MSOS News

January 2024 Member Briefing
Post date: 4 months 5 days ago

Sign up now for the next MSOS Member Briefing webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, Jan 25, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET. Register Now: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XmkF2wkKRB2xdHWZtzcF3A#/registr...
Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include:

• Preventing medication errors at transitions of care, a new ISMP Best Practice
Chris Michalek, BS, RPh, FASHP
Director of Membership and PSO
ISMP

Kathy Ghomeshi, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CPPS
Medication Safety Officer
University of California San Francisco

• Advancing transitions of care
Charlotte Handley, DPh
Outpatient Pharmacy Services Manager
Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare

Free Webinar on Ready-to-Administer IV Meds
Post date: 4 months 5 days ago

Learn how to improve safety and efficiency plus reduce waste by adopting ready-to-administer IV medications during a FREE ISMP webinar on February 6, 2024, from 1:00-2:00pm ET. CE credit is available: https://www.ismp.org/node/108857

2024 ISMP High-Alert List Published
Post date: 4 months 1 week ago

ISMP has updated its list of high-alert medications for acute care settings to include tranexamic acid injection—see this week’s featured ISMP newsletter article for details and a copy: https://www.ismp.org/node/116945

Low Health Literacy Leads to Errors
Post date: 5 months 3 weeks ago

Patients with low health literacy make more errors interpreting instructions and warnings. This week’s ISMP newsletter provides tips on how to support personal and organizational health literacy: https://www.ismp.org/node/110339

Benchmarking Error Rates Not Good Measure
Post date: 6 months 1 week ago

Want to know where you stand in maintaining an environment that promotes patient safety in comparison to your peers? This week’s ISMP featured article explores alternatives to comparing unreliable “benchmarking” error report data with other organizations: https://www.ismp.org/node/107968

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