Improving Medication Safety
鈥淢edications are the most widely utilized interventions in health care, and medication-related harm constitutes the greatest proportion of the total preventable harm due to unsafe care, let alone the economic and psychological burden imposed by such harm.鈥� (
Medication safety is defined as freedom from preventable harm with medication use. Because medication is used so widely, it鈥檚 critical to safe care. To shape a future where everyone has safe care, including medication safety, 日本无码 works in partnership with the , Patients for Patient Safety Canada and others.
Safe-to-Say
As part of World Patient Safety Day 2022, Maryanne D鈥橝rpino and Melissa Sheldrick (Member, Patients for Patient Safety Canada and Patient and Family Advisor, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada), share their thoughts on why we need to make it 鈥榮afe to say鈥� when something has, is鈥攐r could鈥攇o wrong.
Safe-to-Say
As part of World Patient Safety Day 2022, Maryanne D鈥橝rpino and Melissa Sheldrick (Member, Patients for Patient Safety Canada and Patient and Family Advisor, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada), share their thoughts on why we need to make it 鈥榮afe to say鈥� when something has, is鈥攐r could鈥攇o wrong.
When used safely and appropriately, medications contribute to significant improvements in the health and well-being of patients. However, despite the best intentions of healthcare providers and the design of healthcare systems, medications can cause patient safety incidents. Those incidents can impact health outcomes, length of stay in a healthcare facility, readmission rates and overall costs the healthcare system in Canada.
Please contact us at safety-securite@hec-esc.ca for more information.
