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W21C Patient Safety Podcast
By W21C Podcast TeamScience
W21C Patient Safety Podcast episodes
- 15 min
- Episode 49: The Future of Healthcare is CPOE
In this podcast, Dr. Shawn Dowling explains the benefits and costs of the Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), a complex healthcare intervention used for entering and managing orders.
“CPOE and EHR (Electronic Health Records) are the future of where patient health data is moving toward”, Shawn says. Effective ways to enter, collect and communicate data bring benefits to providers and patients. There are the potentials to reduce errors, increase patient safety, and maximize the use of information for appropriate medical decisions. Shawn highlights the importance of clinical decision support and describes how CPOE works as a tool to help physicians make the best decision at the point of care.
Emails, comments, feedback to [email protected]
15 min - Episode 48: Health Care for Newly Arrived Refugee Families
In this episode Dr. Gabriel Fabreau describes some of the clinical issues and needs for recently arrived refugee families in Canada.
In Calgary there are many private sponsors, faith groups, and families who help refugees but are unaware of the existence of Mosaic (http://mosaicpcn.ca/Pages/default.aspx).
This is a specialized multidisciplinary refugee health clinic that provides care, support and help to refugees, physicians and anyone who wants to know how to care for recently arrived families. More help can be found at the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
(https://www.ccisab.ca/services/services-for/refugees)
Email, comments, feebdback at [email protected]
20 min - Episode 47: When should you visit the Emergency Department?
In this episode Dr. Eddy Lang talks about the stress and pressure in Canadian Emergency Departments and in particular in Calgary. He explains when individuals should visit the Emergency Department and provides alternative suggestions to visiting the Emergency Department (E.D.).
After listening to this podcast, listeners will be able to:
- Evaluate when to visit of the Emergency Department
- Be aware of alternative solutions to make the visit to E.D. more efficient
- Consider consulting the family physician or other healthcare providers before visiting the E.D.
Email comments and feedback to [email protected]
18 min - Episode 46: Safe Drug Therapy in Chronic Kidney Disease
In this episode Craig Curtis talks about the role of pharmacists in Alberta in the development and use of the CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Pathway. He highlights the importance of building an evidence-based pathway that includes international recommendations easily accessible to family physicians and pharmacists.
After listening to this podcast the listeners will be able to recognize the primary interventions for managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults:
- Prevent progression: ACEi/ARB, DM
- Reduce cardiovascular (CV) risk: statin, antiplatelet
- Renal dose adjustments
- Avoid nephrotoxic medication
Email comments and feedback to [email protected]
17 min - Episode 45: Medication Safety in Chronic Kidney Disease
In this episode Dr. Chandra Thomas talks about safety related to medications in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Individuals with CKD are at very high risk for medication incidents associated with enormous costs for the society and the individuals.
After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:
1) Understand the risks for medication related safety incidents in patients with CKD
2) Know the complexity and uniqueness of individuals with CKD3) Recognize a need for actions that supports medication safetyEmail comments and feedback to [email protected]
20 min - Episode 44: The Rise of Simulation in Healthcare
In this episode Marlene Donahue talks about simulation and the growing interest and demand for healthcare applications. After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:1) Look at the evolution of simulation into healthcare,2) Explore the diversity of applications and uses for simulation in healthcare,3) Consider areas and possible challenges for future development and research.
Email, comments, feedback at [email protected]
17 min - Episode 43: Advance Care Planning as Safety Issue
In this episode Dr. Jessica Simon describes Advance Care Planning as a novel social process.
After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:
- Understand the term "Advance Care Planning" and its 5 elements
- Recognize the harms and benefits in Advance Care Planning
- Learn about national and local findings in Advance Care Planning
- Understand the Knowledge to Action Cycle and The Theoretical Domains Framework
Email comments and feedback to [email protected]
18 min - Episode 42: The Virtual Ward
In this episode Dr. Sam Gharbi describes patient handover as a major issue in patient safety.
After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:
- Understand the problems around patient handovers
- Evaluate a need for a structured handover process
- Know the benefits and features of the Virtual Ward (now known as Arya Handover)
Email comments and feedback to [email protected]
11 min - Episode 41: Patient Safety Culture and Climate
In this episode Dr. Liane Ginsburg updates our thinking about patient safety culture and patient safety climate.
After listening to this podcast listeners will be able to:
- Differentiate between patient safety culture and patient safety climate
- Understand the barriers to strong and positive patient safety culture and climate
- Consider patient safety climate strength in addition to climate level
Email comments and feedback to [email protected]
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About W21C Patient Safety Podcast
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This podcast is about patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare, and is produced with the support of W21C - a research and innovation centre in the Cumming School of Medicine at the…
University of Calgary, Canada.