August 2000
- ISMP Canada has been invited to participate in a three days meeting titled
"Medication Error Reporting and Prevention: a shared
responsibility", co-hosted by the Therapeutic Products Programme,
Bureau of Licensed Product Assessment, and the Canadian Society of Hospital
Pharmacists. The meeting will be held 25-27 October 2000 at Ottawa.
- ISMP Canada has been invited to speak at the following conferences and
national meetings:
- The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's Annual General
Meeting held September 23 at Edmonton - The CQI Network Inc. annual Forum held October 22-24, 2000 at the
Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville, Ontario - The meeting on "Medication Error Reporting and Prevention: a shared
responsibility" held October 25-27, 2000 co-hosted by Health Canada
and CSHP.
- The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's Annual General
- ISMP Canada is presently publishing columns and articles on safe
medication practice topics at the following professional journals and
bulletins:
- CJHP (Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy)
- The Hospital News
- Risk Management in Canadian Healthcare
Plans are underway to publish similar columns on the
medical and nursing organizations' official journals.
- A meeting was held recently between the Canadian Nurses Association and
ISMP Canada in Ottawa. CNA has expressed interest and support to the ISMP
Canada's patient safety principles and initiatives. Specific collaborative
efforts are being explored and will be implemented. A similar meeting is
being arranged with the Canadian Medical Association.
- ISMP Canada, in conjunction with ISMP (US) is developing the "ISMP
Analyse-err", a software program that tracks medication errors and
analyses data to identify areas of weakness for improvement purpose. Both
Spain and Europe (via European Foundation for Advancement of Healthcare
Practitioners) have also expressed interest in this program.
- ISMP (US) had a news release on "Canada Launches Institute for Safe
Medication Practices" on August 1, 2000. It was distributed to all news
media and healthcare organizations in the US.
