Mission Impossible: Can Reporting Medication Errors and Learning from Data be Easier?

Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in healthcare systems around the world. In Canada, medical errors account for 28,000 deaths yearly and the most frequent errors involve medication mix-ups.

Watch along as our two expert hosts:

• Highlight critical data around medication incidents
• Explain the surprising advantages of error reporting
• Explore trends and technologies that can improve medication safety without adding administrative burden

You’ll learn:

• Common causes of medication errors
• Advantages of increased recording of incidents and near-miss events
• Easy ways to action quality improvement, and more

Test your medication error and near-miss reporting knowledge with this preview: