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Medication Errors, Public Safety and Protecting Your License
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Continuing Education Credits for Healthcare Professionals
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Date:
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Time:
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern Time
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Location:
www.FreeCE.com and PharmCon Studios
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Credits:
2
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Contact Hours
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Target Audience:
Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians
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Program Overview:
According to the Food and Drug Administration, medication errors cause at least one death every day
and injure approximately 1.3 million people annually in the United States. Medication error morbidity
and mortality costs are estimated to run $77 billion dollars per year. Patient safety is a major public
health concern. PharmCon recognizes the importance of this issue. This application based program
emphasizes and promotes public safety, continuous monitoring for accuracy in dispensing, reliability in
the transmission of prescription and medication orders, and continuous review and upgrade of pharmacy operating systems.
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Pharmacists Educational Objectives:
- Identify the most common types of medication errors and medications involved in fatalities
- Assess the potential impact of a given error on the patient, practitioner, and health care system
- Describe how continuous quality improvement can be used to prevent medication errors in various pharmacy settings
- Implement at least 2 changes to minimize errors in your practice area
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Pharmacy Technicians Educational Objectives:
- Identify the most common types of medication errors and medications involved in fatalities
- Assess the potential impact of a given error on the patient, practitioner, and health care system
- Describe how continuous quality improvement can be used to prevent medication errors in various pharmacy settings
- Implement at least 2 changes to minimize errors in your practice area
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Repeat Presentation:
This Presentation Was last given on 6/21/2010
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Activity Type:
Knowledge
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Accreditation:
Pharmacists: 0798-0000-09-099-L03-P Pharmacy Technicians: 0798-0000-09-099-L03-T
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PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. In order to obtain a Certificate of Credit, attendees must answer poll questions and a program evaluation. Attendees may immediately print their Certificate of Credit or leave them stored on the web site. |
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About The Speaker: |
Kevin McCarthy, R.Ph
Kevin McCarthy, RPh is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. His professional background includes being a Trustee of the Maryland Pharmacists Association, and President of the Southern Maryland Pharmacists Association. In addition to owning his own pharmacy, he has worked in management in both chain and independent pharmacies. His most recent position prior to PharmCon was Director of Managed Care for Safeway Inc., and Regional Director of Sales for the pharmacy benefits manager, SMCRx, now know as Avia Partners, Inc.
As a result of extensive experience in the practice of pharmacy, Mr. McCarthy often lectures and consults on pharmacy issues relating to stress and burnout, as well as topics relating to work flow and reduction of medication errors.
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Financial Support By:
PharmCon
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Refund Policy
PharmCon provides full refunds of paid amounts if cancellations are made more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled time of the event and the request is submitted by email to: admin@pharmcon.com. Cancellations after that time will forfeit their registration fees.
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Documents:
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Status:
Registration Closed - Past Registration Date
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Computer sharing is not permitted due to ACPE guidelines on program monitoring. Credit is given to one user per computer. |
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This is a live presentation delivered over the internet in an online classroom environment. In order to see, hear and participate in the class you must have the following:
- Broadband internet connection, such as T1, Cable or high-speed DSL.
- Computer speakers or headphones.
- Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (Recommended), FireFox 3.0 or higher (with media player plugin), Safari 3.2 or higher, Google Chrome.
We do not support AOL. It is recommended to minimize AOL and open an Internet Explorer or Firefox window.
Mac Users we reccomend Safari or Firefox, but you will need to verify your Windows Media Player Plugin.
- Computer monitor with screen resolution set to 1024 x 768 pixils or higher.
- Windows Media Player plugin for your internet browser. Most computers come with the plugin already installed. But, it is still very important that you test to ensure you will be able to hear the class.
- Due to monitoring guidelines, computer sharing is NOT permitted. Credit is given to one user per computer.
CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM TEST>> |
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