Open | Presentations from the Medication Safety Forum
The medication safety forum on 16 October 2014 was a chance to hear about innovations and future directions in medication safety. The forum provided an opportuny to network and explore current practice. It also marked the launch of the Open for better care campaign focus on high-risk medicines.
Professor Richard Day from the University of New South Wales and St Vincent’s Hospital was the keynote speaker. Below are the presentations from the day.
The graphic recordings are available to download at the bottom of the page.
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) | Presentation |
| 9:20am | Miki whakatau |
Tu Williams (Chair, Te Roopu Maori), Marama Parore, Leanne Te Karu and Kayleen Katene (members, Te Roopu Maori) |
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| 9:30am | Forum chair's welcome | Dr Alan Davis (Deputy Chair, medication safety expert advisory group) | |
| 9:35am | Opening of forum | Shelley Frost (Deputy Chair, Commission Board) | |
| 9:45am | Key note address – current initiatives in Australia | Professor Richard Day (Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of New South Wales and St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney) | Medication safety – current initiatives in Australia |
| 10:20am | From a patient's perspective | John Smith | |
| 10:55am | Medication safety and Maori | Leanne Te Karu and Marama Parore | Medication safety and Maori |
| 11:10am | Shared care and medication safety | Dr Martin Wilson (GP and Clinical Lead for IT, Pegasus Health; Clinical Director Medical Informatics, Canterbury DHB; MOSS Sexual Health Clinic) and Symon McHerron (Chief Information Officer, Pegasus Health) | |
| 11:25am | Quality improvement initiatives on the safe use of opioids |
Nirasha Parsotam (Health Initiatives Development Manager, BUPA Australia) Caroline Tilah (Director, Operations, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Directorate, Capital & Coast DHB) |
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| 11:55am | Benefits and challenges of ePrescribing and administration and eMedicine reconciliation |
David Ryan (eMedicines Project Lead, Waitemata DHB) Marie Lewis (Medication Safety Specialist – Pharmacist, Counties Manukau Health) |
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| 12:25pm | Safety in practice | Dr Campbell Brebner (Chief Medical Advisor, Primary Care, Counties Manukau Health) | Safety in practice |
| 12:40pm | Promoting primary care medication error reporting | Dr Desiree Kunac (Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre) | Promoting primary care medication error reporting |
| 1:50pm | Beyond 'Go for Gold' | Graeme Osborne (Director, National Health IT Board) | Beyond 'Go for Gold' |
| 2:05pm | Future directions for Australia | Professor Richard Day | Future initiatives in Australia |
| 2:30pm | Launch of the high-risk medicines topic for the Open for better care campaign and the safe use of opioids collaborative | Carmela Petagna (Senior Portfolio Manager, Health Quality & Safety Commission) and Avril Lee (Clinical Lead for the safe use of opioids collaborative and member of the Medication Safety Expert Advisory Group) | High-risk medicines topic and opioids collaborative |
| 3:00pm | What's next for medication safety | Emma Forbes (Senior Project Manager, Health Quality & Safety Commission), Nirasha Parsotam and Beth Loe (Medication Safety Specialist, Health Quality & Safety Commission) | |
| 4:00pm | Reflections on the day | Professor Richard Day | |
| 4:10pm | Closing remarks | Dr Alan Davis | |
| 4:20pm | Whakakapi karakia | Tu Williams with Marama Parore, Leanne Te Karu and Kayleen Katene |
