e-Prescribing: Closing the Loop from Hospital to Community
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 209-L05
Date: Monday, December 6, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Location:
Ballroom B, Level 3
PRESENTER(S):
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Mark Siska, RPh, MBA/TM, Assistant Director Pharmacy Informatics & Technology, Mayo Clinic
Mark Siska is the Assistant Director of Informatics and Technology for Pharmacy Services at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He has been actively engaged in the development, implementation, support & oversight of medication related electronic applications and automation at Mayo Clinic Rochester for 11 years. Mark is currently the past chair of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Section of Informatics and Technology and recently served on the National Quality Forum’s Health IT structural measures steering committee. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Degree from the University of Illinois, College of Pharmacy in 1980, completed his Hospital Pharmacy Resident training at Saint Mary’s Hospital in 1981and recently completed his MBA in technology management.
Rachelle Spiro
PROGRAM CHAIR:
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Mark Siska, RPh, MBA/TM, Assistant Director Pharmacy Informatics & Technology, Mayo Clinic
Mark Siska is the Assistant Director of Informatics and Technology for Pharmacy Services at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He has been actively engaged in the development, implementation, support & oversight of medication related electronic applications and automation at Mayo Clinic Rochester for 11 years. Mark is currently the past chair of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Section of Informatics and Technology and recently served on the National Quality Forum’s Health IT structural measures steering committee. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Degree from the University of Illinois, College of Pharmacy in 1980, completed his Hospital Pharmacy Resident training at Saint Mary’s Hospital in 1981and recently completed his MBA in technology management.
Describe how leveraging existing end-to-end medication management supporting technologies, including e-prescribing, may alter health-system pharmacists' practice models. (P)
Describe the impact of e-prescribing on patient safety and reduction of medication errors. (P/T)
Explain how e-prescribing changes the face of the prescription process and creates an opportunity for changes in prescription processing supporting models. (P/T)