The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is dedicated to building relationships within the health care community that strengthen medication and patient safety through interprofessional care. We are excited to have the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) participation this year in our Medication Safety Collaborative
This month, I chose to complete the recertification module that dealt with medication safety issues. This section focused on many different topics, including classifying errors and discussing the changing of cultures to ensure safe environments for our patients. Medication safety is definitely a very important topic
Greetings from Iowa, Many of you probably read in the ASHP Newslinks about a teenager in Iowa that died from an accidental, self-administered dose of methadone. He took the medication from a family member's medicine cabinet and shared it with his friends
My name is Trang Truong and I am a Post-doctoral Medication Safety Resident with Purdue University College of Pharmacy’s Center for Medication Safety Advancement. I am conducting a research survey to assess the need for medication safety education and training for physicians, pharmacists, and nurses across different healthcare settings
I was reading my daily digest of things from Becker's this morning when I came across an article entitled " 75 hospital and health system chief pharmacy officers to know | 2024 "
MSHP would like to take an opportunity to congratulate our newly elected officers. We wish you the best in your new appointment!
Last week I had the opportunity to participate in an IV Safety Safety Summit outside of Philadelphia
Last Thursday, one of the Pulmonary Attendings and the Internal Medicine (IM) Chiefs approached our Medication Safety Coordinator about speaking at the monthly IM Patient Safety Conference. They were hoping to provide a multidisciplinary discussion related to the discharge process, with a focus specifically on medication safety. Our Medication Safety Coordinator was asked to provide an example of a Patient Safety Net (PSN) submission related to medication discharge errors and, possibly, led to a bad outcome
My DOP was especially interested in my PGY2 Medication Safety rotations and my interests in safety-related projects. He expressed a desire to propose a Medication Safety Officer position to the CMO. I explained my residency involvement with the ISMP Medication Safety Self-Assessment for Hospitals, participation on the interdisciplinary Medication Safety Committee, and collaboration on a project to reduce discharge medication areas
Video Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301- 18563 162-57402912/multiple- medications-growing- polypharmacy-problem/?...In the last 10 years, the percentage of people over 60 who take five or more medications has jumped from 22 percent to 37 percent