Clinical Excellence Commission. Year in Review 2019-2020. Medication Safety. Partnering with consumers and frontline teams

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    When Michael Ortiz contacted the CEC Medication Safety team with concerns about the common experience for patients with Parkinson’s Disease in hospitals relating to time-critical medications, the outcome was a partnership also supported by the work and advocacy of a specialist local health district team at Coffs Harbour Hospital. With their help, the CEC issued an updated state wide Safety Notice providing guidelines on timely medications for Parkinson’s Disease patients to be implemented in all care settings, a guideline supported, in turn, by the release of a new My Health Learning module by the Health Education and Training Institute.

     

    Period14 Dec 2020

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    • TitleMedication Safety. Partnering with consumers and frontline teams
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletClinical Excellence Commission, NSW Health
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryAustralia
      Date14/12/20
      DescriptionWhen Michael Ortiz contacted the CEC Medication Safety team with concerns about the common experience for patients with Parkinson’s Disease in hospitals relating to time-critical medications, the outcome was a partnership also supported by the work and advocacy of a specialist local health district team at Coffs Harbour Hospital. With their help, the CEC issued an updated state wide Safety Notice providing guidelines on timely medications for Parkinson’s Disease patients to be implemented in all care settings, a guideline supported, in turn, by the release of a new My Health Learning module by the Health Education and Training Institute.
      Producer/AuthorNSW Health
      URLhttps://www.cecyearinreview.org.au/case-studies/medication-safety/
      PersonsVincent Carroll, Kirsten Deutschmann, Jessica Andrews, Michael Ortiz