Transcript The Future Direction of Quality and Patient Safety: The profession of

Meds IQ
Sharing QI Resources for Paediatric Medication Safety
Background
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The potential for medication related harm for children in the NHS is huge
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Around 20% of reported safety incidents for children involve medication
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The risk of harm from an error is 3x higher in children than adults
Harm from medications is
AVOIDABLE
MEDSIQ has been developed
as project to support NHS
professionals and users to
improve paediatric medication
safety
What is Meds IQ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_xssYbe9vg
Who is Meds IQ for?
 Healthcare
 Patients
 Groups
professionals
and parents
or organisations
interested in paediatric medication safety…
– Looking to improve their own practice
– Hoping to share a paediatric medication QI project
– Preparing for assessments/appraisal (Activity can be
linked to CPD & e-portfolio)
 Anyone
Using Meds IQ
 Access
 Learn
medication safety resources
from other QI projects
 Publish
your medication safety QI
projects online & submit to ADC E&P
 Improve
 Find
your practice- e-learning
links to QI education
 Build
networks
 Influence
policy and research
Upload your work today…
 [Insert
details of
local/regional QI projects or
tools/resources to share]
“Share seamlessly,
Steal shamelessly”
Meds IQ Champions Network
 Developing
the culture
• Not just a website
“go to” place for medication safety
• Multi-professional + patient/parents
 The
 Regional
networks supporting local QI
• Link to existing networks
 Webinars
+ conferences
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 Sign up today!
Thank you all!
What you can do…
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Join the Champions’ Network if you haven’t already
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Connect with other champions in your region
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Submit projects and resources online
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Share, share, share!
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Find 3 frontline clinicians to sign up to the website today
Help us spread the word and grow our community
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Follow us on twitter @medsiq
The Meds IQ team
 Your
local champions [insert contact details here)
 Project
board
Dr Melanie Clements
Dr Jane Runnacles
Dr Alice Roueché
Kasia Muszynska
 Expert
advisory group