Reduce the Risk of Medication Management Citations
Four standards that will improve your compliance
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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE, CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by Medication Management Compliance Toolkit presented on July 18, 2007
Medication management standards show up on The Joint Commission's list of top noncompliant standards every year. Many of the reasons for noncompliance remain the same, but hospitals continue to have trouble adhering to surveyor standards. Can you identify the risk points throughout the medication management system in your organization?
Comply with Joint Commission standards and improve patient safety
Listen to this 90-minute audioconference in which our experts offer tips and tools to help listeners implement practical procedures to impress surveyors and reduce the risk of citations. This program takes a look at four of the most common medication management issues hospitals have and educate staff on ways to improve policies and procedures.
AGENDA
- MM.8.10: Assessment and evaluation of medication processes
- Inclusion of entire hospital
- Designing a program
- Example: Assessing medication reconciliation risks
- MM.2.20: Safe storage
- Preventing diversion
- Accounting for expired meds
- Consequences of not fixing failures
- Security and safe storage
- MM.3.20: Ordering practices
- Range orders
- Pediatric weight base dosing
- Preprinted order sheets
- MM.4.10: Pharmacist review
- Latest Joint Commission update
- Radiology
- Emergency department
- Q & A
At the end of this audioconference you will be able to:
- Design a schematic representation for six critical elements in the medication management system for risk points, plan, and corrective action
- Develop a measurement system to ascertain if your improvements have made a difference
- Identify technology that decreases risk points in the medication management system, such as point-of-use dispensing machines, bar coding, interfacing with automation, healthier ergonomics, etc.
- Provide an up–to-the-minute explanation of what the Joint Commission is looking for in regards to MM.4.10
BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive
- Schematic representation of medication management
- A sample poster
These materials are provided with PDF links.
NEW PURCHASE OPTION
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audioconferences, audio tape or audio CD, we are pleased to offer a new option, an audio archive. Audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Kurt Patton, is a senior consultant for The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., and served as executive director of accreditation services for The Joint Commission 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 re-surveyed, and new organizations seeking to become accredited. Patton was responsible for business development in the Hospital Accreditation Program, and the development of a Critical Access Hospital program. He also was a frequent presenter at Joint Commission educational programs including Executive Briefings.
Thirsa Martinez, PharmD, MPA, COL, MS, started her career as the assistant chief of pharmacy at Fort Campbell, KY. She was deployed with the 101st Airborne Division as the Division Pharmacist and worked closely with the Division Surgeon during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Following various assignments, Martinez served as a clinical pharmacist for nephrology and primary care medicine. She has been the director of various pharmacy-run clinics including a drug therapy monitoring clinic (diabetes, asthma, hypertension, and lipids management) and an anticoagulation clinic.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, or anyone in involved in the medication management system, survey coordinators, risk managers, and patient safety officers.
Purchase a tape, CD, or audio archive of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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