[PODCAST] What is the Future of Digital Health and How Can we Keep up with Evolving Clinical Guidelines?
Think Research (Pharmapod’s parent company) CEO Sachin Aggarwal recently joined the Ireland Canada Connection podcast to discuss the past, present, and future of digital health solutions. Listen as he explains how Think Research arms healthcare providers in Canada and around the world with the latest knowledge-based content and why it is so important that health […]
[INFOGRAPHIC] The Cost of Medication Errors
Medication errors and unsafe practices are a leading cause of patient injury in healthcare systems around the world. Globally, medication errors cost health systems more than $42 billion USD each year and contribute to an estimated 2 million deaths worldwide. Why medication errors happen Common sources of risk in community pharmacies include: Environmental Factors Noise […]
How to Simplify Medication Incident and Near-Miss Reporting
There’s no denying the impact medication incidents have on patients can be devastating — one study found that up to 98,000 deaths occur annually in the United States as a result of medication incidents, while in Canada, it’s estimated that medication incidents contribute to approximately 28,000 deaths yearly. Medication errors can occur at many stages in the patient care […]
How Pharmacists Can Better Manage Take-Home Cancer Drugs
By: Carla Beaton, VP Quality Improvements & Innovations, Pharmapod and Lisa Rambout, PhDHQ Queen’s University, Pharmacy Professional Practice Coordinator for Oncology at The Ottawa Hospital An estimated two in five Canadians will get cancer in their lifetime. The number of new cancer cases in Canada is expected to increase about 40 percent in the next 15 years, resulting in […]
