TELECONFERENCE

Patient Falls and Medication Use: Making the Safety Connection

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW Join us for the next ISMP teleconference entitled Patient Falls and Medication Use: Making the Safety Connection on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 1:30 pm (ET). This teleconference will discuss the medication classes that put patients at risk for falls and describe how a falls risk assessment can support development of safety strategies. Our speakers will also identify strategies to proactively address medication-related falls and examine a response model to use when a fall occurs. In addition, these practitioners will discuss the impact of pharmacist and nurse interventions that have been implemented within their own organizations to reduce the risk of medication-related patient falls.

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

• pharmacists
• nurses
• risk managers
• patient safety leaders

OBJECTIVES

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

• List the medication classes that put patients at risk for falls
• Describe the use of a falls risk assessment that will support safety strategy development
• Identify strategies within your organization to proactively address medication-related falls
• Examine a model for fall response to inform the organization of continued fall risks associated with medication use
• Discuss the impact of pharmacist and nurse interventions on reducing medication-related patient falls

MODERATOR

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

SPEAKERS

• Ronda K. Lehman, PharmD, MBA, Administrative Director of Pharmacy & Disease Management, St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, OH
• Tina Gionet, RN, Patient Safety Officer, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

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 11/19/2008.
• 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: 180-999-08-522-L04-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.