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SeminarsExternal SeminarWCIM 2010 Melbourne in conjunction with Physicians WeekDate: 20-25th March, 2010 Strategies for improving medication safety in hospitals:The way forwardVenue: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD; Final seminar programme and registration Medication errors are one of the most common types of adverse events reported in the hospital system. It is estimated that around 2-3% of admissions to hospital have an adverse medication event; in some populations it is estimated to be as high as 30%. Half of these errors are deemed to be potentially preventable. A priority area for peak quality and safety bodies at an international, national and jurisdictional level has been to identify areas where additional patient safety activity could enhance patient safety. Investment is needed in assessing gaps in care, improving product safety, developing medication management systems and education and competency assessment. Various efforts have been directed at understanding and reducing medication errors and improving safety at the system level and also at the practitioner level Speaker presentationsSession 1: Overview
Session 2: Medication safety in the electronic age
Session 3: Managing high risk medication
Session 4: Implementing what we know works
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