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Are your staff ready to handle The Joint Commission's medication reconciliation requirement?

If not, HCPro offers your best hope for meeting the deadline.

The Joint Commission demands medication reconciliation compliance as of January 2006. You've already picked your form and set up your process, but this is no time to relax—your staff need training.

Your hospital is required to fully implement medication reconciliation, which means your staff must be able to clearly describe and carry out this complicated process. Fortunately for you, HCPro has taken a lot of the work out of training.

Quick, successful communication strategies!

Medication Reconciliation: Communication Strategies for Staff Compliance explains this crucial process at every step along the way. This invaluable training resource provides creative communication strategies, best-practice tips, and practical advice to hospital staff involved in medication reconciliation. Whether they're dealing with the groggiest patient or the sharpest physician, your staff will be up to the challenge.

This video is geared toward your entire frontline staff. After watching this to-the-point video, your staff will

• understand the importance of medication reconciliation
• know tips for getting an accurate medication list for each patient
• be able to incorporate the medication reconciliation process into the hand-offs process
• be prepared to discuss medication reconciliation with nurses, physicians, and pharmacists
• know what to do if a patient is transferred without an up-to-date medication list
• gain valuable communication techniques that will help them in every patient care process—not just medication reconciliation

Where else can your staff get so much information in less than 30 minutes?

This informative video is packed with tips and techniques that help you train staff and answer their swirling questions:

• How do I discuss unreconciled medication with physicians?
• What can I do to jog this patient's memory?
• Why is medication reconciliation my job anyway?

If anything has slipped through the cracks while you've prepared to meet The Joint Commission's standards, chances are it is staff training—and time is running short. Thanks to HCPro, you're not too late.

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