Vanessa's Law: need better system in place for MDs to document adverse drug reactions

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English - May 04, 2015 15:39 - 11 minutes - 8.18 MB
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Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Corinne Hohl, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Columbia and scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation in Vancouver. Currently, Bill C-17 (Vanessa's Law) does not require health care providers to document serious adverse drug reactions, but mandates that health care institutions report all documented serious reactions. Documentation rates are currently very low and, unless documentation of adverse events improves, the potential of the law to do good will be small, say Hohl and colleagues in a commentary published in CMAJ. Published May 4, 2015, doi: 10.1503/cmaj.150057. Full article: https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.150057To request a transcript of this podcast, contact [email protected]

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