Description:
This session will address changing market dynamics in the ePrescribing area and give an in-depth update on the NEPSI program; its reason for being, status and what will be happening in the future.

Speaker Information:
Pat Hale, PhD, MD, FACP
Deputy Director, Office of Health Information Technology and Transformation, New York State Department of Health

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
307 A

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Description:
This session will feature an interdisciplinary discussion within the three-tiered "Safety Net" of the physician, the nurse and the pharmacist, exploring the errors that can be generated by HIT systems and how the impact on workflow can affect quality. Whether errors are generated by forcing existing workflow into prevailing systems or by clinicians not understanding workflow and how it relates to electronic systems, all three disciplines are experiencing "near-miss" errors in similar ways and at similar rates. These unintended consequences recently defined as E-iatrogenesis can be associated with any aspect of a comprehensive HIT system and may involve errors of commission or omission. Additionally, this session will examine the differences between workflow falling on the shoulders of software and the merger of the challenges of moving from a semi-automated or manual system to an automated system.

Speaker Information:
Lyle Berkowitz, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Medical Director of Clinical Information Systems, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Paul Conlon, PharmD, JD
Sr.V.P. Clinical Quality and Patient Safety, Trinity Health
Pamela Griffith, RN, MBA
Director of Applications, UC Irvine Medical Center
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc
Clinical Informatics R&D, Partners Healthcare

Objectives:

• Discuss how the introduction of HIT can lead to unintended consequences
• Describe the clinician's role in systems design and implementation to minimize the negative impact of automation
• Review the key aspects of process redesign in a paper world vs. working together in an electronic world

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
304 A-H

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Description:
This presentation will cover the design of a closed-loop medication use process that utilizes barcode scanning during dispensing and administration.

Speaker Information:
Thomas Cooley, RPh, MBA
Assistant Directory of Pharmacy Services, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Objectives:

• Recognize all the components of a closed-loop medication use process: computerized physician order entry, pharmacy, electronic medication administration record with barcode scanning
• Understand the special design requirements for a closed-loop medication use process
• Understand how to engage the appropriate staff during the design and implementation of a closed-loop medication use process
• Understand the support requirements for a barcode-enabled closed-loop medication use process

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
307A

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Description:
Pay-for-Performance is coming soon to pharmacy services! This session will describe the rapidly growing demand for pharmacy performance information and the need for pharmacy informatics systems that can link medical and pharmacy data to facilitate medication-related interventions. The session also highlights the work of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance in developing and testing methods for pharmacy performance measurement and how performance information may be used in public reports and novel reimbursement models.

Speaker Information:
David Nau, RPh, PhD, CPHQ
Director, Practice Improvement, Pharmacy Quality Alliance

Objectives:

• Identify the forces driving a demand for performance measurement in ambulatory pharmacy services
• Describe the role of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance in performance measurement initiatives
• Discuss potential pay-for-performance models for pharmacy services
• Identify ways that integrated medical and pharmacy information can be used to optimize the quality of care

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
307A

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Description:
CIOs and Pharmacists from two Davies Award of Excellence winner institutions will take part in this panel discussion exploring how pharmacy IT fits into the big picture. The session will also look at how the CIO and the pharmacist can work together to solve mutual problems and the various challenges they need to address to achieve patient centered program with a quality outcome.

Speaker Information:
Brian Jacobs, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Children's National Medical Center (Former CIO of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Lynn Boecler, PharmD, MS
Pharmacist, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
John Hingl
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Tom Smith
CIO, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

Location:
Convention Center

Room:
307A

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