TELECONFERENCE

Bar-Coding at the Point-of-Care to Enhance Medication Safety:
Readiness and Implementation Strategies

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW Note that this is Part 1 of a two part teleconference. Click here to view the series information. With the ongoing interest in point-of-care bar-coding technology, ISMP has selected this topic for its next two-part teleconference series. In Part I: Readiness and Implementation Strategies, participants will receive an unbiased overview and appraisal of the technology available for bar-coded drug administration and packaging solutions. The speaker will also describe implementation preparedness and strategies designed to maximize the return on investment, facilitate full application of the capabilities of available technology, and fine-tuning the technology to meet the organization’s needs. Assessing Bedside Bar-Coding Readiness, one of three, free Pathways for Medication Safety tools developed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the American Hospital Association, and the Health Research and Education Trust, will also be described briefly for participants who are still in the planning or early implementation stages of bar coding, to help set the stage for successful application of bedside bar-coding or smooth its implementation. A thirty-minute question and answer period will be provided for participants’ questions.

INTENDED AUDIENCE (Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged to attend together):

• Interdisciplinary teams of front-line
• Middle managemen
• Administrative level nurses
• Pharmacists
• Physicians
• Information technology staff
• Patient or medication safety officers
• Risk management/performance improvement staff

OBJECTIVES

Following completion of this teleconference, participants should be able to:

• Describe and compare different vendor's products currently available for bar-coded drug administration and packaging solutions.
• Identify key processes that will facilitate full application of bar-coding technology at the bedside.
• Recognize the value of and a methodology for assessing an organization's readiness for implementing bar-coding technology at the point-of-care.

MODERATOR

• Judy Smetzer, RN, BSN, Vice President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices

SPEAKERS

• Mark Neuenschwander, The Neuenschwander Company

PRICING INFORMATION

Live Teleconference	$195.00
Live Teleconference and Teleconference CD	$225.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
Teleconference CD	$195.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
*CD includes a file of the audio recording of the teleconference as well as PowerPoint files containing slides of each presentation.

TELECONFERENCE POLICIES

Registration

• One telephone line connection is allowed per registration. Others may listen on this telephone line via an internal extension, or a speakerphone may be used for larger groups.
• You may not set up conferencing capabilities for other sites outside the facility. Each specific site may be used for larger groups. Each specific site must register individually.
• We cannot accept registrations without an email address and the name of a contact person.
• Registration for this teleconference will end at midnight ET on 3/13/2007.
• CDs will be available for purchase after the teleconference.

Cancellations

• Cancellations must be requested via an email message to our teleconference department.
• Cancellations received before the start (1:30 pm ET) of the teleconference will receive a full refund or credit.
• Cancellations received after the start (1:30 pm ET) of the teleconference and within 3 business days after the teleconference will be assessed a cancellation fee of $50.00.
• If your organization does not cancel within 3 business days after the date of the teleconference and does not participate, the full registration fee will be charged.

Materials

• If your organization's registered participant does not receive the teleconference materials that are sent out approximately 2 days before the teleconference via email, please send an email message to our billing department prior to the start of the teleconference.
  
• When registering, please be sure to provide the email address of the person to whom ISMP should send these materials.

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Accreditation Information:

NOTE: There is no additional charge for continuing education credits for this teleconference.

Pharmacy Continuing Education Continuing education credits will be provided by The Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group. PPAG is an approved provider of continuing pharmacy education by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). This program has been approved for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs). The UPN is: 180-999-07-501-L04. Nursing Continuing Education Debora Simmons is approved by the California Board of Nurse Examiners as a provider of continuing nursing education. This program has been assigned the Universal Program Number CEP 13677 and is approved for 1 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing nursing education.