MSOS News

New: Foundations in Medication Safety
Post date: 2 weeks 3 days ago

ISMP’s new online, interactive course offers healthcare organizations a standardized, cost-effective way to ensure staff involved in the medication use process have the basic knowledge they need to avoid risks and prevent errors. It is available through an annual organizational subscription. For more: https://www.ismp.org/educational-services-healthcare-organizations

MERPs Benefit Patient Safety
Post date: 2 weeks 6 days ago

Respondents to a recent ISMP survey indicated that strategic frameworks like California’s Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP) can help reduce risk, increase reporting, and justify MSO and similar positions: www.ismp.org/node/75991

Role of Simulation in Onboarding
Post date: 1 month 1 day ago

The second article in a two-part ISMP newsletter series on promoting safety culture when training new hires focuses on the role of simulation, an evidence-based teaching method that replicates a process or system in a safe environment: www.ismp.org/node/75988

May 2023 Member Briefing
Post date: 1 month 3 days ago

Sign up now for the next MSOS Member Briefing webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
Register Now: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GPJMYGwjS-q7U_yLHrFhQA

Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include:

• A road less traveled: Smart pump library hard limits
Silvana Balliu, PharmD
Coordinator of Pharmacy Services, Medication Safety and Smart Pumps
Cleveland Clinic

• Framework for a medication safety rotation
Dan Sheridan, MS, RPh, CPPS
Medication Safety Pharmacist
OhioHealth Marion General Hospital & Hardin Memorial Hospital

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The mission of the Medication Safety Officers Society (MSOS) is to advance and encourage excellence in safe medication use by providing communication, leadership, direction, and education among its members.