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1 US ISMP and ECRI Launch Joint Patient Safety Organization The US Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), which determines causes of medication errors and measures to prevent them, and ECRI, an evidence-based practice centre which conducts medical device evaluations, have launched a joint Patient Safety Organization (PSO) to improve the safety of medication, medical devices and healthcare practices in all US settings. "Our new PSO is a single source for safety that’s unrivaled in the market place... Together, ECRI and ISMP bring up-to-date information and real-time guidance to assure healthcare leaders that they’re making the best decisions to keep patients, long-term care residents, and staff safe," said Dr Marcus Schabacker, president and CEO of ECRI, "Our joint PSO brings together global experts in medication safety, device errors, patient safety, risk, and quality, to support healthcare providers in real-time when they need it the most," he said. The PSO will enable providers and healthcare organisations to "report quality and patient safety information confidentially and without fear of legal discovery. Using this process, PSOs can help healthcare professionals learn from quality and patient safety concerns to prevent similar problems from happening in the future," noted the ISMP. Institute for Safe Medication Practices. ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices launch new Patient Safety Organization. 17 Aug 2020. https://www.ismp.org/news/ ecri-and-institute-safe-medication-practices-launch-newpatient-safety-organization. Accessed 15 Sept 2020.
2 Drug Safety Service Improves ADR Reporting in Paediatric Records A pharmacovigilance service appears to improve the documentation of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) within electronic medical records (EMRs) of paediatric patients,
according to findings of a retrospective study published in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Data from the Children’s Mercy Hospital system, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, which includes a paediatric hospital, a regional hospital campus and four urgent care centres, were used to investigate the documentation of ADRs within EMRs within 24 h after admission to a hospital or clinic from October 2010 (when a Drug Safety Service [DSS] was introduced) until November 2018 in centres with and without quarterly DSS reports to a Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee. Overall, 31% of the 3065 ADRs requiring medical care did not have appropriate ADR documentation in EMRs prior to discharge from the hospital or clinic. ADRs were more frequently documented in EMRs in centres with versus without DSS monitoring (87% vs 61%; p
