Patient safety: News and podcasts

In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Dr. Elyse Pelletier, an emergency physician, and David Gagnon, a paramedic, to discuss the ongoing crisis gripping emergency departments across the country, the impact on workers and patients, and what’s…

In this episode of the CHIP, we are joined by Dr. Fraser Mackay, an emergency physician, and David Leary, a veteran paramedic, to discuss the ongoing crisis gripping emergency departments across the country, the impact on workers and patients, and what’s…

In this episode of the CHIP, guest host Jeanie Lacroix speaks with Dr. Marcel Émond, certified emergency physician at the level-1 trauma centre of the CHU de Québec — Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, about the risks of frailty.

On this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, clinical research professor of frailty and aging at Dalhousie University, about the risks of frailty.

In this episode of the CHIP, we discuss hospital harm and the overwhelming workload of health care workers across Canada.

Read about Vanessa’s Law — Protecting Canadians From Unsafe Drugs Act, an update on NSIR-RT and ISMP Canada’s safety bulletins.

Read about celebrating 10 years of partnership with data providers, radiation therapy submissions using the API, CPQR’s NSIR-RT bulletin and ISMP Canada’s safety bulletins.

Read about COVID-19 and CIHI, NSIR-RT updates and ISMP Canada’s safety bulletins.

Read about drug use and medication incident reporting in long-term care, changes to the NSIR-RT MDS, and ISMP Canada’s COVID-19–related safety bulletins.

Health systems across the country continuously strive to make Canadian health care safer. Learn how we help these efforts through an interview with Yana Gurevich, manager of Health Indicators and Client Support, and Mélanie Josée Davidson, director of…