Rhode Island Society of Health-System Pharmacists
11thAnnual Future of Pharmacy Showcase
Knowledge-Based CE Session for
Pharmacists and Technicians
Saturday, November 7, 2015
4 CEU Credits at
The Crowne Plaza at the Crossings
801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886
401-732-6000
Target Audience:
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians working in health-systems pharmacies
Members: $30
Non-members: $75
College of Pharmacy Students: $10
Please register on-line only. Please do not mail in registrations. Fees are payable at sign-in or online via Paypal Online: www.rishp.org (Click on Events tab) Refund requests must be made by written request and are at the discretion of the RISHP Board of Directors.
Program:
7 – 7:45 Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits
8:00 am
Opening remarks:
Ewa Dzwierzynski, PharmD, RISHP President
Christopher J. Topoleski, Director, Federal Regulatory Affairs Government Affairs Division, ASHP
Moderator: Patricia Racioppi, MS, RPh
8:45 Implementation of pharmacy driven medication reconciliation program
Linda Brocato, RPh, Pharmacy Manager, Westerly Hospital
Pharmacist Objectives:
- Examine the relationship between accurate medication reconciliation and positive patient outcomes
- Identify the impact of pharmacy driven medication reconciliation
- Explain the connection between medication reconciliation and cost avoidance savings
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- Describe the impact that pharmacy technicians have on medication reconciliation
- Understand the importance of medication reconciliation during transitions of care
09:15 Developing a condition regimen calculator as part of a successful HCT program
Mark Curtis RPh, Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Roger Williams Medical Center
Pharmacist Objectives:
- Discuss the current ASBMT Conditioning Regimen Recommendations
- Recognize the importance of chemo dosing on outcomes
- Demonstrate how a dosing calculator can support doctors, pharmacists and nursing in safe patient therapy
- Review the findings from a retrospective review of patients from 2010 through 2014
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- Recognize the current ASBMT Conditioning Regimen Recommendations
- Recognize the importance of appropriate chemotherapy dosing
- Understand how accurate calculations are needed before the preparation of chemotherapy
09:45 Preventing therapeutic duplications
Michelle Kelley, PharmD, Clinical Coordinator, Kent Hospital
Chris Maxwell, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Butler Hospital
Pharmacist Objectives:
- Describe the process of guideline/order set development for PRN indications of anxiety, agitation, psychoses, nausea/vomiting and constipation in a specialized psychiatric hospital and community hospitals.
- Explain how use of PRN reasons defined by a guideline/order set facilitates compliance with Joint Commission standards and regulations.
- Choose the appropriate PRN reason for psychiatric symptoms utilizing the provided guideline.
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- Understand when therapeutic duplications occur in the ordering of PRN medications.
- Provide an example of a therapeutic duplication.
- Understand how guidelines can be developed to categorize severity of common psychiatric PRN indications for medications to avoid therapeutic duplications.
One Size Fits All? Improving Pain Management in the Hospital Setting
Jayne Pawasauskas, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Specialist in Pain Management – Kent Hospital
Clinical Professor – URI College of Pharmacy
Pharmacist Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale for utilizing various levels of analgesic therapy regimens as compared to a single standardized protocol
- Demonstrate approaches for implementing multimodal analgesic strategies
- Design approaches for managing pain and adverse events that minimize therapeutic duplications in clinical practice
Technician Learning Objectives:
- Correctly identify components of an acute pain protocol, including analgesics, bowel remedies, and sleep aids.
- Understand the stepwise approach utilized in an acute pain protocol
- Explain how use of acute pain protocols promotes compliance with Joint Commission standards
10:45-11:30: RISHP Business Meeting to be followed by a coffee break and visits to Exhibitor Displays
Moderator: Michael Simeone, RPh, MBA, MEd
11:30 Implementing a meds-to-beds program in an academic medical center
Gina Bencivenga, PharmD, Pharmacy Manager, The Miriam Hospital/Lifespan Pharmacy
Melissa Agonia, PharmD, Pharmacist in Charge, The Miriam Hospital/Lifespan Pharmacy
Ashley Warnock, CPhT, Technician Group Leader, The Miriam Hospital/Lifespan Pharmacy
Pharmacist Objectives:
- Identify two barriers in achieving optimal outcomes for patients discharged from the hospital requiring new medication therapy management.
- Identify two focuses in achieving overall patient satisfaction scores in medication management at the time of discharge.
- Describe the impact of decentralized pharmacists participating in Collaborative Care Rounds in partnership with Lifespan Pharmacy to provide safe transitions of care and thereby reducing readmissions
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- Describe the impact a pharmacy technician can make in achieving prescription capture.
- Describe how a pharmacy technician can assist in achieving overall patient satisfaction scores in medication management at the time of discharge
12:00 Providing medication therapy services for patients receiving oral chemotherapy at a comprehensive cancer center.
Justin Huynh, PharmD, Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Rhode Island Hospital/The Miriam Hospital
Sarah Cabral, PharmD, BCOP, Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Rhode Island Hospital/The Miriam Hospital
Pharmacist Objectives:
- Identify two barriers to achieving optimal outcomes for patients receiving oral chemotherapy
- Describe the impact pharmacists can have on quality and coordination of care for patients receiving oral chemotherapy
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- Identify two barriers to achieving optimal outcomes for patients receiving oral chemotherapy
- Describe impact technicians can have on quality and coordination of care for patients receiving oral chemotherapy
12:30 Implementation of pharmacy driven discharge timeout protocol
Mitchell Chan, PharmD , South County Hospital Resident
Casey Mahl, PharmD , South County Hospital Resident
Pharmacist Objectives:
- Describe the innovative discharge timeout pilot study and its impact on the medication reconciliation process.
- Identify the impact of the discharge timeout process on patient transitions of care.
- Describe barriers to the discharge timeout process and their impact on workflow among healthcare team members.
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- Describe the innovative discharge timeout pilot study and its impact on the medication reconciliation process.
- Describe potential roles for a technician in the discharge timeout process.
- Describe barriers to the discharge timeout process and their impact on workflow among healthcare team members.
01:00 Interdisciplinary clinical student training in teamwork and geriatric assessment: a Student’s Perspective
Catherine Liu , PharmD Candidate 2016, University of Rhode Island
Pharmacist Objectives:
- Identify recommendations for interprofessional education from IOM and ACPE
- Describe an ongoing RI interprofessional clinical student training activity in geriatrics.
Pharmacy Technician Objectives:
- Identify at least two of the four key elements for effective health professional education as defined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM); and
- Explain the importance and rationale for an interprofessional team for the care of older adults.
01:30 Closing remarks: Julie Barber, PharmD, RISHP Director for Program Development and Pharmacy Showcase Chairwoman
Directions:
- From I-95 South take exit 12A. Take a right off the ramp and hotel will be on your right
- From I-95 North take exit 12. Take a right off the ramp and hotel will be on your right.
