#Patientsafety

Director Medicines Optimisation

World Patient Safety Day Medicines, the most frequent intervention in the NHS, estimated avoidable adverse events cost £98m/yr.Thread below examples of Pharmacy & Medicines Optimisation contributions patient safety.@ptsafetyNHS #WorldP

Sarah P. Hancock, MS, CRC, CPMC

Exploring #PatientSafety issues at @NHSEngland re #AuditECT. Apparently #ECTAS are but a certificate for the wall w/ zero accountability for not meeting basic criteria, risking permanent #braindamage #MemoryLoss per #Thymatron

Patient Safety Suffragette

A Power of Attorney for Personal Care can be made free of charge . Forms can be printed off govt website . There are many rules about who you can

Possibly the quickest #qualityimprovement project I've ever done... How to improve staff recognition when in full PPE! Thanks to everyone who helped get this sorted in less than 24 hours

Stanisław Iwańczak

The European Researchers' Network Working on Second Victims.On 16.09.2020,the inaugural virtual meeting of the project took placeSecond or third victim ?My intention of this post is reflection, discussion.https://www.bmj.com/content/364

GinaMcGalliard 🧜🏻‍♀️🌕🍀

Alright, I’m just going to announce this: cognitive behavior therapy CBT is NOT an appropriate first-line treatment for poorly understood physical conditions such as #insomnia, #chronicpain, #MECFS, etc. It is

NPLiabilities2.0

This NP has already been seeing patients for THREE weeks & ordering labs. Only problem is he can’t interpret them or what to do with abnormal values. Medical school 101

Dr Murphy (aka David Watkins)

This is utterly absurd! The dangerously flawed unvalidated @babylonhealth Chatbot, continues to put WOMEN at risk of #DeathByChatbot #GenderBias. A 60yr old 20/day Smoker with Sudden Onset Central Chest Pain

Dr. Sonali Vaid MD MPH

Thread of various #covid19gaps & #covid19questions related to the public health & humanitarian response & planning that I have posted over time. . Pick any to work on or

Marjorie Stiegler M.D.

As we wrap #ANES20, here are some final images for all my #hcsm #medtwitter junkies.And for easy access, here's my wrap up from last year: https://twitter.com/DrMStiegler/status/1187027909661335553?s=20(/) This year's #ANES20 summar

Elizabeth Malinzak, MD, FASA

*THREAD 1/8*I was blown away by the #ANES20 Rovenstine lecture from @JoanneConroyMDShe initated a call to action for anesthesiologists by acknowledging the biggest issues for our specialty: #disruption#equity#patientsafety 2/8Disruption sum

Eduardo Alcaraz, MD PhD

Hey, #FioNA, do you know the history of your colleague Anne (Resusci) as known as the "most kissed" face of all time?In 1880, an unidentified young woman was found drowned in