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WHO Technical Series on Safer Primary Care Featured
By ISQua (on behalf of WHO Global Patient Safety Network) | Oct. 24, 2018 |
This week at the 40th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata, the world will assemble at the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, Astana, to recommit to strengthening primary health care for achieving universal health coverage. Safe primary care is key to the attainment of Health for All, with safety being essential to make universal health coverage effective; because even when care is available, quality problems are widespread and take various forms.
White Paper on Human Factors for Health & Social Care Featured
By WHO Global Patient Safety Network | Sep. 18, 2018 |
The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors is launching the White Paper on 'Human Factors for Health & Social Care' at the Royal Society of Medicine, London on 4th October 2018.
We signed The #QiComms Charter, have you?
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
ISQua was one of the first organisations to sign the #QiComms Charter.
The #QiComms Charter invites all quality improvement leaders across the world to recognise the strategic place that communication plays in improvement and take steps to integrate it into their work.
ISQua's Terminology Principles
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
It has been evident to ISQua’s Accreditation Council (AC), for some time, that different terms, language and wording is used in the field of external evaluation and that even within the AC, members each define the terms used differently.
ISQua's Declaration on Patient Safety
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
Of all the domains of quality in healthcare, patient safety is the one that transcends every aspect of a persons journey in healthcare.
Wendy Nicklin Receives HealthCareCAN’S Prestigious Legacy of Leadership Award
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
June 5, 2018 (St. John’s) – HealthCareCAN is proud to announce Wendy Nicklin, as the recipient of its 2018 Legacy of Leadership award for her decades of service to the health of Canadians in various leadership roles.
Making a real difference: The challenge in improving quality in healthcare
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
Read the exclusive interview with ISQua's CEO, Dr Peter Lachman, in the latest edition of the ITAES - Instituto Técnico para la Acreditación de Establecimientos de Salud Magazine.
In Memory of Dr Charles Bruneau
By Sinead McArdle | Apr. 12, 2018 |
ISQua was deeply saddened to hear of the recent death of Dr Charles Bruneau.
Dr Bruneau was a physician, trained in Canada, specialised in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
New guide offers strategies for enhancing the performance of healthcare systems
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
March 12, 2018 — Frontline health workers in low- and middle-income countries face significant challenges to providing high-quality services: inadequate staffing, wide gaps between evidence and practice, low demand for health services and too little use of data.
MOU with HealthCareCAN
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
ISQua and HealthCareCAN are very proud to announce our partnership to promote the improvement of health care quality around the world.
Farewell to Triona
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
Triona Fortune
The ISQua Staff & Board wished a sad goodbye this week to Triona Fortune, who's leaving us after almost a decade.
SafeCare standards re-accredited by ISQua
By Sinead McArdle | Sep. 7, 2018 |
Originally published by safe-care.org on 7th March 2017 https://www.safe-care.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=97&cntnt01returnid=45
In sub-Saharan Africa, many health care clinics do not have the resources to apply for or achieve accreditation—resources such as a consistent supply of medication or the infrastructure to keep patient records safe and secure. SafeCare provides these clinics an option