Dr. Yogini Jani

BPharm (Hons), MSc, PhD, MRPharmS

Position

Honorary Lecturer in the Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, and

Lead Pharmacist – Medication Safety, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Contact details

Tel: 0845 155 5000 extension 73509

Area of expertise

Medication safety and technology evaluation

Biography

Dr. Jani graduated from the London School of Pharmacy in 1994 and has developed her career in several hospitals based in and around London. She completed her PhD at the CPPR in 2008. Currently she is working as the lead pharmacist for medication safety at UCLH NHS Foundation Trust in London.

Selected publications

Jani, Y., Barber, N.and Wong, I. Paediatric Dosing Errors Before and After Electronic Prescribing. In press. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2010; 19:337-340

Cornford T, Savage I, Jani Y, Dean Franklin B, Barber N, Slee A, Jacklin A. Learning lessons from electronic prescribing implementations in secondary care. Medinfo. 2010, Cape Town.

Co-author: Electronic prescribing in hospitals – challenges and lessons learned. Report commissioned by NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH); 01 June 2009

Jani YH, Ghaleb MA, Marks SD, Cope J, Barber N & Wong I. Electronic prescribing reduced prescribing errors in a pediatric renal outpatient clinic. Journal of Pediatrics. 2008; 152; 214-218.

Montgomery H, Jani Y, Ng, J. The basics of safe drug use (book chapter in: Surviving prescribing, A practical guide). 2006.

Member of stakeholder panel, Information design for patient safety: A guide to the graphic design of medication packaging. 2005 www.npsa.nhs.uk/health/currentprojects/designforpatientsafety