Pharmacists and Patient Safety: Building safer care with Patients

As health care systems grow increasingly complex, pharmacists are key members of the patient care team. This webinar, held by the World Patients Alliance in collaboration with the International Pharmaceutical Federation, will explore how pharmacists contribute to safer care through medication management, patient empowerment, and interprofessional collaboration.

It will also highlight the patient perspective by showing how patients and families contribute to safer medication use through shared decision-making, early reporting of concerns, health literacy, and partnerships with pharmacists and other health professionals.

Agenda

Co-Chairs:

• Marianne Ivey, Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, the University of Cincinnati, USA
• Helen Haskell, Chair of WPA Patient Safety & Quality Council, World Patients Alliance (WPA), USA

Advancing patient safety: The expanding role of pharmacists across health systems

• John Hertig, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Purdue University; Founder and President, Hertig Healthcare Advising LLC, USA

From intervention to impact: reducing medication errors through patient-centred care

• Mohamed Elsabakhawi, Pharmacist/Owner, Shoppers Drug Mart, Mississauga, Canada

Improving teamwork and communication for medication safety and patient-centred care

• Regina Mariam Namata Kamoga, Executive Director, for Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN), Uganda

Panellists:

• John Hertig, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Purdue University; Founder and President, Hertig Healthcare Advising LLC, USA
• Regina Mariam Namata Kamoga, Executive Director, Community Health and Information Network (CHAIN), Uganda
• Mohamed Elsabakhawi, Pharmacist/Owner, Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada

Register here.