“Poorly executed transitions in care negatively affect patients’ health and well-being and often result in avoidable and costly re-admissions to the hospital. Maintaining continuity in patients’ medical care is especially critical following discharge from the hospital.”
Reference: IHI Transitions in Care Collaborative
Medication Reconciliation (MedRec) is like running a marathon. It takes hard work, perseverance, making sacrifices and seeing it through to the end because you know it’s the right thing to do - not only for you and your organization but most importantly for your patients.
This interactive series is a kick-start for medication reconciliation at discharge. It will give you tools, resources and ideas you need to get MedRec at discharge up and running in one unit with a plan for spread across your organization. It will help you develop internal and external partnerships with key team players in the MedRec at discharge process and renew your passion for medication reconciliation.
Participants will attend five virtual learning sessions over a four-month period starting in February 2012 and will be supported by faculty between sessions. Participants will work together and share practical and innovative ideas as we to spread medication reconciliation at discharge across Canada.
This virtual action series is presented by Safer Healthcare Now! in partnership with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada).
Have any questions?
For more information please contact Jennifer Turple at jturple@ismp-canada.org or Brenda Carthy at bcarthy@ismp-canada.org