AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
presented on March 16, 2006
During your next survey, surveyors will look for evidence that you’ve implemented an effective medication reconciliation process; yet, many organizations continue to struggle with this JCAHO requirement.
Listen and learn from two of the nation’s foremost experts how to bring your organization into perfect compliance with this difficult requirement.
Former JCAHO Executive Director of Accreditation Services Kurt Patton and Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors member Maureen Gibbs will provide top-notch solutions for your medication reconciliation dilemmas.
OUR AGENDA
- Introduction
- Why is medication reconciliation so important (and why is it a JCAHO goal)?
- Implementing an effective medication reconciliation process
- Design considerations (avoiding redundancies and complexities)
- The medication reconciliation team and form
- Pilot testing and educating staff
- Monitoring effectiveness
- Complying with JCAHO
- How is medication reconciliation surveyed?
- Reconciliation and review through the patient tracer technique
- Q&A
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After participating in the this program, attendees will be able to
- identify how JCAHO surveys the medication reconciliation goal and new strategies for compliance
- define how to tailor a medication reconciliation process and related forms to different facilities and settings
- discuss valuable tips for avoiding redundancy of work and re-documentation
- evaluate methods for measuring results/improvements after implementation of process
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
MAUREEN GIBBS, RN, BSN, is a nurse manager at Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital in Milford, MA. Her work there was officially recognized for development and implementation of an innovative system that has boosted reconciliation rates above 90%. Milford also has been recognized as "one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals" for superior clinical, operational, and financial performance, and one of only 20 medium-sized hospitals recognized as such nationwide.
KURT A. PATTON is the principal of Patton Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and a consultant for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro. Patton served as Executive Director of Accreditation Services at the JCAHO for more than seven years until his retirement in December 2005. In this role, he worked with all types of accredited organizations seeking to be resurveyed, and new organizations seeking to become accredited.
BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN MATERIALS PACKET
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools you can implement immediately to make implementing this requirement more efficient.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
- Risk managers
- Quality/performance improvement professionals
- Nurse managers
- Nurses
- Medical staff leaders
- Hospital pharmacists
- Patient safety officers
- Emergency department staff
- Chief nursing officers
- Physician leaders
- Physicians
- Chief operating officers
- Chief executive officers
PROGRAM MATERIALS:
Program materials will be provided with PDF links.
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