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Horsham, Pa.—The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and the American Society of Medication Safety Officers (ASMSO) have signed an agreement for ISMP to provide organizational management services for ASMSO.
This one-day interactive program, being offered by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), is designed for pharmacy directors, risk managers, patient safety officers, medication safety officers, and other healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their ability to collect, analyze, and prioritize adverse drug event data.
The last program of ISMP's high-alert series this year is titled: Preventing errors from insulin: A multidisciplinary approach scheduled for October 15th. The link for the description of this program is:
http://www.ismp.org/teleconferences/default.asp?teleconferenceID=54&pID=50
Beyond the Five Rights of Medication Administration: A safety bolus for nursing leadership
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is embarking on a new project to further define healthcare acquired conditions (HACs) and then develop an expanded listing of HACs relevant for environments of patient care beyond hospital settings; in addition the NQF-endorsed list of Serious Reportable Events will also be reviewed and updated for 2010. NQF has a call for nominations to the following bodies:
The IHI Open School for Health Professions is an interprofessional educational community that gives students the skills to become change agents in health care improvement. Skills like quality improvement, patient safety, teamwork, leadership, and patient-centered care.
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/IHIOpenSchool/IHIOpenSchoolforHealthProf...
ISMP Survey: What’s a near miss? ISMP is interested in knowing how you define the term near miss as it applies to medication-related conditions and/or events. Click here to compete the very short survey. http://www.ismp.org/survey/survey200907.asp
The National Forum is the premier health care conference where leaders come together to recharge their batteries, hear about cutting-edge improvement strategies, and share best practices and innovative ideas. This conference draws nearly 6,000 health care professionals from around the world and thousands more via satellite broadcast.
The prestigious ISMP Cheers Awards honor individuals, organizations, companies, and agencies that have, through their action during the previous year, set a superlative standard of excellence for others to follow in the prevention of medication errors and other adverse events.
The ASHP Summer Meeting is where the association provides continuing education credits through intensive skill development in emerging pharmacy concerns, kicks off its calendar year with the inauguration of new officers and board members. Several programs are dedicated to the professional development of leaders in medication safety.
http://www.ashp.org/summermeeting2009
