2012 Summer Meeting
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Have We Built a Safer Health System? The Current State of Medication Safety Practices from the ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment and ASHP National Surveys
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 116-L05
Date: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM to 9:50 AM EST
Location:
Ballroom III, Level 400
PRESENTER(S):
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Craig Pedersen,
PhD, FAPhA, Manager, Pharmacy Services,
Valley General Hospital
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Dr. Pedersen is manager of pharmacy services at Valley General Hospital, Monroe, WA. He is responsible for medication use system design, delivery of clinical pharmacy services, patient outcomes, and financial performance of the pharmacy department. He is also a consultant in medication use systems and patient safety. He is married and has four children. Dr. Pedersen received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Washington and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in pharmacy administration from The University of South Carolina. Previously, Dr. Pedersen was a professor at Ohio State University, where he directed the graduate program and the health-system pharmacy administration program. Dr. Pedersens research and consulting in medication use system management includes 1) tracking and trending national medication use system practices, 2) how to speed the adoption of new technology to improve medication use, 3) medication safety assessment and improvement, and 4) improving the medication use system. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent speaker on the medication use system and pharmacy workforce topics. Dr. Pedersen is an active member of the American Pharmacists Association and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He has served as Speaker for the APhA House of Delegates and member of the APhA Board of Trustees.
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Mr. Douglas Scheckelhoff, MS, Vice President, Professional Development, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Allen Vaida,
BSc, PharmD, Executive Vice President,
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
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Allen J. Vaida is the Executive Vice President for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in Horsham, PA. He previously served as Vice President of Clinical Operations (Chief Operating Officer) at Mercy Suburban Hospital in Norristown, PA. Vaida served on the United States Pharmacopeias Safe Medication Use Expert Committee from 2000 through 2005 and is Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Assistant Adjunct Professor at Temple University School of Pharmacy, and Adjunct Associate for the Centers for Heath Policy and Primary Care and Outcomes Research at Stanford University and Stanford University School of Medicine. He currently serves on the FDAs Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. He has given professional presentations and published on hospital and pharmacy systems, error prevention strategies, integrated systems, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr.Vaida is a past president of the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists and a recipient of the Pharmacist of the Year Award in Pennsylvania and the Jonathan Roberts Award from the Delaware Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 1995. Vaida received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Scranton, a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota.
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PROGRAM CHAIR:
Mr. Douglas Scheckelhoff, MS, Vice President, Professional Development, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Description
ISMP and ASHP conduct regular surveys of hospital practices both in pharmacy and related to medication safety practices. The researchers and well-known faculty will compare and contrast the scope, methods, and results of both the ASHP and ISMP surveys. Participants will be able to identify relevant past and current practices where progress has been made and areas where improvement is needed as we continue our journey towards a safe and effective health system. This session lays the groundwork for a week-long medication safety series at the Summer Meeting.
- Compare and contrast the methods used to determine safe medication practices in US hospitals.
- Describe the largest gaps between best and actual safe medication practices.
- List safe medication practices that have become common in US hospitals.
