"IOM Report - Preventing Medication Errors: Perspectives from Pharmacy, Nursing and Medicine"

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to examine policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. In 2000, the IOM report raised awareness about medical errors and accelerated existing efforts to prevent such errors. Their publication of To Err is Human was a tipping point for patient safety. The latest report makes clear that with regard to medication errors, there is still a long way to go. The current medication use process, which encompasses prescribing, dispensing, administering and monitoring, is characterized by many serious problems and issues that threaten both the safety and positive outcomes of the process. The new report found that medication mistakes injure more than 1.5 million patients each year and that hospitalized patients are at risk for at least one medication error per patient day.

The IOM process, its recent reports on quality and safety and how this report fits in the series will be presented in this webcast. Key recommendations of the "Preventing Medication Errors" report will be outlined along with perspectives from an interdisciplinary team of experts outlining suggestions and recommendations to help reduce medication errors.

To access the program, go to:
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