National Medication Safety Symposium

National Medication Safety Symposium

Creating safer systems

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Join the discussion on the future of electronic medication management (eMM) in Australian hospitals.

Engage with the latest evidence on how electronic systems support safer care, along with recommendations for improving system design and implementation processes. All sectors of the health system, including clinical, management, IT and policy, will benefit  from attending.

Be the first to hear results from the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network and eHealth NSW NHMRC partnership project on medication safety.

Highlights:

• The effectiveness of eMM to reduce prescribing and medication administration errors
• Types of medication errors causing actual harm
• Factors associated with medication errors
• Does double-checking reduce medication administration errors?
• Tips for optimisation of eMM
• Recommendations for work practices to reduce medication error

Keynote speakers:

• NSW Health Secretary Ms Susan Pearce
• Professor Johanna Westbrook, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
• NSW Health
• Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network