2008 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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BCMA in 2008: Trends, Regulations, and Innovations
Track:
Educational Sessions
Program Code: 206-L04
Date: Monday, December 8, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Location:
S230F
MEETING PLANNING ASSOCIATE:
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Robert Christiansen,
RPh, MBA, Marketing and Business Manager, Pharmacy Solutions,
Siemens Medical Solutions
I am the Marketing and Business Manager for Pharmacy Solutions with Siemens. In my role, responsibilities include strategic, and tactical planning to align with business objectives for helping provide clinical system, pharmacy, CPOE, and barcode point of care software solutions to hospitals. Relevant responsibilities for this proposed program include sales program development, product positioning/messaging, education and support, product demonstrations, internal and external webcast, onsite with hospital customer, and industry presentations. Additional responsibilities include consulting with existing hospital customers to determine appropriate medication management and clinical software solutions.
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PRESENTER(S):
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Robert Christiansen,
RPh, MBA, Marketing and Business Manager, Pharmacy Solutions,
Siemens Medical Solutions
I am the Marketing and Business Manager for Pharmacy Solutions with Siemens. In my role, responsibilities include strategic, and tactical planning to align with business objectives for helping provide clinical system, pharmacy, CPOE, and barcode point of care software solutions to hospitals. Relevant responsibilities for this proposed program include sales program development, product positioning/messaging, education and support, product demonstrations, internal and external webcast, onsite with hospital customer, and industry presentations. Additional responsibilities include consulting with existing hospital customers to determine appropriate medication management and clinical software solutions.
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Ashley Dalton, Pharm D, Clinical Pharmacist and Assistant Clinical Professor UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy, UCSD Medical Center - Thornton Hospital
Janice M. Dunsavage, RPh, MAS, received a BS in pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, now the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, and a Master of Administrative Science degree from Johns Hopkins University. Her past employment includes various positions at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She has served on the Board of Directors of both the Maryland and Pennsylvania Societies of Health System Pharmacists. She has also served on several councils and for many years in the House of Delegates of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. Janice has been a representative on the Pennsylvania State Patient Safety Collaborative. She is currently the Director of Pharmacy for the PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg, PA, a position she has held for 13 years. She also currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a position she held since 2001.
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Brian George,
Pharm D, Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services,
MedCentral Health System
Received both a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and a Doctor of Pharmacy from The Ohio State University. Has been in current position for ten years. Responsible for the implementation of pharmacy automation as well as the project leader for BCMA. Currently involved in oversight and monitoring of performance relating to BCMA for the Health System.
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Karl Gumpper, RPh, BCPS, Director, Section of Pharmacy Informatics & Technology, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Rikin Mehta
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
- Describe multiple pharmacy and nursing technologies for the medication use process and bar code point of care surrounding infrastructure.
- Describe the impact of the FDA Barcode Ruling on BCMA at a large academic medical center.
- Describe the implementation and metrics for reducing medication errors with BCMA at a community hospital.
- Describe the trends reported in the ASHP Drug Product Barcode Problem Reporting Center Website.
- Describe the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)label requirements for Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA).