April 2001
ISMP Canada is in the process of implementing a project on determining the impact of ISMP Canada's interventions for improvement of medication use in Ontario hospitals. This two year project is funded by the Ontario Ministry ofHealth. The project will involve:
The adaptation and the application of the
Medication Self Assessment, a tool originally developed by ISMP (US)
Development of ISMP Canada's Medication Safety
Alert newsletters
Development and application of Analyse-ERR, a
medication incident reporting and analysis software program- Design and implementation of safe medication practice workshops
There will be 30 Ontario hospitals selected in the Study. Half of the participating hospitals will be enrolled in the Intervention Group, and the other half in the Control Group. More details on the Study will be made available in the near future. Interested hospitals which would like to be on our mailing list for detailed information on the Study are asked to forward the hospital's information and the contact person to David U of ISMP Canada.
