Networking Session Hosted by the Section of Inpatient Care
Practitioners’ Advisory Group on Medication Safety

This audience-interactive, electrifying, and thought provoking
session will feature distinguished panelists from the
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); the Institute for
Safe Medication Practice (ISMP); the American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP); Consumers Advancing
Patient Safety (CAPS); the University of Michigan Hospitals
and Health Centers; the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center (UPMC) Presbyterian and Shadyside; the Winchester
Medical Center; WakeMed Health and Hospitals; the United
States Army Medical Command; St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital; Medication Safety Solutions; Medstar Health; Tripler
Army Medical Center; Community Health Network; and
the American Society of Medication Safety Officers (ASMSO).

Discussion Topics:

• Current Patient Safety Initiatives

• MSOs—Is there a Marketplace Demand?

• Multidisciplinary Approach to Patient Safety

• C-Suite Buy-in to a Culture of Safety

• Pharmacy School Curriculum–Is Medication Safety Training
Essential?

• Role of Accredited Technician Education and Training in
Medication Safety

• Drug Shortages

• Hot Topics in Medication Safety

Facilitator:

Janice Hoyt, R.Ph, Vice Chair, ASHP’s Section Advisory
Group on Medication Safety; Clinical Pharmacist, Providence
Regional Medical Center, Everett, WA