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 Longwoods eLetter October 19, 2005 | Special Issue

 

The following information is made available by educational support provided by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Ontario Hospital Association.
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The Patient Safety Papers | a special issue of Healthcare Quarterly.
Editor: Dr. Ross Baker | Available online here: (or use the linked table of contents below)
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The Table of Contents
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Editorial: Lessons learned and challenges ahead: Canadian experiences in improving patient safety
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Perspective
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World View

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Nurturing a Patient Safety Culture
Patient Safety Culture Measurement and Improvement: A "How To" Guide

Changing a Culture with Patient Safety Walkarounds

How Quality Improvement Projects Influence Organizational Culture

Patient Safety - Worker Safety: Building a Culture of Safety to Improve Healthcare Worker and Patient Well-Being

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Identifying and Reducing Risk
Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle

Implementing a Policy for Practitioners Infected with Blood-Borne Pathogens

Enhancing Patient Safety Through a Standardized Model of Physiologic Monitoring

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Medication Safety
An Effective Tool to Enhance a Culture of Patient Safety and Assess the Risks of Medication Use Systems

Approaches to Improving the Safety of the Medication Use System

Drug-Therapy Problems, Inconsistencies and Omissions Identified During a Medication Reconciliation and Seamless Care Service

Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Tool to Review the Process of Ordering and Administrating Potassium Chloride and Potassium Phosphate

Inappropriate Prescribing Practices: The Challenge and Opportunity for Patient Safety

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Developing Information for Improving Safety
Safer Care - Measuring to Manage and Improve

The Development of the Canadian Paediatric Trigger Tool for Identifying Potential Adverse Events

The Human Factor: Unexpected Benefits of a CPOE and Electronic Medication Management Implementation at the University Health Network

Identifying and Preventing Technology-Induced Error Using Simulations: Application of Usability Engineering Techniques

Reports of Preventable Medical Errors from the Alberta Patient Safety Survey 2004

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Designing an Agenda for Change
From Inquest to Insight

Patient Safety: Le Groupe Vigilance pour la Sécurité des Soins: A Québec Perspective

Developing a Comprehensive Patient Safety Strategy for an Integrated Canadian Healthcare Region

Quality, Patient Safety and the Implementation of Best Evidence: Provinces in the Country of Knowledge Translation

Building from the Blueprint for Patient Safety at the Hospital for Sick Children

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Disclosure and Accountability
Legal Issues in Patient Safety: The Example of Nosocomial Infection

Striking A Balance: Who Is Accountable for Patient Safety?

Trillium Health Centre's Journey to Disclosure
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Canadian Patient Safety Week 2005 is the first of what will become an annual event to keep the issue of patient safety foremost in Canada. In this, its inaugural year, we're hoping that we will be able to use the week to highlight Canadian efforts to build a safer health system. We want this week to grow and welcome your organization's feedback and involvement in making Canadian Patient Safety Week something that gets better every year. | Read and share the letter to healthcare organizations from Phil Hassen, CEO, Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
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New from the Ontario Hospital Association’s Patient Safety Support Service: the “Your Health Care: Be Involved” campaign to provide patients with tips to engage and encourage them to be more involved in their health care. Go to: Your Health Care: Be Involved.
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The Health Quality Council (HQC) invites you aboard for the Saskatchewan broadcast of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 17th Annual Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare, December 13 & 14, 2005. This premier conference attracts more than 4,000 health care leaders in-person and an additional 6,000 by satellite world-wide. The Longwoods eLetter and Health Clips (sign up here) will let you know when broadcast information and the registration forms are available. In the meantime, visit the IHI web site for descriptions of the broadcast sessions: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/ConferencesAndTraining/Satellite_Broadcast_17thNationalForum.htm?TabId=3
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This eLetter invites you to share this list of RELIEF agencies with every principal and teacher you know. One dollar per child can make a difference. If you are planning your year-end gift list give someone you love a care package, a real wishing well or maybe a goat.


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