December 21, 2011: Engaging Consumers in the Canadian Medication Incident Reporting and Prevention System (CMIRPS)
Consumers can play a vital role in efforts to enhance medication safety, and incident reporting is an important first step. In light of the growing interest in strengthening the role of consumers in incident reporting and prevention, the following suggestions are provided for healthcare organizations and practitioners who are seeking ways to expand the role of consumers and patients in medication safety initiatives:- Include a link to the SafeMedicationUse.ca website on your organization’s website.
- Encourage patients and clients to visit www.SafeMedicationUse.ca and to sign up to receive newsletters and alerts. Information and updates are also provided on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/SafeMedicationUseca/257357537623440?sk=app_112078882147346) and
Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/SafeMedUse).
- Display SafeMedicationUse.ca materials in client and patient waiting areas. Brochures and a promotional poster are available on the SafeMedicationUse.ca website at www.safemedicationuse.ca/tools_resources/brochures.html, or contact us at cmirps@ismp-canada.org to receive a trial supply of brochures and business-size reminder cards.
