It’s Patient Safety Week! See below for a selection of Canadian guidelines and other resources
Beyond the Quick Fix: Strategies for Improving Patient Safety
From the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
• The 2004 Canadian Adverse Events Study helped determine the prevalence of adverse events in Canada. This report includes information about the progress since the release of the study and also the persisting challenges
http://ihpme.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Beyond-the-Quick-Fix-Baker-2015.pdf
A Culture of Patient Safety: Foundation for a Royal College Patient Safety Roadmap
From the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada
• This roadmap discusses opportunities and actions to improve patient safety
http://www.royalcollege.ca/rcsite/health-policy/quality-standards-practice-e
Health Canada: Resources on Patient Safety
• A collection of resources on patient safety from Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/qual/patient_securit/res-eng.php
The Impact of Language Barriers on Patient Safety and Quality of Care
From the La Société Santé en français, an organization that works to improve the quality of health status of all francophone and Acadian communities in a minority settings
• This report provides a critical review of the literature as it relates to the impact of language on patient safety
http://santefrancais.ca/wp-content/uploads/SSF-Bowen-S.-Language-Barriers-Study.pdf
Learn to be Safe: A Simulation Learning Experience
From the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety
• Read the primer for supporting education and continuing professional development in patient safety
http://www.wrha.mb.ca/collaborate/files/PatientSafety-Primer.pdf
Measuring Patient Harm In Canadian Hospitals
From the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)
• This report introduces the work to develop a new measure of hospital harm that measures how evidence-informed practices to reduces the occurrence of harm
https://secure.cihi.ca/estore/productFamily.htm?locale=en&pf=PFC3312
Patients Canada
• Formed in 2011, Patients Canada (formerly the Patients’ Association of Canada) is a national, independent organization that champions health care change that matters to patients
http://www.patientscanada.ca/
Patient Safety in Mental Health
From the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Ontario Hospital Association.
• Outlines the current issues in patient safety across mental health settings
http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/toolsResources/Research/commissionedResearch/mentalHealthAndPatientSafety/Documents/Mental Health Paper.pdf
Promoting Safety: Alternative Approaches to the Use of Restraints
From the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.
• A clinical best practice guideline on reducing restraints
http://rnao.ca/bpg/guidelines/promoting-safety-alternative-approaches-use-restraints
Quality and Safety in Patient Care: Summary of Pan Canadian Roundtable
From the Canadian Nurses’ Association and the Canadian Federation of Nurses’ Unions.
• The purpose of this Canadian roundtable was to determine ways to build a culture of quality and safety in the Canadian healthcare system
https://www.cna-aiic.ca/~/media/cna/page-content/pdf-en/quality_and_safety_in_patient_care_roundtable_report_summary_e.pdf?la=en
Quality Improvement Approaches in the Health and Substance Use Fields
From the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
• A brief on the emergence of quality improvement approaches in the health and substance use fields and has a section on patient safety
http://www.ccsa.ca/Resource Library/nts-System-Approach-Workbook-Quality-Improvement-2013-en.pdf