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Patient documents pumps with expired safety checks

January 9, 2019


WRHA infusion pumpWINNIPEG – Jennifer Zyla, a breast cancer patient, documented multiple times in 2018 when she found that her chemotherapy pump had passed its inspection date. For its part, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is calling it a “one-off situation.” Read More

RL Solution to merge with Datix

July 18, 2018


Sanjay MalaviyaTORONTO, CHICAGO, and LONDON – RL Solutions and Datix Limited, leading providers of healthcare quality and patient safety software, have announced the merger of the two companies to form a global leader in patient safety, quality and infection prevention. After a brief transition period through the end of July, Seyed Mortazavi, Datix CEO, will take over chief executive duties of the combined company. Sanjay Malaviya (pictured), RL’s founder and CEO, will become executive chairman of the board. Read More

DrFirst implemented at South Okanagan General

June 7, 2018


Cameron DeemerOLIVER, B.C. – South Okanagan General Hospital has deployed MedHx, DrFirst’s electronic patient medication history service, integrated within the hospital’s Meditech Enterprise Health Record (EHR). Read More

CPhA invests in medication error reporting platform

May 9, 2018


Leonora O'BrienOTTAWA – The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) is investing $3 million in Pharmapod – a medication error reporting platform that is already playing a vital role in improving patient safety and supporting pharmacists across the globe in tracking and reducing medication errors. Read More

Chronic patients experiencing med errors: Study

March 28, 2018


TORONTO – Canadians with chronic conditions are experiencing medication errors and undergoing unnecessary repeat procedures according to a national survey commissioned by Orion Health. Read More

MUHC seeks new recruits for Code Whites

February 7, 2018


Richard Fahey MONTREAL – Facing a shortage of hospital personnel willing to respond to Code White violent incidents involving patients and visitors at the McGill University Health Centre, the MUHC launched an internal recruitment campaign. Read More

Hospitals need to work on surgical infections: study

December 6, 2017


Joshua TepperTORONTO – A new report by Health Quality Ontario focuses on 29 Ontario hospitals who are participating in an international quality improvement program for surgery. Hospitals in Ontario performed just as well or better than their international peers on key metrics before, during and after surgery. Nearly 700 other hospitals around the world participate in this program. Read More

Incident reporting for Ontario pharmacies

November 1, 2017


Perry EisenschmidOTTAWA – The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and Pharmapod Canada have been chosen by the Ontario College of Pharmacists to implement a medication incident reporting platform in Ontario which will improve patient safety, reduce errors and help identify root causes of medication incidents. Read More

Info about radiation safety offered

November 1, 2017


David KoffHAMILTON, Ont. – Recently, Canada Safe Imaging (CSI) has joined forces with two respected organizations with extensive expertise in radiation safety, the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada (RSIC) and the Centre d’Expertise Clinique en Radioprotection (CECR) to offer a new and free service, respectively in English and French, to answer concerns from the general public and health professionals related to radiation safety. Read More

Feedback for doctors leads to reduced patient testing

August 23, 2017


Dr Sacha BhatiaTORONTO – Doctors ordered fewer unnecessary cardiology tests when they watched an educational video and received monthly feedback reports, according to a new randomized study in Ontario and the United States. Read More

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