On-Demand Webinar: Pharmapod Safety Series – Creating Your Own Safety Net

Pharmapod Safety Series Webinar Episode 1: 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

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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

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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, […]

Expert Discussion: Patient Safety Organizations

Expert Discussion: Patient Safety Organizations

Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) provide vital benefits and legal protections for both large and small US pharmacies, acute care, and healthcare organizations. But what information is protected under PSOs, and what’s not? Do legal protections really hold up in court? How can a PSO help you establish a ‘just culture’, improve patient safety and enhance […]

Pharmapod Medication Incident Reporting Platform Now LFPSE Compliant

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We’re proud to share that Pharmapod is LFPSE-compliant. Now your pharmacy can be confident you’re meeting all NHS LFPSE compliance requirements simply by reporting into the Pharmapod incident reporting platform. Background: What is LFPSE? The National Health Service (NHS) England is mandating all pharmacies and healthcare organizations use its Learn From Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) […]

5 Ways Medication Incident Reporting Improves Pharmacy Safety

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The human element of healthcare means that mistakes can and will happen, no matter how careful we are. In pharmacies, this often results in accidental (or sometimes intentional) medication errors. Every pharmacy has medication errors, but not all are recording them. This needs to change. Consistently recording all mistakes and near-misses (aka good catches) is […]