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Medication Safety

Care in All Settings



Ontario Health thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard:


Alan Forster (co-chair)
Vice-President, Innovation and Quality, The Ottawa Hospital
Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor, University of Ottawa


Lisa McCarthy (co-chair)
Scientist, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners
Pharmacist, Trillium Health Partners
Associate Professor, University of Toronto


Olga Baleca
Nurse Practitioner, Waterloo Region, Nurse Practitioner–Led Clinic/Cambridge Rapid Access
Addiction Clinic


Lise Bjerre
Chair in Family Medicine, University of Ottawa and Institut du Savoir Montfort
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa


Mike Cass
Clinical Manager, Hamilton Health Sciences


Karen Devolin
Lived Experience Advisor


Ed Etchells
Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Associate Scientist, University of Toronto


Barbara Farrell
Pharmacist, Bruyère Continuing Care
Scientist, Bruyère Research Institute


Olavo Fernandes
Director of Pharmacy-Clinical and Operations, University Health Network
Assistant Professor (Status), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto


Christopher Frank
Physician, Queen’s University, Providence Care


Carolyn Hoffman (ex officio)
Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada


Anne Holbrook
Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, McMaster
University


Tom Moss
Lived Experience Advisor


Jim Prescott
Lived Experience Advisor


Rhonda Scarfone
Nursing Practice Clinical Nurse Educator, North Bay Regional Health Centre


Carmine Stumpo
President and Chief Executive Officer, Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital


Kathy Vu
Clinical Lead, Safety Initiatives, Systemic Treatment Program, Ontario Health
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto


Peter Wu
Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Health Network


Ian Zenlea
Pediatric Endocrinologist and Clinician Scientist, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners

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