ActionADE

We’re at 75% enrollment in the ActionADE Randomized Control Trial 🎉

Thanks to clinicians and site champions at our various sites without your efforts this wouldn’t be possible.

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Watch the full story and learn more about how ActionADE is making a difference:
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Check out the full study!
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💊 ActionADE Case Study of the Week

This weeks featured adverse drug event (ADE) case highlights Valacyclovir accumulation due to impaired renal clearance

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Discover the top 5 culprit medications and symptoms/diagnoses linked to adverse drug events. Stay informed and proactive about your health!

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💊 Medication can save lives—but when things go wrong, the impact can be devastating.

Marilyn’s story reminds us why preventing adverse drug events is critical for safer care.

👉 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xfa...

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Ready to make a difference and earn rewards?

From July 1 to September 30, every complete Adverse Drug Event report you submit helps improve patient safety - and you get rewarded! 🎉

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Reporting ADEs can help save lives and promote safer healthcare. Let's work together to improve medication safety and health equity. ❤️

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A serious case of AGEP linked to ceftriaxone highlights the importance of allergy documentation and follow-up. Learn how ActionADE helped close the loop and protect future care.

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ActionADE is a web-based tool helping healthcare providers document and share standardized adverse drug event info—so patients aren’t accidentally re-exposed to harmful meds 🚫💊

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Student Spotlight: Meet Mishell Barreno Caicedo, whose impactful research explores how marginalization influences the severity of serious adverse drug events reported in ActionADE.

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Thank you to everyone who made this possible, including all the researchers, organizations, policy makers, leaders, clinicians, patient partners, students and team members.
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We’re on the EM Deep Dive Podcast by @alaurx.bsky.social, Clinical Pharmacist at Vancouver General Hospital!⁠ Hear how ActionADE is helping clinicians document and share adverse drug events (ADEs) — preventing repeat harm and improving patient safety.⁠ 🎙️Listen here: lnkd.in/dRBwfRsq

💡 Did you know…Blood thinners, diabetes meds, and opioids are top causes of adverse drug events in older adults, often leading to emergency hospitalizations? With tools like ActionADE, we can help prevent harm and support safer medication use.
#PatientSafety #MedicationSafety #ActionADE

Thank you to Vancouver General Hospital for the opportunity to present at Internal Medicine Rounds! Grateful to our presenters Glen Medcalf, Puneet Vashisht, and Dr. Corinne Hohl for sharing the impact of ActionADE. 💊👏 #ActionADE #PatientSafety #VGH

💊 ADE Case Study of the Week

Have you seen similar interactions in your clinical practice? Let us know in the comments or share your own experiences.

Happy Pharmacy Appreciation Month! 🎉This month, our ActionADE site engagement took us to Richmond, Lions Gate, St. Paul’s, and Vancouver General Hospital. It’s been a pleasure collaborating with pharmacists at each site! Shoutout to our pharmacists and all our users for reporting ADEs to ActionADE.

Thanks for being a special guest @alaurx.bsky.social! We appreciate you 🫶🏻

We had a fantastic time hosting a Lunch and Learn session at Lions Gate Hospital yesterday! Thank you to the pharmacy department for welcoming us and being such an engaged audience.

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By catching medication-related issues early, pharmacists play a key role in improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. 💡💙

Read more here: europepmc.org/article/MED/...

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Thank you again for your hard work & support @alaurx.bsky.social 🫶🏻

At the end of last year, we sat down with Anthony to explore his journey, passions, and what drives his belief in ActionADE. This Pharmacy Appreciation Month, we celebrate Anthony and all pharmacists for their dedication to their patients and communities. Thank you!

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Happy Pharm Awareness Month #PAM2025 to my incredible pharmacy colleagues in Canada & around the🌏! Proud to be a pharmacist alongside such dedicated colleagues. The work we do isn’t always easy but it matters...every💉💊, every💬, every🤒we help. Grateful to be in this with all of you🙏 #pharmsky #RxSky

@alaurx.bsky.social thanks for all you do :D

It’s #PAM2025 💊

#pharmacy teams are #healthcareheroes who work tirelessly to ensure #patientsafety. Let’s show them some love this month & celebrate their incredible contributions! ❤️

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YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative Dr. Evan Wood: Addressing medications that are ineffective, potentially harmful for pts with SUD/AUD

ICYMI - TI #BestEvidence webinar

Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for patients with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊🍻🚬

Our MOST-ANTICIPATED webinar *ever* is now available for viewing: ti.ubc.ca/harms-aud-sud
Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood

I previously posted about CTX+lansoprazole & ventricular arrhythmias but was skeptical d/t confounding in the JAMA paper

A colleague shared anecdotal evidence...5 stable ED patients arrested after IV CTX. Still skeptical… #medsky #pharmsky #EMsky #cardiosky #IDsky #MedEd

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YouTube video by Therapeutics Initiative Dr. James (Jim) Wright: Debunking some of the hype In hypertension

🚨 #BestEvidence webinar recording

Debunking some of the hype in #hypertension
ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24

Dr. James Wright summarizes latest evidence on #antihypertensives:

⏰ chronotherapy
💊 first line tx
🎯 BP targets
⚠️ tx efficacy + safety

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Has anyone seen full-dose SC unfractionated heparin (333 units/kg load, then 250 units/kg Q12H) used for VTE treatment in non-hospitalized pts? I haven't seen it before. Given UFH’s variability & lack of aPTT monitoring, I’m skeptical of its effectiveness...🤔 #medsky #pharmsky #hemesky #MedEd #EMsky

Congratulations to the International Society of Drug Bulletins (ISDB) on the launch of their new website:
isdbweb.org

ISDB is a worldwide network of bulletins and journals on drugs and therapeutics that are financially and intellectually independent of the pharmaceutical industry

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