September 12, 2014: NEWS RELEASE - ISMP Canada releases an anonymous, online Community Pharmacy Incident Reporting (CPhIR) program
Toronto, Canada – Today the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) announced the nationwide release of the Community Pharmacy Incident Reporting (CPhIR) program. Designed by ISMP Canada, with support from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the CPhIR program provides an online platform for community pharmacies across the country to share lessons learned from medication incidents and help prevent similar events from occurring in the future.The new CPhIR program provides community-based pharmacies with a secure, one-stop, online location to anonymously report and analyze medication incidents; export data for customized analysis; and view comparisons of individual pharmacy and national aggregate data. These unique features allow community pharmacists to perform detailed analysis of underlying factors that contribute to medication incidents. By gaining a deeper understanding of possible causes of medication incidents, community pharmacies can implement system-based strategies for quality improvement and help prevent similar reoccurrences.
The CPhIR program contributes to the successful Canadian Medication Incident Reporting and Prevention System (CMIRPS), a national collaborative program between the general public and health care providers (e.g. nurses, physicians) that has generated essential knowledge about harmful medication incidents – including types and trends, underlying causes and preventative measures – since its establishment in 2003. Read more...
