Thread by @Drug_Evidence

THREAD - What if we could track and record repeat Adverse Drug Events? 🤔 💊

1/6: Register for our May 12 #BestEvidence webinar, as @corinne_hohl talks about Assessing the Impact of Information Continuity on Health Outcomes: bit.ly/3ap4FGO #MedEd

2/6: Why do Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) matter?

Each year in British Columbia, ADEs account for:
👉240,000 emergency dept (ED) visits
👉480,000 days in hospital
👉approx. 1 in 9 adult ED visits

More here: bit.ly/2Q7UGi8
#drugsafety #ptsafety #MedEd

3/6: In Canada, adverse drug events 💊 cause or contribute to almost 2⃣million emergency department visits annually 😯 🆘

See publication list here: actionade.org/referenced-art…

#MedEd #ptsafety #prescribing

4/6: Yet, possibly fewer than5⃣% of adverse drug events are reported to oversight bodies, so you might ask,” Why don’t Clinicians Report Adverse Drug Events?”

It’s a good❓and Dr. Hohl has some answers here: publichealth.jmir.org/2018/1/e21/

#drugsafety #MedEd #ptsafety

5/6: At least 33% of preventable adverse drug events requiring a hospital visit are repeat events? 😯💊🩺

These could be prevented with more effective ways of communicating relevant adverse drug event information: cmajopen.ca/content/7/3/E4…

#MedEd #drugsafety #prescribing

6/6: Dr. Corinne Hohl’s ActionADE project:

A provincial initiative to improve adverse drug event reporting + integrate these data into electronic medical records for better communication and better patient safety 👩‍⚕️💊 👪

More here: actionade.org

#MedEd #ptsafety