TELECONFERENCE

Medication Reconciliation Parts I and II

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Please join ISMP for a two-part teleconference on Medication Reconciliation, one of the new 2005 Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals. Inadequate communication of information at transition points in care is responsible for up to half of all medication errors, and about 20 percent of harmful drug events in hospitals. Learn how to reduce this risk by establishing a standard process for identifying an accurate list of all medications a patient is taking, and using this list to reconcile any differences with new orders and plans of care. Part I of the teleconference, Setting the Ground Rules, to be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2005, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. EST, will feature two speakers. Darryl S. Rich, PharmD, MBA, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Oakbrook Terrace, IL, will describe the requirements of the new NPSG on medication reconciliation, and Steven Meisel, PharmD, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, will provide an overview of successful reconciliation processes from the perspective of a large health system.

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

OBJECTIVES

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

Define the term medication reconciliation.
Explain the JCAHO National Patient Safety Goal on medication reconciliation.
Describe how failure to reconcile medications across all care settings has been implicated in medication errors and adverse drug events.
Identify factors critical to the success of medication reconciliation in a multi-hospital healthcare system, a community hospital, and a critical access hospital.

MODERATOR

Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, DSc, President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), Huntingdon Valley, PA

SPEAKERS

Darryl S. Rich , PharmD, MBA, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Steven Meisel, PharmD, Director of Medication Safety, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
Nancy L. Kimmel, RPh, Patient Safety Specialist, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, MO
DeeAnn Wedemeyer-Oleson, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Guthrie County Hospital, Guthrie Center, IA

PRICING INFORMATION

Live Teleconference	$0.00
Live Teleconference and Teleconference CD	$0.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
Teleconference CD	$359.00 (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 4/29/2005.
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.

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.