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HCI Celebrates International Quality Certification
3rd of March 2010:
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The HIQA Entry Programme and Inspection Process - A Practical One Day Workshop
25th January 2010, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin 22
Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Newlands Cross, Dublin 22
11th of January 2010: To assist Nursing Home Proprietors and Persons in Charge in the management of the HIQA registration process, HCI is facilitating a one day, hands on, workshop. This will help participants maximise the process of the HIQA Entry Programme, Registration, and Onsite Inspections through the provision of tips, examples, role play and discussion.
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Free Resources for Nursing Homes
10th of December 2009: At Health Care Informed, we are continually developing our services to help nursing homes in Ireland in meeting the requirements of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) National Quality Standards for Residential Care Services for Older People.
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ISQua Conference 2009
Health Care Informed (HCI) joined over 1000 international delegates at the 26th International ISQua Conference –Designing for Quality, which was held in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin on 10th to 13th October. It was a busy week jammed with seminars, workshops and presentations on all aspects of Quality and Safety in Healthcare and was an exciting opportunity to learn about best practice in quality in healthcare from all around the world.
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"Now we're talking" - HCI & ISQSH practical toolkit for public and patient involvement in healthcare
15th of July 2009: Now We're Talking is a practical toolkit aimed at helping any healthcare professional who wishes to assess, implement and improve a programme of public and patient involvement in their organisation. Developed in conjunction with the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare (ISQSH) the toolkit provides a framework and practical methodologies for developing patient partnerships. Tools and techniques covered include focus groups, patient diaries, surveys and expert patients. The need for health service staff to develop their skills in involving service users has been identified as a key goal in the HSE's 'National Strategy for Service User Involvement in the Irish Health Service' (2008).
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Health Care Informed to Support CHKS Accreditation in Ireland
13th of July 2009: CHKS is delighted to announce that Health Care Informed (HCI), Ireland’s leading provider of healthcare quality and safety improvement services, is now available to provide support to its clients in Ireland in preparation for, and following on from, accreditation.
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Free ResPaP™ Policies and Procedures for HCI Training Course Participants
6th of July 2009: Health Care Informed (HCI) is delighted to announce dates for the Developing Practical Policies and Procedures training programme.
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Introducing Alerts Tracker™ - Fulfilling the HSE Framework for Integrated Quality, Safety and Risk Management and the DoHC Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
31st of May 2009: Health Care Informed (HCI) is now delighted to offer Alerts Tracker™, a cost effective patient safety system that automates and enhances the alert and recall management process. Alerts Tracker™ is web-based system that electronically distributes vital information about medical device and drug alerts and recalls. Alerts Tracker is developed by ECRI Institute, which has over 40 years experience in healthcare research. ECRI is one of the few organisations in the world designated as both a Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization and in the United States as an Evidence-based Practice Centre by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) Appoint HCI
9th of May 2009: The International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) have appointed Health Care Informed (HCI) as Technical Advisors to manage the International Accreditation Programme (IAP). ISQua, The International Society for Quality in Health Care, is a non-profit, independent organisation with members in over 70 countries. ISQua works to provide services to guide health professionals, providers, researchers, agencies, policy makers and consumers, to achieve excellence in healthcare delivery to all people, and to continuously improve the quality and safety of care.
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HCI Announces Partnership with ECRI Institute
30th of April 2009: Health Care Informed (HCI), quality and safety system specialists to the Irish healthcare sector, is delighted to announce its partnership with the ECRI Institute, one of the foremost healthcare research agencies in the world, to offer its products and services to the Irish health system.
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