Introduction The Quality Standards for Health and Social Care, launched in 2006 and regulated by The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA), are part of a broader framework…

Each month HCI hold a complementary webinar for nursing homes, hosted by one of HCI’s Quality and Safety Specialists. This months webinar, hosted by Oonagh Gilvarry, Chief Technical…

Introduction Having a well-functioning Quality Management Information System (QMIS) such as Q-Pulse, plays a key role in supporting the everyday processes carried out by healthcare organisations. In order…

Each month HCI hold a complementary webinar for nursing homes hosted by one of our Quality and Safety Specialists. This month’s webinar, presented by Oonagh Gilvarry, Chief Technical Officer at…

Is your residential home prepared for a HIQA inspection on Fire Safety? Not sure? Then read our blog below to find out more on the latest HIQA requirements…

Introduction International Women’s Day is an important day to celebrate female achievements. At HCI, we are proud to say we have 60% female staff working in Management positions…

Introduction Independent audits are an important tool to promote quality improvement in health and social care organisations. They help to identify if a service or a particular department…

Each month HCI hold a complementary webinar for nursing homes hosted by one of our HCI Quality and Safety Specialists. This month’s webinar, presented by Roisin Rouine was…

Introduction This report by HCI highlights the trends in inspection findings, those being ‘Compliant’ and ‘Not Compliant’ as detailed by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in…

Introduction Continuous education and training are essential for all health and social care workers to ensure safe care and efficient practices that comply with policies, procedures and statutory…