2012 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Are You Prepared? Excelling in Joint Commission Surveys
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 218-L03
Date: Monday, December 3, 2012
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Location:
Mandalay Bay F, Level 2, South Convention Center
PRESENTER(S):
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Robert Jordin,
RPh, Director, Accreditation and Medication Safety,
Cardinal Health Pharmacy Solutions
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11 years preparing pharmacies for more than 500 Joint Commission surveys. Contributor Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, 8th Edition. Contributor Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, 7th Edition. Contributor Preparing the Pharmacy: Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards, 6th Edition. Experienced in advising pharmacies on preparing for accreditation surveys conducted by the Joint Commission, Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) and Det Norske Veritas (NIAHO). assessing the safety of medication systems, advising hospitals on improving medication safety, and developing resources for preparing for accreditation surveys. Completed DNV NIAHO Training course, Speaker on Joint Commission and medication safety topics, including presentations at previous ASHP MCMs and Summer Meeting
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Ms. Patricia Kienle, BSc Pharm, MPA, Director, Accreditation and Medication Safety, Cardinal Health Pharmacy Solutions
Lee Murdaugh,
BS Pharm, PhD, Director Accreditation and Medication Safety,
Cardinal Health
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Lee B. Murdaugh, RPh, PhD, is Director of Accreditation and Medication Safety for Cardinal Healths Pharmacy Solutions. Her current responsibilities include assisting client hospitals in implementing best practices that promote safe medication use and continuous compliance with Joint Commission and other accreditation standards. Lee received a BS in Pharmacy and a PhD in Drug and Materials Toxicology from the University of Tennessee. She is the author of Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacies, Fourth Edition and co-author of Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, Eighth Edition which are published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
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John Uselton,
RPh, BS, VP Professional Services,
Cardinal Health
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John P. (Pat) Uselton earned a bachelors degree in pharmacy from the University of Houston in 1972. Pat currently serves as the V.P. of Professional Services for the Pharmacy Solutions business of Cardinal Health. In his current position, Pat leads a team which provides assistance to organizations in preparing their pharmacies for accreditation surveys (e.g., The Joint Commission, DNV, HFAP) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other regulatory surveys. The team focuses on processes that promote compliance with standards and regulations by providing resources such as accreditation preparedness assessments, medication safety assessments, operational assessments, regulatory assessments, licensing assistance, gap analysis tools, USP Chapter <797> compliance tools, and a variety of other tools and educational programs.
Pat has over 35 years experience in the health care industry and in guiding pharmacies through more than 2000 regulatory and accreditation surveys. Pat is co-author of several publications including Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, 8th edition. He is a contributing author to several other publications including Introduction to Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Practice, Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice, 4th edition and Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacies, 4th edition. He and other team members frequently present to national and state pharmacy groups on accreditation, regulatory, medication safety, and other related topics.
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PROGRAM CHAIR:
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• 30+ years experience preparing pharmacies for more than 2000 Joint Commission surveys
• Co-author – Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, 7th Edition
• Co-author – Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards, 6th Edition
• Contributor – Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice, 4th Edition
• Co-author – Preparing the Pharmacy for a Joint Commission Survey, 5th Edition
• Co-author – Preparing to Meet Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals
• Speaker on Joint Commission and medication safety topics, including presentations at previous ASHP Midyear Clinical Meetings
• Experienced in advising pharmacies on preparing for Joint Commission and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) surveys, assessing the safety of medication systems, advising hospitals on improving medication safety, and developing resources to prepare organizations for accreditation surveys
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Description
Overview of What's New, John P. Uselton, RPh, BS
Making Sense Of Pharmacy-Related Issues, Robert Jordin, RPh
Working With Nursing to Solve Medication Management Issues, Patricia C. Kienle, BSc Pharm, MPA
Meeting Requirements for Hospital-Wide Standards, Lee B. Murdaugh, BS Pharm, PhD
Putting It All Together, John P. Uselton, RPh, BS
- Describe how to comply with hospital-wide standards that affect all departments including pharmacy.
- Develop strategies on how to prepare for tracers and other surveyor activities during an accreditation survey.
- Identify potential problematic areas prior to surveys and develop an action plan for success.
- Work with nursing to successfully prepare a strategy for Medicare's new interpretation of their 30-minute rule for drug administration.
