Enhancing Patient Safety: 4 Essential Insights Gained From Regular Reporting
Being on the front lines of healthcare, pharmacists, regulated technicians and pharmacy workers play a critical role in ensuring patient safety. One of the key practices that can significantly enhance safety is the regular reporting of both medication incidents and good catches. This practice helps you gather the data needed to understand what’s contributing to […]
Could Documentation Prevent the Next Medication Error?
Pharmacies today are busier than ever, and with time at a premium, it’s easy to overlook or downplay the importance of thorough medication error and good catch reporting. In fact, a recent report estimated that only 14% of medication errors and good catches are reported. This underreporting means we’re missing out on valuable data that […]
7 Guiding Principles to Cultivate a Just Culture in Your Pharmacy
Pharmacies, like all healthcare settings, have a responsibility to ensure patient safety. However, achieving a culture where safety is embedded in every action and decision requires more than just policy changes—it requires a fundamental shift in the organizational mindset towards what is known as a “Just Culture.” In a pharmacy, a just culture is an […]
MDBriefCase and Pharmapod Announce Relaunch of RxBriefCase, a Leading Continuing Education Platform for Pharmacists
Toronto, ON – September 25, 2024 — MDBriefCase, a leading provider of interactive accredited continuing medical education for healthcare professionals, is proud to announce the upcoming relaunch of RxBriefCase in partnership with Pharmapod, the top medication safety reporting platform for pharmacists. Launching in early 2025, RxBriefCase will offer a comprehensive range of accredited on-demand pharmacy […]
Why More Medication Incident Reports Indicates a Safer Pharmacy Environment
It’s a common misconception in pharmacies that having many medication incident reports indicates the pharmacy environment is unsafe. Actually, the opposite is true. The more events you report – whether it’s a medication error or a good catch – the safer your pharmacy. Why? Because you’re consistently gathering the information needed to pinpoint what went […]
On-Demand Webinar: Pharmapod Safety Series – Creating Your Own Safety Net
From drug shortages to high volumes of walk-in traffic, environmental distractions are unavoidable in pharmacies – but they’re also the #1 contributing factor to medication errors. Develop a strategy to safely handle distractions in your pharmacy. In this on-demand webinar, our experts offer actionable advice for anticipating environmental distractions, and show you how to leverage […]
Think Research’s Pharmapod Adopted in University and Colleges Across Canada to Teach Foundations of Medication Safety
TORONTO, ON – February 27, 2024 – Think Research Corporation (TSXV: THNK) (“TRC” or the “Company“), a company focused on transforming healthcare through digital health software solutions, is pleased to announce that Pharmapod, Think’s medication incident management solution is increasingly becoming an integral part of academic sites across Canada, including in both University and Community […]
MedSTEP Compliance for Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacies
Pharmapod helps you report, analyze and document medication incidents to ensure MedSTEP compliance In an effort to improve medication and patient safety, the Newfoundland & Labrador Pharmacy Board (NLPB) is implementing Medication Safety through Error Prevention, or MedSTEP NL. Key components of MedSTEP include medication error reporting, root cause analysis, implementation of corrective actions, and […]
10 Reasons to Embrace Pharmapod in 2024
Is improving medication and patient safety a priority for your healthcare organization in 2024? Then you need a medication incident reporting tool that makes it easy to report and track good catches and errors and learn from the data to prevent future incidents. If you haven’t already implemented Pharmapod in your pharmacy or healthcare setting, […]
Pharmapod Year in Review: 2023
A snapshot of how YOU helped improve medication safety throughout the year.
