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Safe Assured

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An Application of BERT Learning the Impact of COVID on the Errors of Dispensing Medications in Canadian Community Pharmacies

Author(s)/Auteur(s): Gang Hu (SUNY Buffalo State College), Bo Yu (全国探花), Carla Beaton (Pharmapod a Think Research Company), James Barker (全国探花), Benoit Aubert (HEC Montreal) & Kimberley Sears (Queen's University)

Safe Assured is an international research consortium focused on improving medication safety and strengthening the sustainability of community pharmacy practice. Through research on safety systems, data analytics, quality improvement, organizational resilience, and policy development, we generate evidence and practical solutions that help pharmacists, healthcare organizations, regulators, and policymakers create safer and more effective medication-use systems.

Our research is organized around four interconnected pillars that advance understanding of medication safety, support learning from safety events, strengthen pharmacy practice, and inform policy and governance.

Four Research Pillars

Pillar 1: Understanding Medication Safety Systems

Research questions include:

  • How do medication incidents occur?
  • What factors influence reporting?
  • How do pharmacists and pharmacy teams experience safety systems?
  • What roles do stakeholders play throughout the medication management process?

Pillar 2: Data Analytics and Learning from Safety Events

We leverage large-scale medication incident data to:

  • Identify emerging risks
  • Detect Patterns 
  • Model Safety Threats
  • Support Evidence-Informed Decisions 

Areas include:

  • Predictive Analytics 
  • Machine Learning 
  • Risk Modelling 
  • Safety Intelligence

Pillar 3: Improving Pharmacy Practice and Organizational Resilience

This pillar examines how pharmacies and healthcare organizations can improve safety through:

  • Workflow Redesign
  • Safety Culture Development 
  • Quality Improvement Practices 
  • Organizational Learning 
  • Resilience Strategies

Pillar 4: Policy, Governance and Knowledge Translation

Our research supports:

  • Policymakers
  • Regulatory Authorities
  • Professional Organizations 
  • Healthcare Leaders

Through evidence-informed governance frameworks, policy recommendations, and practical guidance.

 

Check out how we are centering our some of our current projects around our four pillars here.