Resources
Patient and Family Involvement: Resources for empowering patients to become active participants in their care.
Patient Advisory Committee: The Patient Advisory Committee of MIPS developed the Patient Advocate Form for people who wish to appoint a person(s) to speak up and act on their behalf. This tool is a working document. The public are invited to give feedback on the usefulness of this tool.
Medication Safety: Tools for monitoring medication errors and catching them before they can do harm.
Infection Control and Prevention: Resources for empowering patients to become active participants in their care.
Falls Prevention: Tools and best practice guidelines for preventing falls in care facilities and in the community.
Research Digest: Abstracts of the latest articles, reports, and perspectives on patient safety.
Safe Medication Use
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) has a new website!
SafeMedicationUse.ca provides a way for Canadians to report medication incidents and to get information about using medication safely. There is also a newsletter for patients and families on how to prevent medication incidents.
Although most medication incidents don’t cause harm, some have caused serious harm and even death. When incidents are reported and reviewed, problems can often be found and corrected. This is a much better way to prevent errors than punishing the person who made the mistake.
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FINDING YOUR VOICE: Our Journey with Cancer through the Health Care System
How does a person move through the complex, often unknown, and little understood health care system? You can achieve this feat, but it requires taking action. This book encourages readers to become their own health care advocates and addresses such questions as: What is an advocate? When may a person/patient need an advocate? How does a patient choose an advocate? and What role(s) can an advocate play? It is the author’s hope that readers will gain confidence and feel empowered to stand up for their rights and actively participate in decisions affecting their health. The book is intended to be user-friendly and is designed to fit in a pocket, purse or briefcase, so people can take it to medical appointments. The essence of this book’s message is: ask questions, take charge, find accurate and reliable information and resources, do what you can with resources available, stay positive, be prepared to speak up/advocate, and get involved in your health care decisions.
Book Price:
- $19.95 plus applicable taxes, shipping and handling when ordered from: www.dawnmwhite.ca
- $20.95 at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg
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