Greeley Total Solutions: Overcome Medication Management Challenges
Product Description:
Webcast on CD or Webcast On-Demand
Sponsored by Association of Healthcare Accreditation Professionals
presented on December 8, 2009
Develop a sound medication management plan
Medication issues remain among the most frequently cited during Joint Commission and CMS surveys. In fact, many of the CMS "Immediate Jeopardy" terminations stem from medication safety issues. Learn from HCPro's 90-minute webcast Greeley Total Solutions: Overcome Medication Management Challenges, where expert healthcare accreditation experts Bud Pate, REHS and Kristopher Young, PharmD, describe practical, successful strategies for minimizing medication-related citations during the survey and address important patient safety concerns.
| About the Greeley Total Solutions: These programs, presented by nationally-respected Greeley consultants, are meant to offer more than just advice; they are intended to provide a complete solution to one of the "Frustrating Five Percent"—the standards hospitals most consistently receive RFIs for. |
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this webcast, you will be able to:
- Improve medication safety in your facility
- Prepare for a Joint Commission survey on your medication management policies
- Identify Joint Commission requirements for medication management and track future trends to ensure you are on top of any potential changes
- Keep your physicians aware of your facility's policies, and in compliance with federal statutes
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA
- Realistic approaches to common "gotchas"
- Temperature monitoring
- Outdates for open multi-dose vials
- Security
- Keys to safe medication reconciliation
- Meeting current expectations
- Future expectations—what can we expect to change?
- Practical strategies for maintenance of high risk medications
- Storage
- Dispensing
- Ordering
- Administration and monitoring
- Tips and tactics for physician-related challenges
- Range orders
- Titrate orders
- Other problem prone physician practices
- Telephone and verbal orders
- Common pitfalls
- Communication improvement
- Pharmacist first-dose reviews
- Joint Commission approach
- CMS approach
- Reconciling the two
- Question and answer session
BONUS TOOLS
With this webcast, you'll receive a slide presentation of the program materials and valuable takeaways, which you can use at your facility, including:
- Model medication order, storage, and security policies that minimize regulatory risk
- Interpretive guidelines and other relevant regulatory material
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Bud Pate, REHS, vice president for content and development, The Greeley Company (a division of HCPro, Inc., Marblehead, MA). Prior to joining The Greeley Company, Pate spent fifteen years with system-wide hospital quality and compliance responsibility for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. Before that, he worked for the government, where he was responsible for all acute care licensing and CMS certification activities in Los Angeles County.
Kristopher Young, PharmD, director of pharmacy services, South Shore Hospital (South Weymouth, MA). Since 2005, Young has helped advance pharmacy practice on a clinical and distributive level at South Shore Hospital. His accomplishments include the implementation of a barcode driven medication replenishment system, and serving as the project leader for the introduction of 480 smart infusion pumps to the hospital's medication use process. His department has completed two successful Joint Commissions surveys during his tenure.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
- Accreditation professionals
- Survey coordinators
- Patient safety professionals
- Quality improvement officers
- Risk managers
- Nurses
WEBCAST ON-DEMAND
When you purchase a webcast on-demand, you will be able to view the program anywhere and any time by logging into your account. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or a refresher for veteran staff.Product Types : Departments :
