International SOS

International SOS | March 08, 2016

The International SOS Foundation, in partnership with Sherrard Kuzz LLP, a leading employment and labor law firm, and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, announced today new duty of care legal guidance for Canadian employers with employees who travel and work abroad. The key recommendation is that Canadian employers apply all local site occupational health and safety rules and regulations for employees abroad as legal responsibilities are still in development, in addition to ...

International SOS | January 25, 2016

A number of countries in the Americas region are experiencing local transmission of Zika virus. These include: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname and Venezuela.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising pregnant women to "consider postponing travel to areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing" and those who are thinking about or trying to become pregnant &quo...

International SOS | January 18, 2016

New Code of Practice for the global organisation to be developed by industry leaders. BSI (British Standards Institution) announced the intent to create PAS 3001:2016; a code of practice to provide global organisations with a standardisation document that describes best practices to manage risks and provide duty of care to their employees who are working abroad. Commissioned by International SOS, the world’s leading medical and travel security services company, the PAS will provide best pr...

EHRIntelligence | January 16, 2020

Eighty-four percent of EHR users are dissatisfied with the technical service and basic software account support from current EHR and HIT vendors, according to a 2020 Black Book Research survey. Since the HITECH Act was signed into law in 2009, EHRs have not only been more prevalent, but they have continued to change and evolve. However, technical service from EHR vendors hasn’t kept up with the constant change, according to high-level hospital tech managers. Healthcare software support is ...