Anticoagulant Therapy and the New NPSG

AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE

Sponsored by Briefings on Patient Safety
presented on December 12, 2007

Are you prepared to meet The Joint Commission’s new anticoagulation therapy requirements?
Hospitals must meet multiple deadlines beginning in 2008, and be in full compliance with National Patient Safety Goal 3E by January 1, 2009. To ensure successful implementation, facilities need to develop a plan of attack to meet the goal in a timely fashion and understand the clinical rationale behind the goal, as well as the consequences of inappropriate dosing.

Receive the answers you need!
Be sure you’re ready to meet NPSG 3E requirements by listening to HCPro's 90-minute audioconference, Anticoagulant therapy and the new NPSG: Understand and comply with Joint Commission requirements. This program breaks down the requirements of the goal, provide tips for starting the process of implementation, and explain the clinical indications for anticoagulation therapy and the results of dosing incorrectly.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA

1. Taking a clinical view of anticoagulant use
   1. Agents used
   2. Clinical indications for anticoagulation
   3. Patient education
2. Properly dosing/managing patients who require anticoagulation
   1. Algorithms
   2. Protocols
   3. Issues/risks with the subtherapeutic patient
   4. Issues/risks with the supratherapeutic patient
3. Understanding and meeting the simple expectations of the 2008 Goal
   1. Quarterly assignments
   2. Focus areas
4. Analyzing and addressing 2009 expectations now
   1. Building a “program”
   2. Educating prescribers, staff, patients and families – building forms, processes and documentation systems
   3. Conducting an evaluation of your program prior to the start and thereafter
5. Learning from medication reconciliation—avoiding the same mistakes
6. Question & Answer Session

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After this program, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the overall requirements of the 2008 anticoagulant NPSG
2. Describe the detailed requirements of the 2008 anticoagulant NPSG
3. Understand the importance of starting to plan now to meet Joint Commission requirements
4. Demonstrate an improved understanding of clinical indications for anticoagulation therapy and consequences of inappropriate dosing

MEET THE SPEAKERS
Kurt Patton served as executive director of Accreditation Services at The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) for over 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.
Lori Massaro , MSN, CRNP, acute care nurse practitioner at UPMC Stroke Institute. As a member of the stroke team, she is responsible for the acute stroke triage and treatment protocols, as well as daily rounds, patient/family communication, and a liaison role with other members of the health care team. She has lectured both locally and nationally on acute stroke care, CT scan interpretation, and a variety of neurological nursing topics.

PROGRAM MATERIALS

Program materials are provided with PDF links.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Patient safety officers, risk managers, quality improvement directors, nurse clinicians, pharmacists, medical directors, chief nursing officers, and chief medical officers.

NEW PURCHASE OPTION
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audioconferences, audio CD, we are pleased to offer a new option: audio archive. An audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience on your computer or MP3 player.

HCPro is not affiliated in any way with The Joint Commission, which owns the JCAHO and Joint Commission trademarks.

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