Medication Safety Series

Medication Reconciliation: Assessing and Evaluating Processes and Identifying High Risk Situations

Wednesday, July 19, 2017: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Live Webinar

Continuing Education Information

Speakers:

Toni Kettner, RN, MHA, NHA, WCC

Jody Rothe, RN, DON-CLTC

Target Audience:

This educational activity is designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, and any allied health professional with an interest in improving care related to the topic area is welcome to attend.

Purpose:

Participants will be able to examine approaches to reconciling medications, which in turn will improve patient safety and reduce adverse drug events. This outcome will be assessed by participant self-report of knowledge gained from the activity.

Objectives - following this educational series, participants will be better able to:

Describe why assessing (auditing) the new medication reconciliation process is critical for success

Compare strategies for assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the re-designed process

Identify high risk situations in which there may be barriers to addressing medication reconciliation

Content Learning Needs:

To indicate your learning needs or specific questions for the speaker to address please e-mail continuing-ed@metastar.com.

Special Needs:

If you have needs under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please email continuing-ed@metastar.com.

Planning Team:

Toni Kettner, RN, MHA, NHA, WCC, Healthcare Transformations Project Specialist, MetaStar

Carrie Finley, RN, BSN, CPHQ, Continuing Education Specialist, MetaStar

Continuing Education Credits

Physicians:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Wisconsin Medical Society through the joint providership of MetaStar, Inc. and LSQIN. MetaStar, Inc. is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

MetaStar, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Registered Nurses – Wisconsin and Michigan:

MetaStar, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

1.0 contact hour will be awarded for successful completion.

Registered Nurses – Minnesota:

This program for 1.2 contact hours has been designed to meet the Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements. However, the nurse is responsible for determining whether these activities meet the requirements for acceptable continuing education.

MetaStar, Inc. is the provider of nursing contact hours meeting ANCC-COA/WNA requirements, in a joint planning agreement with the Lake Superior Quality Network (LSQIN). Provider Number: 0186-008.

Continuing Education Disclosures

Notice of requirements for successful completion: Participants must complete an on-line evaluation with attendance attestation to obtain educational credit or a certificate of attendance. Full session attendance is required for educational credit.

Disclosure of relevant financial relationships / conflicts of interest: No speaker or planner has known financial relationships or other potential conflicts of interest to disclose. Participants will be informed prior to the beginning of the educational event.

Commercial Support: None

Off-label use: If reference is made during this educational activity to use of a product (medication or device) other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the speaker will announce this at the time of the presentation.

Registration Fees and Refund Policy: There is no cost for this learning activity.