TELECONFERENCE

The Joint Commission (TJC) Update:
2008-2009 Requirements Related to Medication Use

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW Our guest speaker, Darryl Rich, PharmD, a surveyor for The Joint Commission (TJC), will discuss TJC Medication Management (MM) standards and National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs), including requirements that have given hospitals difficulty in 2007 and early 2008 along with strategies for better compliance with them. In addition, the new and revised Medication Management standards for hospitals for 2008 and 2009 will be discussed, as well as the new 2008 National Patient Safety Goal requirements to reduce the likelihood of patient harm associated with the use of anticoagulation therapy. Finally, the future direction for changes with the MM standards will be briefly introduced.

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

• Prescribers: physicians, nurse practitioners & physician’s assistants
• Risk managers
• Medication and patient safety officers
• Quality and performance improvement professionals
• CEOs, COOs, CMOs, CNOs
• Pharmacy directors
• Hospital pharmacists
• Nurse managers
• Staff nurses
• Members of medication safety teams and committees

OBJECTIVES

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

• List the most problematic medication-related standards in terms of non-compliance by organizations surveyed in 2007 and early 2008
• Identify strategies for better compliance with Medication Management standards and National Patient Safety Goals
• List the 2008 medication-related National Patient Safety Goals and requirements
• Compare your current compliance with new requirements
• Describe the future direction for changes with the medication management standards

MODERATOR

• Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FASCP, Director, Error Reporting Programs, Institute for Safe Medication Practices

SPEAKERS

• Darryl S. Rich, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, Surveyor, The Joint Commission

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 7/22/2008.
• 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: 180-999-08-510-L05-P. 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.