![]() Open reporting begins with trusting that the recipient of the report will not unfairly judge the clinicians involved in the event, dictate a new standard that may not be immediately feasible, and punish individuals or organizations if the standard is not met. We believe that clinicians would be less willing to report hazards, errors, or prevention strategies to ISMP if they thought we could then require them to make specific changes they may perceive to be difficult or costly, or if we could impose sanctions or punishment if the specific changes are not implemented. ISMP has no plans to become a regulatory, standards setting, accrediting, or certifying agency, as our sole purpose is to learn about medication errors from involved frontline clinicians so we can help prevent others from making the same errors. ISMP has also published numerous tools and self-assessments, research findings, targeted medication safety best practices, and various lists-confused drug names, drug pairs with tall man letters, high-alert medications, and error-prone abbreviations, for example-that best support safe medication practices. As such, ISMP has published guidelines, but not standards, that reflect consensus among key stakeholders associated with medication use. These strategies are based on best practices documented in the literature and learned via ISMP medication error reporting programs, on-site consulting, research, expert consensus building, and advocacy work. While we often support the minimum standards of care required by regulatory, standards setting, accrediting, and certifying agencies, ISMP also attempts to raise the bar by recommending alternative but practical high leverage strategies to improve medication safety. ISMP works in an expert advisory capacity only, with neither the power to set minimum standards of care, nor the authority to certify, regulate, or accredit individuals or organizations based on any standards of care, including those associated with medication safety. Myth 1: ISMP is a regulatory, standards setting, accrediting, or certifying organization. If you still have questions or are confused about our organization after reading the information that follows, we encourage you to contact us directly. We would like to dispel these myths by providing some general information about ISMP. As we were making plans for 2016, we came across several relatively common but inaccurate beliefs about ISMP held by some in the healthcare industry that could impact our work. Since becoming a charitable organization more than 2 decades ago, ISMP has pursued a singular mission to advance patient safety worldwide by empowering the healthcare community, including consumers, to prevent medication errors. ![]() It has been both a distinct privilege and a profound responsibility to touch the lives of so many during the past year. Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) would like to extend its sincere thanks to the many healthcare providers, consumers, advocacy groups, organizations, agencies, and companies that have allowed us to be part of their journey to reduce patient harm from medication errors. ![]()
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