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.

White Paper: Clarifying the concept of external evaluation Featured

Jul. 7, 2021 |

In healthcare, the idea of external evaluation took hold with quiet beginnings almost 100 years ago when Ernest Codman, a pioneering American surgeon hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, had the brightidea of suggesting that clinicians and hospitals follow patients and assess whether the outcomes oftheir treatments were realised. 

Mira la grabación: Mejorando en la pandemia... ¿Oxímoron u oportunidad?

May. 31, 2021 |

El Dr. Lemos discutirá su vision sobre las oportunidades de mejora de la calidad durante la pandemia y cómo las circunstancias han permitido logros y avances en nuestra especialidad.

Watch the Recording: Accreditation in 2030 Featured

May. 27, 2021 |

ISQua CEO Carsten Engel and ISQua Board Member Wendy Nicklin discuss the future of accreditation in our changing world. Does accreditation need to be more dynamic? 

New Tool Helps Decision-Makers Implement Visitation Policies that Keep People Safe and Together with Essential Family Caregivers Featured

By | May. 26, 2021 |

The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) is pleased to endorse the new decision-making tool to help healthcare leaders implement hospital and nursing home visitation policies that balance safety and infection control with the importance of in-person family presence. 

Call for case studies – International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and WHO Featured

By | May. 10, 2021 |

Call for case studies on the application of human factors and ergonomics principles to improve patient and healthcare worker safety – International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and WHO

Now is the time Featured

By | Apr. 30, 2021 |

 

The time is right to do what is right Martin Luther King

 

Time is always the enemy of one who wants to achieve change – time always runs out. As I write this final blog, I think of what was achieved during my term as CEO, but also of what still remains to be done. The journey to safe high quality person-centred care is a never-ending one. We strive to make a difference.  

Vea la grabación: Paciente experto... De pasajeros a copilotos Featured

Apr. 29, 2021 |

Vea la grabación del último webinar de COPLAC sobre Paciente experto ... De pasajeros a copilotos presentado por Emilia Arrighi...

The Health Foundation - Quality improvement made simple Featured

By | Apr. 26, 2021 |

ISQua members don’t need telling that the task of improving healthcare is not a simple one. Evidence and experience from the work we’ve funded at the Health Foundation tells us it’s often fiendishly complex, requiring careful design, diligent execution, multiple cycles of testing and iteration, deep reserves of leadership energy and enthusiasm, and much more.

Launch of new ISQua Journal – IJQHC Communications Featured

By | Apr. 26, 2021 |

ISQua is delighted to announce the launch of our new Journal – IJQHC Communications, in partnership with our publisher, Oxford University Press (OUP). IJQHC Communications (IJCOMS) is an open-access, peer-reviewed, international journal that will publish research related to quality and safety in health care, with a focus on implementation science, for a worldwide readership.

WIN FREE registration to ISQua's 37th International Virtual Conference - Social Media Competition Featured

By | Apr. 20, 2021 |

ISQua invites you to participate in our Social Media competition that starts on 21 April 2021 and ends on 5 May 2021.

Eight Compelling reasons to attend the ISQua Virtual conference Featured

By | Apr. 19, 2021 |

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

Watch the Recording: Coproducing Healthcare Service and its improvement - integrating & applying what we have learned Featured

Apr. 19, 2021 |

This is the sixth session offering an overview of the knowledge that underpins the coproduction of healthcare service. This session will briefly review what has been introduced in the first five sessions and will explore their integration and application in the daily work of coproducing healthcare service.

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