Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy

Developed to identify, inspire, and mobilize adoption of consensus-based Best Practices for specific medication safety issues in community pharmacy that can cause patient harm.

Worksheet for the ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy

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Another Case of Nursing Criminalization—Long-Term Care (LTC) Must Improve Systems, Not Blame Nurses—Part I   

This ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Acute Care newsletter article describes another case in which a nurse, this time working in long-term care (LTC), was criminally indicted after a patient died du...

Understanding Healthcare as a Complex System: A Guide for Healthcare Workers

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, every professional—including doctors, nurses, administrative assistants, and environmental services workers—plays a vital role in ensuring the well-bei...

Mitigating Third-Party Risks in Healthcare: Protecting Patient Care and Data

In the modern healthcare landscape, a large portion of critical services, from scheduling and billing to electronic health records (EHRs), radiology systems, and other essential clinical tools, are...

Enhancing Patient Safety through Systems Thinking in Healthcare

Every day, healthcare workers—from nurses to procurement specialists to security personnel—navigate a complex landscape dedicated to patient care. Despite their best efforts, healthcare systems are...

Safe Home Healthcare: Addressing Risks in Home Medical Device Use

Healthcare at home has become an increasingly popular alternative to hospital-based treatment, offering patients the comfort and convenience of receiving care in familiar surroundings. However, whi...

MERP Annual Review Exposes How Manufacturer Labeling/Quality Issues Impact Medication Safety

From July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, a total of 1,016 voluntarily submitted reports were sent to the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP). Healthcare practitioners uti...

AI in Healthcare Applications and the Potential for Preventable Harm

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare promises transformative changes that could significantly improve clinical outcomes, reduce operational costs, and enhance the quality of car...

ISMP 27th Annual Cheers Awards: Making Medication Safety Magic

This week, ISMP celebrated the 27th annual CHEERS AWARDS, which recognize individuals, organizations, and groups that have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to advancing the science and study o...

The Vital Role of Patient Safety Organizations in Senior Care

As our population ages, ensuring safe, high-quality healthcare for seniors has never been more crucial. The older adult population often experiences higher levels of medical complexity, which can i...

The Importance of Awareness and Reporting in Healthcare Incident Management

Introduction Healthcare incident management begins with the crucial steps of awareness and reporting.  Delaying these steps can have significant consequences, leading to repeated incidents before t...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025 Executive Brief

Learn How to Identify and Address Health Technology Hazards in Your Facilities ECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025 identifies the potential sources of danger we believe warrant the gre...

ECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards: A Vital Resource for Healthcare Providers

We're excited to announce that ECRI's highly anticipated annual report—Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025—is on the way and is launching early! This report is crucial for healthcare organiza...

Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines Helps Clinicians Improve Safety and Effectiveness of Care

ECRI webinar demonstrates methods for effective guideline development Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care that are info...

Take Action to Prevent Tubing Misconnections—Part II

Problem: Tubing misconnections, or inappropriate connections between devices with different intended uses, have resulted in serious harm or death.1,2 In Part I, published in our October 31, 2024 ne...

New Water Quality Standards for Medical Device Processing

In 2023, healthcare facilities saw a shift from advisory best practices in water quality for medical device processing to enforceable standards with the release of AAMI ST108:2023. This new standar...

Hazard Vulnerability Assessment: An Expanded Approach Using Systems Thinking

Learn how to identify hazards and risks that are most likely to have an impact on your facility with a comprehensive methodology Per the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, healthcare orga...

Fluid shortage update—Safeguard imported products

Baxter announced it plans to restart manufacturing intravenous (IV) solutions at its North Cove, North Carolina facility this week. In the interim, as most readers are aware, the US Food and Drug A...

Survey Results Reveal Tubing Misconnections Are Common and Underreported—Part I

Problem: Tubing misconnections refer to what happens when a tube, syringe, or medical device from one delivery system is inappropriately connected to a system that serves a completely different fun...

At-Home Cardiac Rehabilitation Just as Effective as Center-Based Programs

Reimbursement Enacted during Pandemic Set to Expire At-home or hybrid cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs are safe and work as well as or better than center-based programs for reducing risk and im...