Teleconferences

ISMP teleconferences are a convenient way for healthcare professionals to stay ahead of new trends in medication safety and gain additional knowledge in key areas.

Practitioners can stretch their professional development dollars further by gaining access to top-flight educational seminars without having to pay for travel and lodging or spend extra time away from work. In addition, each organization pays one fee for registration that covers unlimited participation from individuals at their site.

ISMP’s teleconferences focus on practical issues that healthcare professionals find themselves addressing every day in practice, such as the JC’s National Patient Safety Goals, bar coding, and IV drug compounding. They feature multidisciplinary panels of nationally known experts in medication safety from all over the US. See the links below for more information on past and future teleconference topics.

Upcoming Teleconferences

Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Medication Safety Team
(A 2-part ISMP Teleconference Series)
September 17th & October 23rd, 2008 from 1:30 - 3:00 pm ET

Patient Falls and Medication Use: Making the Safety Connection
Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 1:30pm - 3:00pm ET

Past Teleconferences

• Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Medication Safety Team
  Part I: Creating an Optimal Infrastructure and Strategic Plan
  Wednesday September 17, 2008 from 1:30 - 3:00 pm ET
• (REPEAT of July 23, 2008 teleconference) The Joint Commission (TJC) Update:
  2008-2009 Requirements Related to Medication Use
  Thursday, August 21, 2008 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET
• The Joint Commission (TJC) Update:
  2008-2009 Requirements Related to Medication Use
  Wednesday July 23, 2008 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET
• Using BPOC Data to Drive Quality Improvement
  Wednesday, June 18, 2008, from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET
• Important Package Design Considerations for Safe Purchasing and Use of Pharmaceutical Products
  Wednesday, May 7, 2008 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• 'High-Alert Medications' Series: Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm (Parts I, II, & III)
  February 21, March 26, and April 23, 2008 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET
• 'High-Alert Medications' Series: Part III - Preventing Errors with Insulin: A Multidisciplinary Approach
  Wednesday April 23, 2008 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• 'High-Alert Medications' Series: Part II - Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm with Opiates
  Wednesday March 26, 2008 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• 'High-Alert Medications' Series: Part I - Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm with Anticoagulation Therapy
  Thursday February 21, 2008 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• Safe Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets: Choosing Safety over Convenience
  Wednesday, January 30, 2008 from 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET
• Clinical Pharmacists In The Emergency Department: Building on Interdisciplinary Teamwork to Improve Medication Safety
  Friday November 16, 2007, From 1:30-3:00 PM ET
• Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm with Anticoagulant Therapy
  Wednesday September 19, 2007 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• (REPEAT OF 7/18/07) The Joint Commission Update: 2007-2008 Requirements Related to Medication Use
  Thursday, August 2, 2007 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• The Joint Commission Update: 2007-2008 Requirements Related to Medication Use
  Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• Smart Infusion Pumps: "Strategies for Selection and Implementation”-Part II
  Thursday, June 21, 2007 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET
• Smart Infusion Pumps: "Strategies For Selection" - Part I
  Wednesday, June 6, 2007 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET
• Bar-coding at the Point-of-Care to Enhance Medication Safety:
  Part II - Lessons from the Bedside
  Wednesday April 4, 2007 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET
• Bar-Coding at the Point-of-Care to Enhance Medication Safety:
  Readiness and Implementation Strategies
  Wednesday, March 14, 2007 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET
• Gaining Physician Compliance to Your Patient Safety Initiatives
  Thursday, February 22, 2007 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET
• Strategies for The Safe Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets
  Wednesday November 15, 2006 from 1:30 - 3:00pm ET
• Improving Medication Safety with Antithrombotic Agents
  Wednesday, September 13, 2006 from 12:30 - 2:00 ET
• (REPEAT of August 3, 2006) 2006-2007 JCAHO Update: Requirements Related to Medication Use
  August 10, 2006 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm ET
• 2006-2007 JCAHO Update: Requirements Related to Medication Use
  August 3, 2006 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm ET
• The Impact of Clinical Decision Support Systems: Alerts and Standardized Order Sets
  June 29, 2006 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm EDT.
• Journey Towards a Just Culture-A Statewide Initiative
  April 19, 2006 from 1:30 - 3:30
• Just Culture - An Emerging Safety-Centered Accountability Model
  March 30, 2006, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm (ET)
• REPEAT OF Preventing Errors With Insulin: A MultiDisciplinary Approach
  February 15, 2006 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm EST
• Preventing Errors With Insulin: A MultiDisciplinary Approach - February 9, 2006
  February 9, 2006 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm EST
• Just Culture–an Emerging Safety-Centered Accountability Model in Healthcare
  October 27, 2005
• Risk Reduction Strategies for Medication Errors in the Perioperative Setting
  September 21, 2005
• Is CPOE Still the Right Thing to Do?
  June 29, 2005
• Medication Reconciliation Parts I and II
  April 5, 2005 and April12, 2005
• Meeting the 2005 National Patient Safety Goals Challenge: Avoiding Dangerous Abbreviations and Errors Caused by Look-alike Drug Names
  February 4, 2005
• Turning a New Chapter on IV Drug Compounding Safety
  July 15, 2004
• A Real-Life View of the Medication/Patient Safety Specialist
  April 14, 2004
• Eliminating Reliance on
  January 29, 2004
• Confronting the Challenges of Neonatal and Pediatric Medication Safety
  October 29, 2003
• Raise the Bar! Four-part Series on Bar-coded Drug Administration at the Point of Care
  April 2003