for Patients Safety Canada, HSO and CAE Healthcare on September 17th at the Ottawa Art Gallery or virtually online to celebrate the first World Patient Safety Day! Watch an exclusive screening of To Err is Human, participate in a panel discussion, and network with senior Canadian Healthcare leaders who are working to make care safer.