Medication Management
Identify Risks and Eliminate Weaknesses in your Organization's Processes
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: The Chapter Leader’s Guide to Medication Management: Practical Insight on Joint Commission Standards
Presented on Friday, May 13, 2011
All hospitals must comply with medication management requirements to provide quality care and avoid survey citations. This puts a large strain on accreditation coordinators and Medication Management chapter leaders alike to address any potential issues with medication storage, labeling, administration and orders. Join speakers Dan Ross, PharmD, and Amy Gutierrez, PharmD, to learn the top non-compliant standards in hospitals now and what steps you need to take to alleviate errors, avoid risk, demonstrate compliance, and educate staff.
Benefits:
- Determine which medication management standards pose the greatest risk to hospitals
- Pinpoint potential weaknesses in your medication management processes
- Ensure proper labeling and storage of medications
- Solve any potential medication administration vulnerabilities and address the CMS 30-minute rule
- Gain techniques to ensure pharmacists follow compliant medication management procedures
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify ways to address medication storage issues and vulnerability in their organization
- Develop a prioritized gap analysis for remediation
- Develop an action plan for implementing needed changes
- Identify steps to be compliant with the new medication reconciliation standards
- Demonstrate compliant labeling and storage of medication practices
Agenda
- Medication storage issues–Where are the biggest risk points
- Multi-dose vials
- Storage issues
- Security issues
- Refrigeration issue
- CMS interpretive guidelines
- Medication labeling
- On and off sterile fields
- Inpatient care areas
- Procedural areas
- Medication administration challenges–Where are the biggest risk points
- What hospitals should be doing to address High alert meds
- Appropriate administration techniques
- Hand hygiene
- Two-patient identifiers
- CMS 30-minute rule
- Medication orders–Multiple areas of vulnerability
- Unapproved abbreviation
- Incomplete orders
- Radiology
- Nuclear medicine
- Pharmacist review
- Titration guidelines
- Medication Standards in 2011
- New medication reconciliation standards
- Live Q&A
BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET:
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you’ll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools, including:
- Sample Medication Reconciliation policy
- Checklist for avoiding findings of non-compliance for high-risk areas
WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
Accreditation professionals, patient safety professionals, quality improvement officers, risk managers, nurse managers, staff nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy directors and hospital regulatory compliance officers, and medication management chapter leaders
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Dan Ross, PharmD, President of D Ross Consulting. Ross helps hospitals and health systems improve patient safety, medication safety, pharmacy operations, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement. His recent work involves performing medication safety assessments at more than 50 hospitals and serving as interim Director of Pharmacy at three facilities.
Amy Gutierrez, Pharm D, is the Chief Pharmacy Officer and Director of Pharmacy Affairs for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Gutierrez has over 25 years of inpatient and ambulatory care experience, with extensive focus on state and federal regulatory standard compliance. Gutierrez is a current member of the California Hospital Medication Safety Committee, and has also served as a pod advisor for the California Healthcare Foundation’s Leadership Fellowship program.AUDIO ON-DEMAND:
In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audio conferences—live, CD, or combination packages—we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. It’s also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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