Task force on medication management formed September 2008- The Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, in partnership with the Ontario Long Term Care Association, the Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practice Canada, is bringing together a team of leading experts in the field of medication management in long-term care. This Task Force will identify practical means to improve medication safety in long-term care homes and provide an opportunity to learn from long-term care providers with leading practices. The mandate of the task force is to identify methods to maximize appropriate medication management practices in the care of residents. To achieve this, the task force will collaborate with homes, practitioners, policy makers, and other experts to build continuous medication safety improvement capacity. The task force began meeting in June and hopes to have an interim report in six months. The final report is expected in a year. |