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Printable versionIssue: 07.09 - July Newsletter by Pharmacy OneSource
Published: 7/15/2009
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Free Webinar on Pediatric Medication Safety - Elora Hilmas, PharmD, BCPS, details medication safety challenges faced by pediatric patients as they transition through inpatient and outpatient care. Medication safety solutions will be reviewed along with suggestions for how pharmacists can promote medication safety for pediatric patients. Register Today!
In This Issue...
P.S. We've launched a online video demonstration of Sentri7 for use in anticoagulation management. View the video here. Baptist Regional Medical Center Selects Quantifi and Amplifi for Better Pharmacy Performance
Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Kentucky has implemented Quantifi to establish benchmarks and trending of clinical and quality pharmacy activities and Amplifi to manage their formulary and communicate medication information throughout the hospital. Quantifi allows BRMC pharmacists to document their clinical interventions quickly over the internet or on a handheld computer through a series of menus, drop-lists, and input screens, collecting crucial event data easily. Quantifi users then have the ability to follow-up on their reports or the reports done by their peers. Administrators can easily generate executive level reports and detailed managerial reports to support clinical and quality improvement activities. "Quantifi has helped us track our clinical interventions as well as productivity. These numbers have justified the benefit of our clinical pharmacists," said Cliff Niemeier, RPh, Director of Pharmacy at Baptist Regional Medical Center. "We are also using it to document anticoagulation monitoring to meet The Joint Commission's NPSG 3E requirement." Amplifi is a flexible, robust formulary management and pharmacy communications application with integrated drug information. It provides BRMC with the most versatile, easy-to-use tool to manage, update, and communicate formularies in print, on the web, and on handhelds. "We hope Amplifi will improve pharmacy communications with nursing and physician staff," said Niemeier. "Implementation of both programs has been smooth and we appreciate Pharmacy OneSource's support." Read the full press release. Two On-Demand Webinars: "Projecting and Managing Future Drug Expenditures" and "Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors Associated with Look-Alike Drug Names"
In "Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors Associated with Look-Alike Drug Names" Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FISMP, FASCP, Director of Error Reporting Programs for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), identifies the factors that contribute to drug name similarity and confusion, recognizes the areas in the medication-use process where drug names could be confused, and discusses strategies to prevent errors associated with look-alike drug names. View the on-demand webinar. Have you missed any of our other past free webinars? Check out the webinar archive to view on-demand recorded versions and download presentation slides. Free Clinical Interventions Report: Top 10 Interventions, AEs and ADRs
We currently have 60,935 users documenting in
Quantifi who have recorded more than $126 million in cost savings in
the second quarter of 2009. Here are the Top Five Drugs associated with a medication error recorded in Quantifi last quarter, and the total number of reports for each:
To get a free report, Pharmacy Clinical Interventions Update, with three lists of the Top 10+ drugs associated with interventions, adverse drug events and medication errors, please submit your contact info. Bronson Methodist Hospital - Implementing standardized concentrations with ease
Pharmacy OneSource: What problems were you facing at your facility
before your purchase of Accupedia? Webinar: Amplifying the Voice and Impact of Pharmacy
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In
"Projecting and Managing Future Drug Expenditures - 2009" Lee
Vermeulen, Director of the Center for Drug Policy in the Department of
Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, discusses
expenditure trends and a pharmaceutical expenditure forecast for 2009 along
with several examples of innovative cost-containment initiatives.
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