For Medication Safety Officers

Be on the Cutting Edge of Medication Safety

As a safety leader, are you responsible for:

• Championing your institution’s medication safety program, including medication error data management, trending, and benchmarking?
• Conducting and implementing findings from RCAs and FMEAs?
• Developing process changes to improve medication safety?

Does this describe some of your responsibilities? You’ll be glad to know there’s ONE remarkably affordable place to receive the skills you need now – the ASHP Summer Meeting.

You’ll learn how to evaluate metrics for monitoring internal processes, and how to engage senior leadership in medication safety initiatives. You’ll learn how to engage employees in developing a sense of urgency for a medication safety culture, and how to apply strategies for aligning key stakeholders in medication safety aims.

No other meeting offers as many high-level sessions on these urgent issues at anywhere near the price. The ASHP Summer Meeting is THE place leaders to gather for knowledge, learning, and best practices in medication safety.

Monday, June 7

8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Pharmacy's Role in Transforming Medication Safety Leadership: A Strategic Imperative, Part 1
1.75 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Define and describe national priorities for medication safety including standards, practices and measures.
• Apply key principles and practices to creating and sustaining a culture of safety.

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pharmacy's Role in Transforming Medication Safety Leadership:  A Strategic Imperative, Part 2
3.0 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate key metrics for monitoring internal safety improvement.
• Design critical elements of a plan to engage senior leadership in medication safety initiatives to operationalize NQF recommendations for safe medication management.

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Systems (REMS): Risk, Regulation, and Reporting
3.0 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Explain key components of risk evaluation and mitigation systems (REMS) and how they can be applied in your setting. 
• Describe service, care and industry trends related to Restricted Drug Distribution Systems (RDDS) and specialty pharmacy.
• Describe models that effectively manage risk and revenue.   

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
General Networking Session hosted by the Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners’ Advisory Group on Medication Safety
Discussion Topics:
High-alert medication safety, medication safety dashboards, safe use of automated dispensing cabinets, smart pumps and bar-code scanning, and analysis of medication errors.

Tuesday, June 8

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Trials and Tribulations of Developing an Intravenous (IV) Medication Delivery System for a Diverse Patient Population
ASHP Research and Education Foundation Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety Winner
2.0 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Describe key elements of the award-winning program that decreased preventable IV medication errors by 50%.
• Explain how to develop and monitor hard and soft limits that are appropriate for specific patient populations.
• Explain the critical role of a drug library in medication error reduction and how to successfully develop and implement one.
• List three ways that real time data can be used to predict and prevent future medication errors.

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Quality by Design:  Building Microsystem Stretch for Strategic Medication Safety Goals, Part 1
2.0 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Discuss vital elements of clinical micro- and meso-systems for creating conditions of excellence for care delivery.
• Explain core processes of effective microsystems, including building knowledge, taking action and evaluating successes for identification and evaluation of next improvement steps.
• Apply key microsystem elements and processes in specific scenarios.

2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Quality by Design:  Building Microsystem Stretch for Strategic Medication Safety Goals, Part 2
2.5 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Create a leadership framework for aligning clinical, operational and administrative teams to create organization-wide conditions for peak performance for medication safety.
• Explain how to develop a practice environment designed to develop and engage professionals for optimized performance for medication safety.

2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Applying Technology to Facilitate Error Reports
2.5 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Compare and contrast technologies available for error reporting.
• Describe examples of error reporting tools that have demonstrated effectiveness.
• Describe challenges to implementing technology for error reporting.
• Discuss strategies for overcoming the challenges.
• Explain how to use the data to improve the medication use process.

Wednesday, June 9

8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Building the Tribe:  Leading the Team for Medication Safety Results
2.5 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Define and describe critical elements of employee engagement and developing a sense of urgency for a medication safety culture.
• Apply strategies and tactics for engaging and aligning key stakeholders in medication safety aims.
• Explain how to capitalize on opportunity in the current healthcare crises for leading medication safety initiatives more effectively.

10:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Medication Safety Best Practices: Be the Best You Can Be!
2.5 Contact Hours
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the evolution, status and justification of the Medication Safety Officer position, as well as other roles responsible for medication safety in the pharmacy.
• Identify and describe examples of exemplary medication safety programs.
• Explain criteria for best practice in medication safety.
• Define ways that the medication safety program in your institution can be improved.