Session Information
2012 Summer Meeting
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Establishing a Standard: Structured Terminologies to Enable Pharmacy Practice and to Enhance Patient Care
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 127-L04
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Location:
321, Level 300
PRESENTER(S):
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Brent Fox, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Care Systems, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
PROGRAM CHAIR:
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Brent Fox, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Care Systems, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
Description
As the US moves toward a fully connected EMR environment, many institutions struggle with the array of terminologies to communicate medical and medication-related information. We know that exchange of meaningful information enhances pharmacy practice and patient safety, yet the various terminologies to support information exchange are confusing. This session will explore how terminologies differ and how they can support pharmacy practice and patient care. The session will also describe the role of informatics pharmacists in use of structured terminologies.
- Describe and differentiate between NDC, RxNorm, SNOMED CT, NDF-RT, LOINC, and other structured terminologies.
- Describe benefits and limitations of various structured terminologies.
- Describe the informatics pharmacists role to ensure that structured terminologies enhance pharmacy systems and patient safety.
- Discuss the importance of terminology standardization to pharmacy practice.
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