Canadian Patient Safety Champions: Collaborating on Improving Patient Safety

Canadian patient safety champions: collaborating on improving patient safety.

Patients for Patient Safety Canada champions have grown in numbers and purpose since their initiation into the World Health and Pan-American Health Organizations' Patients for Patient Safety initiative in May 2006. The 25 Canadian patients and family members not only share their adverse event experiences but are actively engaged in collaboration with health professionals, administrators and dec...

Improving patient safety.

Improving patient safety through transparency.

that Congress will restore DSH to its previous level. And even such a restoration would not solve the underlying structural problem of poor targeting by states. Moreover, reopening DSH for debate could result in even bigger cuts. The second option is to create even clearer incentives for states to target their remaining DSH funds. CMS could retain the current framework for allocating states’ sh...

Improving patient safety in haemodialysis

Thomas Inman (1820-76) wrote 'Practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient', echoing writings from the Hippocratic school. The challenge of practicing safely with the avoidance of complications or harm is perhaps only heightened in the context of modern medical settings such as the haemodialysis unit where complex interventions and treatment are rout...

Improving patient safety by improving medication communication.

Any time that information about a patient's medication is communicated, there is a potential for error that occurs because of misinterpretation of abbreviations, acronyms, and dose designations. In the following discussion, corrective approaches for reducing the use of error-prone terms will be reviewed. Terms on the "Do Not Use" list are identified and the rationale for using "Tall Man" letter...