Program Overview:

The 2006 Institute of Medicine report, Preventing Medication Errors, reiterated the belief that errors need to be reported and analyzed if improvements in medication use are to be achieved. Measuring medication safety has long been a challenge since organizational efforts have primarily focused on quantifying medication errors voluntarily reported be practitioners, which at best, uncover just a small fraction of the errors. By its very nature, error reporting is retrospective and reactive to issues. Often, organizations are left with a false sense of security about the safety of their medication systems when using this method alone.

Forward thinking groups recognize voluntary error reporting is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding medication safety within an organization. Identifying and measuring the level of risk within a system and noting the reliability of processes is fundamental to safety improvement.

Participants will learn how to identify medication safety risk, beyond the use of error reporting, as well as examine various approaches for collecting data including the benefits and limitations of each. A variety of techniques, including proactive, concurrent, and reactive methods will be discussed as well as their advantaged and disadvantages. Join ISMP for this program and take a new approach to medication safety management.

Intended Audience:
Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged to attend together:

• Hospital pharmacists
• Clinical pharmacists
• Patient and Medication Safety Officers/Specialists
• Nurse Administrators, managers, educators, and frontline staff
• Risk and Quality Managers
• Medical Staff Leadership
• Hospitalists
• Residents and House Staff
• Faculty
• Medical, Pharmacy and Nursing Students
• Long-term Care Professionals

Objectives:
Following completion of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the goals of medication safety risk assessment and measurement for your organization
• Explain the value of proactively identifying risk
• Review the challenges of relying solely on medication error reports to measure medication safety in your organization
• Describe a variety of methods that can be used to identify risk and provide meaningful data on the relative safety of your organization's medication use process

Speakers:
Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FISMP, FASHP
Director of Error Reporting
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Horsham, PA

Moderator:
Susan Paparella, RN, MSN
Vice President
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Horsham, PA

CONTINUING EDUCATION:
This webinar is approved for 1.5 hours of Pharmacy Continuing Education and 1.0 hours of Nursing Continuing Education. There is no additional charge for the continuing education credits for this webinar.

Educational Review Systems is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This program is approved for 1.5 hours (0.15 CEUs). Educational Review Systems is also approved for pharmacy continuing education by the state of Florida.

Live Continuing Education Credits must be completed by 10/18/2014. We are unable to process the request after this date.
Enduring Continuing Education Credits will expire on 9/18/2016 but must be completed within 30 days of the date you watched the program. We are unable to process the request after this date.

ISMP WEBINAR CANCELLATION POLICY:
ALL CANCELLATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE START OF A WEBINAR, IN WRITING, VIA EMAIL TO register@ismp.org. Feel free to contact ISMP if you have any questions or comments. We can be reached at 200 lakeside Drive, Suite 200, Horsham, PA, 19044, Phone: (215) 947-7797, Fax: (215) 914-1492, Email: register@ismp.org.

PRICING OPTIONS

Live Webinar Only- $215.00
Live Webinar and CD Recording- $250.00
CD Recording Only- $220.00

*ISMP's CD Recording will be mailed to the address you provide on your registration. Please allow 2-3 weeks after the live webinar for the CD to be delivered. The Recording version of the webinar is not available to view online.

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