#30 Preventing and reporting medication error...

Send us a voicemail!Pharmacovigilance specialists can have very different roles depending on their organisation and job title. With so many career paths to choose from, how do you find your place? Myriam Salem from Health Canada and Francesco Salvo from the University of Bordeaux ...  Show more

Send us a voicemail!Global pharmacovigilance requires harmonised methods, but solutions must be tailored to the local context. We sat down with Salvador Alvarado and Matthew Barwick from Uppsala Monitoring Centre to explore how local constraints affect drug safety and how a new f ...  Show more

According to WHO, the global cost associated with medication errors is 42 billion US dollars. Errors can happen at the point of prescribing, transcribing from one system to the other, or administration, when the wrong patient is given either the wrong drug or the wrong dose. Medi ...  Show more

Remembering to take medication properly can sometimes be challenging, and even small mistakes can have unintended consequences. That’s why we’re talking about ways to fix three common prescription problems. To support more content like this, become an AARP member at aarp.org. An ...  Show more

Medicine is complex, and as a doctor you won't always do the right thing - but you can prepare yourself for when mistakes happen, both emotionally and logistically. In this episode of Doctor Informed, Clara Munro is joined by Susanna Stamford, a patient who was on the receiving ...  Show more