Prior to joining ISMP, Matt was employed in the acute care setting for over 27 years, most recently as director of pharmacy and materials management and Institutional Review Board chairman. In addition to performing onsite medication safety risk assessments and speaking about medication safety in hospitals throughout the United States, Matt has created program tools and content for the Regional Medication Safety Program for Hospitals, a collaborative program with the Health Care Improvement Foundation of the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council and ECRI Institute and has co-created the Rural Hospital Medication Safety Connections Program. Matt serves as part-time faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University in their Executive Patient Safety Fellowship Program. Matt received his BS in Pharmacy and MS in Hospital Pharmacy Administration from Temple University and has published numerous articles in the pharmacy and medical literature.
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Prior to joining ISMP, Matt was employed in the acute care setting for over 27 years, most recently as director of pharmacy and materials management and Institutional Review Board chairman. In addition to performing onsite medication safety risk assessments and speaking about medication safety in hospitals throughout the United States, Matt has created program tools and content for the Regional Medication Safety Program for Hospitals, a collaborative program with the Health Care Improvement Foundation of the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council and ECRI Institute and has co-created the Rural Hospital Medication Safety Connections Program. Matt serves as part-time faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University in their Executive Patient Safety Fellowship Program. Matt received his BS in Pharmacy and MS in Hospital Pharmacy Administration from Temple University and has published numerous articles in the pharmacy and medical literature.
Stuart Levine, Pharm.D., Informatic Specialist, Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Stuart Levine, Pharm.D is the Informatics Specialist at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). His primary role is promoting medication safety through the safe use of technology. Stuart also serves as an in-house resource for medication safety for pediatric and neonatal patients based on his 25 years experience as a Director of Pharmacy Services at a pediatric hospital. Stuart is a member of the consulting team at ISMP and assists in reviewing the medication use process in hospitals around the country. He has serves as an expert on medication safety for collaboratives with Child Health Corporation of America, National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions and the Vermont Oxford Network. Stuart is a past member of the board, and chief operating officer, of the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG). He received his bachelor of pharmacy degree from Temple University and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Kentucky.
Michelle Mandrack, RN, BSN, Director of Consulting Services, Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Michelle Mandrack is the Director of Consulting Services at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Prior to joining ISMP in 2001, Michelle spent over 20 years as a nurse in acute care settings in a variety of clinical and managerial roles. She was the Director of Maternal Child Health and subsequently, the Director of Nursing at Mercy Suburban Hospital in Norristown, PA. In her present position, Michelle manages ISMP’s consulting services as well as performs onsite medication risk-assessments and root-cause analyses for hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the US. She has frequently participated in the analysis of medication safety issues specific to the pediatric and neonatal populations. Michelle also performs medication-related technology assessments including CPOE, pharmacy, and bar code point-of-care systems. She has participated in several state-wide medication safety collaboratives, and recently co-managed the Pennsylvania Critical Access Hospitals Medication Safety Collaborative. She regularly provides educational programming to healthcare professionals related to medication safety risk assessment and development of error reduction strategies. Michelle serves as part-time faculty at Temple University School of Pharmacy, and at Virginia Commonwealth University in their Executive Patient Safety Fellowship Program. She received her BSN from Thomas Jefferson University and is presently completing her MSN from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.
Articulate strategies for preventing medication errors in the pediatric and neonatal populations.
Describe the advantages and challenges associated with the implementation of automated dispensing cabinets and intelligent infusion devices.
Identify common medication errors that occur in pediatric and neonatal populations.
Identify the method of utilizing these technologies to reduce the potential for
medication errors.