Announcements

The gaps in our healthcare systems are appearing daily during this stressful COVID-19 time. Lessons learned now will inform the way of the future and if they are heeded, those missing pieces will help mitigate damage the next time we face a global issue. That's why as healthcare providers, patient p...
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In life, there are times when your heart almost literally explodes with pride. For me, it's been tied to the kids and their accomplishments. Last week, it happened again and it is definitely tied to Andrew and our accomplishments. The Ontario College of Pharmacists had an official recognition ceremo...
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I recently had the opportunity to share my story with Janet Fanaki, creator of the website http://www.resilientpeople.ca   Please have a look at both the video and the website. She features profiles of people who have been through difficult life experiences and have been able to move forward in a po...
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As you are all aware, I have taken my role as patient advocate for medication safety very seriously since we found out the cause of Andrew's death. It has ignited a passion in me that I didn't even know was there. I have said before that I never knew that I had the ability to speak in front of hundr...
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When Scarlet (my 19 month old Weimaraner puppy) gets a new treat, she runs around the house with it in her mouth, not knowing quite what to do with it. Today, I exhibited the same behaviour, only I was carrying around a printed version of the article titled, "Expansion of patient safety regulatory r...
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This week, a study was published that tracked reports from 301 community pharmacies in Nova Scotia over a period of 7 years. The reports that were tracked, were those of medication errors - 98, 000 of them. This seems like a harrowing number but the good news is that 82% of the incidents did not rea...
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The Assurance and Improvement in Medication Safety program (AIMS) is the new quality improvement program that is being rolled out into Ontario's 4300 pharmacies. I have been in consultation on this project since the beginning of the development with both the Ontario College of Pharmacists and Pharma...
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