Health Care Delivery and Pharmacists During the COVID-19 Pandemic | PSNet

Health Care Delivery and Pharmacists During the COVID-19 Pandemic | PSNet

New Perspective Identifies Pharmacy-Related Safety Concerns During COVID-19 Pandemic

A new Perspective from AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) explores issues related to medication safety and the prevention of medication errors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has created several challenges, authors noted, including medication shortages, changes to the pharmacy workflow, a changing evidence base associated with treatment complications and limited availability of personal protective equipment. The perspective identifies resources to address current challenges. The perspective is part of PSNet’s ongoing effort to highlight new resources related to patient safety. Articles highlighted this week include: COVID-19: patient safety and quality improvement skills to deploy during the surge A sociotechnical framework for safety-related electronic health record research reporting: the SAFER reporting framework A systems approach to analyzing and preventing hospital adverse events Access PSNet’s current issue or recent cases and commentaries in AHRQ’s WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web).