Medication management is a vital part of patient safety. Ensuring medication is administered correctly requires collaboration between various individuals on a healthcare team, including the patient. The HQCA has been part of several projects aimed at improving medication safety in Alberta’s health system, including one focusing on medication safety in continuing care settings, and one aimed at reducing errors that occur through abbreviations.
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- Quality Exchange
- Alberta Quality Matrix for Health
- Education
- Frameworks
- Disclosure Framework
- Healthcare Quality & Safety Management: A Framework for Alberta
- Managing Disruptive Behaviour in the Healthcare Workplace – Provincial Framework
- Patient Concerns Management
- Patient Safety Framework
- Healthcare Facility Mock-up Evaluation Framework & Guidelines
- Quality & Safety Education Framework
- Global Patient Safety Alerts
- Healthcare Organizations
- Just Culture
- Medication Safety
- Patient Safety Review Guidebook
- Primary Healthcare Panel Reports
- ReLATE/ReSPOND Toolkit
- Patient Experience Awards
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