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Schedule-at-a-Glance

There's so much to do at the Summer Meeting we're making it easier with our Schedule-at-a-Glance. Choose the sessions you want to attend, view the events and activities happening around the convention center, and plan out your week.


Saturday, June 13th 2009
Noon - 12:30pm Student Registration
12:30pm - 2:00pm Student Track: Navigating the ASHP Policy Process
12:30pm - 2:15pm Affiliate Volunteer Forum -The Value Proposition:  Attracting and Keeping Members in Troubled Times
1:00pm - 5:30pm House of Delegates Registration
2:30pm - 4:30pm House of Delegates: Open Forum for Members
4:30pm - 5:30pm House of Delegates: Delegate Primer on HOD Processes (for all delegates and alternate delegates)
5:30pm - 6:30pm Student Track: Pharmacy Student Renew-Rewire-Recharge Reception
Sunday, June 14th 2009

7:30am - 8:30am

ASHP-PAC Breakfast - Grassroots Advocacy
7:30am - 12:00pm House of Delegates Registration
8:00am - 10:00am House of Delegates: Caucuses Facilitated by the Chair of the House
8:00am - 10:00am Survive and Thrive: Hospitals, Pharmacy Departments, and the Global Financial Crisis
Late-Breaking
Learning Community Series Programming Hot Topics
10:00am - 12:30pm No Programming No Programming The Joint Commission Hospital Update 2009
10:30am - 11:20am Student Track: Pharmacy Student Leadership Development Workshop (Part 1)
11:30am - 12:20pm Student Track: Pharmacy Student Caucus
11:30am - 1:00pm National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week Open House
12:00pm - 1:30pm Clinical Specialists and Scientists Networking Session: Residency Preceptor Skills Development
12:00pm - 1:30pm Inpatient Care Practitioners Networking Session: Medication Safety
12:00pm - 1:30pm Pharmacy Practice Managers Networking Session: Managing No-Pay Conditions—One More Challenge in Challenging Times
12:30pm - 1:30pm Home, Ambulatory, Chronic Care Practitioners Ambulatory Care Networking Session: Current Dilemmas Facing Pharmacists Today
12:30pm - 1:50pm Student Track: Pharmacy Student Leadership Development Workshop (Part 2)
12:40pm - 1:50pm Idea Sharing: Successful Ways of Managing Current Financial Challenges
Late-Breaking
12:40pm - 1:50pm Taking Care of Yourself When Times are Tough
2:00pm - 4:30pm House of Delegates: First House of Delegates Meeting
5:00pm - 7:00pm Grand Opening Reception (Hall G, Level 2)
5:00pm - 7:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
Monday, June 15th 2009
Learning Community Series Programming Hot Topics
8:00am - 10:00am Branding and Influence for Critical Change in Challenging Times National Patient Safety Goal in Anticoagulation Update 2009 (Anticoagulation) Healthcare Informatics: Quality Improvement through CPOE and the Electronic Health Record (Informatics) Crash Course: Recent Landmark Papers You Need to Know About (Quality) New Drugs in Primary Care 2009

Note: Starts at 8:30am
10:10am - 11:00am Opening Session
11:00am - 2:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
11:15am - 12:30pm Meet the Experts (Exhibit Hall)
Noon - 1:30pm House of Delegates: Meet the Candidates
Learning Community Series Programming Hot Topics
2:00pm - 5:00pm Building Branding and Influence Skills Perspectives in Preventing and Treating Thrombosis with Anticoagulant Medications (Anticoagulation) Implementation of New Technology: Planning for the Changing Roles and New Opportunities for Pharmacists and Technicians (Informatics) IV Safety: Preventing Death and Harm from IV Medication Errors (Quality) Helping Safety-Net Providers Control Drug Expenditures: The 340B Drug Pricing Program
5:15pm - 6:15pm Pharmacy Informatics and Technology Networking Session: Update and Future Imperatives
5:30pm - 6:30pm House of Delegates: Delegate Reception (for delegates and alternate delegates)
6:00pm - 8:30pm Industry-Supported Symposia
6:00pm - 10:00pm Monday Evening's Night-on-the-Town!
Tuesday, June 16th 2009
Learning Community Series Programming Hot Topics
8:00am - 10:00am Resolving Wicked Problems with High-Reliability Leadership Telepharmacy: Innovative Methods and Increasing Access to Clinical Pharmacy [Informatics] Clinical Update for Managers [Quality] Are You Ready? Emergency Management Planning in Today's World Shrink Your ADE Hospital Admissions - ASHP Research and Education Foundation Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety Winner
10:10am - 11:00am Inaugural and Awards
11:00am - Noon House of Delegates: Caucuses Facilitated by the Chair of the House
11:00am - 2:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
11:00am - 2:00pm Tuesday Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
11:15am - 12:30pm Meet the Experts (Exhibit Hall)
Learning Community Series Programming Hot Topics
2:00pm - 4:30pm Applying Skills to Resolve Wicked Problems Optimizing Medication Reconciliation with ePrescribing (E-Rx)
[Informatics]
Surely, You CHEST: Implementing American College of Chest Physicians' 2008 Guidelines for Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy [Quality] The Economic Stimulus Package: A Catalyst for Healthcare Reform Effective Management of Pharmaceutical and Hazardous Waste
4:30pm - 6:00pm House of Delegates: Second House of Delegates Meeting
7:00pm - 10:00pm Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award Reception and Dinner
Wednesday, June 17th 2009
Learning Community Series Programming Hot Topics
8:00am - 10:30am Bringing It All Together: Solving Problems in Turbulent Times Facilitating the Use of Barcoding for the Successful Closed-Loop Medication Mgmt. System [Informatics]
Note: ends at 10:00am
Operating Room (OR) Pharmacy Essentials [Quality] Meeting Today’s Challenges in Implementing USP <797> Don't Bug Me! Ramping Up an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
10:45am - 1:15pm No Programming Seek and IT Shall Find: Clinical Surveillance Systems [Informatics] Physician and Nursing Perspectives on Operating Room (OR) Pharmacy Issues [Quality] Who's in Charge? Sorting Out Faculty Roles in Hospitals