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CMPA Good Practices Guide.
Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Medical Protective Association; 2016.
Key patient safety topics include human factors, teamwork, adverse events, communication, professionalism, and risk management. This website provides resources regarding patient safety concepts, strategies for addressing risks, and guidance for faculty using the material.
Book/Report
Electronically Generated Medication Administration and Electronic Medication Administration Records for the Prevention of Medication Transcription Errors: Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Safety.
Ottawa, ON: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2016.
Use of medication administration technologies can reduce transcription errors. This review examined computerized order entry systems, barcode medication administration systems, and other tools that can prevent medication transcription errors.
Web Resource > Government Resource
Serious Reportable Events.
Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness.
Incident reporting systems are an important method for capturing, analyzing, and learning about a broad range of potential safety issues. This Web site provides access to information about serious adverse events reported to the Department of Health and Wellness in Nova Scotia related to surgical procedures, product or device use, patient harm, care management, and hospital environment.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Safe Surgery Saves Lives.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
This site supports the effort to adopt the World Alliance for Patient Safety surgical checklist program in Canada.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Project Jessica.
Tanya and Phil Barnett.
This Web site includes a video chronicling how an undiagnosed heart condition led to a teenager's death and offers tips for patients to prevent medical errors.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Improving Care Search Centre.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
This Web site provides links to various quality and safety improvement resources, and includes a searchable collection of incident reports.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
The Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety.
1720-330 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0C4.
This independent, non-profit organization supports patient safety efforts in Manitoba and includes a medication safety campaign for patients.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
10235 101 Street, Suite 1414, Edmonton, AB, Canada T5J 3G1.
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) fosters collaboration between governments and stakeholders in developing patient safety initiatives. This Web site provides tools for health care professionals and patients.
Web Resource > Database/Directory
Global Patient Safety Alerts.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
This Web site provides access to incident reports with the aim of stimulating innovation and driving patient safety improvement efforts.
Book/Report
Patient Safety Framework for Albertans.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Health Quality Council of Alberta; 2010.
This report reveals key elements of quality care and explores culture strategies for improving patient safety.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
SafeMedicationUse.ca.
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada.
This Web site facilitates consumer reporting of medication safety issues in Canada.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Canadian Patient Safety Week.
Edmonton, Canada: Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
This site provides promotional materials for an annual awareness campaign on patient safety that takes place in the autumn. The 2015 observance will be held October 26th–30th.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Patient Safety.
Ontario Hospital Association.
This Web site supports the purpose and mandate of the Patient Safety Support Service are (1) to raise patient safety awareness among management and front-line staff, (2) to foster development of local expertise in patient safety, (3) to promote effective strategies to enhance patient safety, (4) to provide leadership and resources to hospitals in their efforts to impact system change, and (5) to provide both focused and practical assistance.
Book/Report
Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2009.
Esmail N, Hazel M. Studies in Health Care Policy. Fraser Institute. Calgary, Alberta, Canada; March 2009. ISSN: 1918-2082.
Designed to help patients choose hospitals, this report utilized AHRQ quality indicators to analyze the performance of acute-care hospitals in Ontario. Using an interactive online tool, consumers can look up a particular condition or procedure and compare rates of procedure volume, adverse events, deaths, and utilization.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
The Safety Competencies Framework.
Ottawa, ON: Canadian Patient Safety Institute; 2008.
This initative defines competency domains for safe health care and outlines educational practices to achieve them.
Book/Report
Correlates of Medication Error in Hospitals.
Wilkins K, Shields M. Ottawa, Canada: Statistics Canada; May 2008. Catalogue no. 82-003-X Health Reports.
This report describes results of a large survey of Canadian nurses and identifies work-related factors that contribute to medication errors.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Safer Healthcare Now!
Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
Originally launched in 2005, this campaign seeks to implement evidence-based strategies to improve patient safety in Canadian hospitals. In April 2008, the initiative added four new interventions and now supports 10 areas for improvement.