The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today published an overview report on its monitoring activity in healthcare services in Ireland between January 2015 and December 2019. This report provides an overall analysis of the monitoring work that HIQA has carried out during this time. It identifies areas of progress that have been driven through HIQA monitoring across public acute hospitals, and outstanding opportunities for improvement.
Since 2015, HIQA has carried out over 260 inspections in public acute hospitals to assess the quality of care in internationally-recognised areas such as infection prevention and control, medication safety, maternity services, and nutrition and hydration.
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