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Medication incidents and near-miss events occur in pharmacies every day \u2013 and though they may never be completely avoidable, there are steps pharmacies can take to limit risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most pharmacies, this starts with consistent reporting of incidents and near-miss events. Without reporting, it\u2019s impossible to identify the process gaps that are contributing to errors and is therefore impossible to fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in many pharmacies and healthcare settings, errors and near-miss events are under-reported or worse \u2013 not reported at all \u2013 due to fears of disciplinary or legal action. When this occurs, system fixes are not made, meaning the error is likely to occur again in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help combat this, many provinces and states have introduced \u2018Just Culture\u2019 principles that encourage pharmacies to establish blame-free, transparent work environments where pharmacy staff feel safe reporting and discussing incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Started: The Benefits of a Just Culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a just culture, patient safety is always top of mind. Staff prioritize safety and continually look for risks that could pose a threat. When honest mistakes are made, they are treated as learning opportunities, with a focus on identifying and fixing what went wrong, rather than assigning blame or reprimanding specific individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communication is open and transparent, with an emphasis on sharing learnings and ideas to prevent one person\u2019s mistake from becoming another\u2019s in the future. Involving all staff members in honest discussions following an incident is also critical to help ensure everyone feels engaged, accountable, and inspired to be more careful in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When staff feel safe reporting mistakes and near-misses, incidents are more consistently reported, more data is gathered around how the error happened, and subsequently, more process gaps are identified and corrected. As more issues are remedied over time, it becomes harder for staff to commit unintentional errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simplify Reporting with Pharmapod  <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Establishing a just culture in your pharmacy relies on consistent reporting. To encourage reporting, you must make it easy for pharmacy staff to do so \u2013 Pharmapod\u2019s medication incident reporting platform<\/a> makes it simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When reporting, Pharmapod walks pharmacy staff through a series of predefined questions to ensure all relevant information surrounding the incident or near-miss is captured. Staff have their own logins so multiple members can contribute to a report simultaneously. They can also be given different degrees of access, so they will not see information that is not relevant to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wait \u2013 there\u2019s more\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For US pharmacies, the Pharmapod medication incident reporting platform also includes a Patient Safety Organization<\/a> (PSO) that offers additional benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PSO provides legal protections designed specifically for pharmacies \u2013 when certain information is reported into the medication incident platform, it is protected from legal discovery (with a few exceptions for malicious intent or criminal behaviors).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privileges and confidentiality of any patient safety improvement work can never be waived, meaning pharmacy staff have a safe space to report medication incidents, discuss process gaps, and evaluate quality improvement initiatives to further enhance patient safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Support your pharmacy\u2019s just culture journey – <\/strong>contact Pharmapod today<\/a> to learn more about our Medication Management Platform + PSO solution and how it can help your pharmacy improve patient safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pharmapod is a member of the Think Research family of companies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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