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Drug Shortages: Innovations in Management Through Advanced Team Member Roles and Structure

In the ever-changing environment of drug shortages, it is imperative to have a dynamic drug shortage management program that includes proactivity and rapid response to change. Learn strategies to create structure in your drug shortage management program through standard operating procedures and innovative use of technology. Discover the advantages of utilizing innovative team member roles to deliver an integrated drug shortage management program that engages all team members.

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2017 Update on The Joint Commission Medication-Related Standards

During this webinar, participants will learn about TJC medication management standards as well as medication-related National Patient Safety Goals that prove to be the most difficult for hospitals and healthcare systems from a current Joint Commission hospital surveyor who is a pharmacist. Frequent challenges with these standards will be presented, along with realistic examples of how to achieve compliance with troublesome elements of performance items.

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From the Front Line: Improving Sterile Compounding Safety

This activity will highlight the experience of one pharmacy director who was challenged to respond to a fatal compounding error and led his team through a time of uncertainty and transformational change. Other expert speakers will address risk points and risk reduction strategies, explore the use of technology to augment manual processes for preparation and verification of sterile products, and highlight changes made in the recently updated ISMP guidelines for sterile compounding.

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Identifying Risk in Your Organization: Does Error Reporting Capture Everything?

This webinar is designed to assist organizations in the effective use of internal reporting programs.

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Implementation of Best Practices for Safer Insulin Pen Use: Stories from the Frontline

Join ISMP and our expert faculty as they describe the challenges faced at their organizations to ensure the safety of insulin pen use, and the steps they each have taken to implement best practices to enhance the safety of insulin pen use.

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Planning for a Seamless Transition for Infusion Pump Integration with the EHR

This activity will provide you with key information on how to prepare your organization for auto-programming of IV infusions and optimization of closed-loop technologies. An overview of the planning and implementation process in two different EHR systems will be provided, paying particular attention to the human factors, technology readiness, environment, and system challenges faced during the process.

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Preventing Errors During Sterile Compounding: Taking the Next Steps

ISMP’s presentation will address the multi-factorial risks associated with intravenous medications and the need for adoption of proven technologies and best practices to optimize the safety and reliability of sterile compounding.

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Product Quality Verification of Dietary Supplements

This activity is designed to support patient counseling efforts by examining dietary supplement regulation. Topics include the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, voluntary quality verification programs, counseling points, and the adverse event reporting process.

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Subcutaneous Insulin Use in Adults: Addressing Risks and Optimizing Safety

This activity will provide up-to-date information on the top insulin safety issues facing practitioners and an overview of ISMP’s newly-released national guidelines for safe subcutaneous insulin use.

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