2011 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Safety & Quality Pearls 2011
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 209-L05
Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Location:
Room 244, Level 2
PRESENTER(S):
Jamie Brown
Angela T. Cassano, Pharm.D., BCPS
President, Pharmfusion Consulting, LLC-Midlothian, Virginia
A graduate of Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Dr. Cassano completed two residencies at the Virginia Commonwealth University, including a joint specialty residency in adult medicine and pediatrics. During her career she has held positions as a hospital clinical pharmacist, clinical assistant director, and Assistant Health System Director of Quality Assurance and Drug Safety.
Dr. Cassano established Pharmfusion Consulting in 2005 as an independent consulting company assisting primarily health-system pharmacies with improving pharmacy operations through clinical expertise and practice. The company focuses on quality and regulatory assurance, medication safety and technology, clinical programs and operations solutions.
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Gayle Cotchen
Michele Higgins, Pharm.D.
Constance Hogrefe
Carol Hope
James Jansen
Julie Karpinski
Melissa King
Ambra King
Joanne Kowiatek, M.P.M., R.Ph., Pharmacy Manager, Medication Patient Safety, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA, Pharmacy Manager Medication Safety, Pharmacy Administration
Tyrone Lin
Jason Nickisch
Neelu Patil
Sally Rafie
Mary Rebo
Lois Reynolds
Susan Skledar, R.Ph., M.P.H., is a clinical pharmacist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Presbyterian, and is currently the Director for the Drug Use and Disease State Management (DUDSM) Program and the Investigational Drug Service. Ms. Skledar received her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh, and her Master's of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Ms. Skledar is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, precepting students and lecturing in the Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum. She has been a faculty member since 1992.
Ms. Skledar is involved in the development, implementation, outcomes design/monitoring, and continuous quality improvement processes for the clinical initiatives that are part of the DUDSM Program at the Medical Center.
Ms. Skledar has received national recognition for design and application of continuous quality improvement principles to clinical pharmacy programs to promote safe medication practices, including those from American Pharmaceutical Association, National Hospital Pharmacy Quality Improvement Award, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Ms. Skledar has been a co-investigator on the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative medication safety project and UPMC system-wide efforts to evaluate strategies for and cost-effectiveness of implementing inpatient standing orders programs for vaccination of our elderly. Ms. Skledar has authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as case books and book chapters in her specialty area.
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Sarah Walker
Jill Zimmerman
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Lynn Eschenbacher
- Describe three examples of interventions that have improved safety or quality of patient care in health systems.
- Explain how to apply three strategies for preventing patient harm.
- List steps for implementation of at least one safety improvement program.