TELECONFERENCE

A Real-Life View of the Medication/Patient Safety Specialist

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW Are you a patient safety or medication safety specialist? Is your organization considering this new and exciting position? Whether such a position is under consideration, in development, or well established in your organization, please join ISMP for an informative teleconference that promises to shed new light on this emerging area of professional practice. Two pharmacists and one nurse will present varying perspectives ranging from a small community hospital to a multi-hospital setting. The teleconference will discuss the role of the safety specialist, challenges encountered, including those for newly appointed specialists, reporting structures, and how to involve multiple disciplines in implementing change. Particular attention will be paid to describing the day-to-day activities of the positions, as well as several medication safety accomplishments, how they were achieved, and how their success was measured. Practical strategies for maximizing effectiveness and creating a similar position in your organization also will be discussed.

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

• This program is designed for healthcare practitioners and administrators interested in enhancing patient safety by creating and/or optimizing the medication/patient safety specialist's position. Individuals who lead medication safety initiatives while carrying out other responsibilities in their organization will also greatly benefit from the rich experiences of the speakers.

OBJECTIVES

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

• Identify effective frameworks and reporting structures that are likely to empower clinicians in medication/patient safety specialist positions.
• Describe the day-to-day activities of a medication/patient safety specialist.
• Outline ways to overcome the challenges that medication/patient safety specialists face when setting up a new position, selecting areas of focus, garnering administrative/corporate participation, and motivating people to change.
• Identify one proactive and one reactive medication safety initiative that may be applicable to your organization during the coming months.
• Describe two ways to measure the success of a medication/patient safety initiative.

MODERATOR

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

SPEAKERS

• Steven Meisel, PharmD, Corporate Director of Medication Safety, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
• Nancy Kimmel, RPh, Patient Safety Specialist, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
• Joanne Peterson-Falcone, RN, Medication Safety Specialist, Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO

PRICING INFORMATION

Live Teleconference	$0.00
Live Teleconference and Teleconference CD	$0.00 (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 4/13/2004.
• 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: . 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.