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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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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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Improving Medication Safety in the Perioperative Setting

This on-demand webinar focuses on current issues in perioperative medication safety and ways to prevent harmful adverse drug events. Leading national experts discuss often-unrecognized problems, present cases in which errors have occurred, outline relevant regulatory and/or accreditation requirements, and describe how one organization has successfully implemented risk-reduction strategies in the surgical setting.

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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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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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Real-time Patient Data to Drive Safety: A Clinical Pharmacist’s Workflow Redesign

Join ISMP and our expert faculty as they describe their success stories and lessons learned with CPW implementation and maintenance throughout their organization. Content will include a discussion of measures used to monitor trends and time to pharmacist intervention, rules that assist with harm avoidance and performance success metrics. Medication reconciliation implementation tools and strategies will also be shared.

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