- Mark Neuenschwander-one of the nation’s leading barcode experts and principal of the Neuenschwander Company-will discuss “Bedside Scanning Technologies: Issues and Value.”
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) VP Judy Smetzer, RN, BSN, former NPSF Cybrarian Lorri Zipperer and Malcolm Baldrige examiner Kate Goonan, MD, will discuss the new “Pathways for Medication Safety.” This coordinated and comprehensive set of medication-error reduction tools includes a barcode readiness assessment tool for hospitals planning to invest in BPOC software systems.
- Wendy Wittwer, RN, BSN, will present a poster on “Making Patient Safety a Top Priority-Using Bar Code Technology during the Medication Administration Process.” The clinical coordinator will detail St. Marys Hospital Medical Center’s pioneering use of a BPOC system from Bridge Medical called MedPointTM to intercept medication errors, and describe their interdisciplinary team approach to addressing safety concerns. (St. Marys’ use of MedPoint was among the programs Baldrige examiners reviewed before honoring the Madison, Wis., hospital’s parent organization, SSM HEALTH CARE, with the healthcare industry’s first Baldrige award.)
- Patient safety expert David C. Classen, MD, MS-vice president of First Consulting Group-will explore “The Art and Science of CPOE” – a safety solution advanced by Leapfrog.
NPSF Convenors: “Who’s Who” of Healthcare
“To disseminate the message of patient safety as widely as possible this year,” noted NPSF Congress Co-Chair Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, “we broadened the list of convenors to include four federal agencies, the country’s two leading group purchasing organizations, one medical school and dozens of other safety-minded organizations.
“Bridge is proud to be the only software vendor in this elite group of safety advocates,” said Bridge President and CEO John B. Grotting. “Our commitment to NPSF has been unwavering over the years and we applaud those who continue to dedicate their time to working towards viable solutions to the problem of medical errors.”
In addition to NPSF, Bridge Medical and the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences (at Eisenhower Medical Center), the other 33 convenors of this year’s Congress are, in alphabetical order:
1. AARP
2. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
3. American Association for the Advancement of Science
4. American Hospital Association
5. American Medical Association
6. American Nurses Association
7. American Organization of Nurse Executives
8. American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
9. American Society for Quality
10. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
11. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
12. Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc.
13. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
14. Council on Public Interest Anesthesia
15. Department of Defense
16. FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
17. Federation of American Hospitals
18. Institute for Healthcare Improvement
19. Institute for Safe Medication Practices
20. Joint Commission Resources
21. Medical College of Wisconsin
22. Medical Group Management Association
23. National Association for Healthcare Quality
24. National Committee on Quality Assurance
25. National Consumers League
26. National Health Council
27. Patient Safety Officers Society
28. PhRMA
29. Physician Insurers Association of America
30. Premier, Inc.
31. USP Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety
32. Veterans Health Administration National Center for Patient Safety
33. VHA Inc.
“We are also very grateful to this year’s Congress sponsors who have helped make this important conference possible,” added Edgman-Levitan, who is executive director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. Sponsors include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, Aon Healthcare Alliance, CIGNA HealthCare, Delmarva, Fairview Health System, GOAL/QPC, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente Foundation and the UnitedHealth Foundation.
Congress CE credits
Healthcare administrators, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and social workers who attend the Congress can earn a total of 14.5 hours of continuing education credits through the American College of Healthcare Executives, the California Board of Registered Nursing and the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences. See http://www.npsf.org/congress/ for details.
About NPSF
The National Patient Safety Foundation was founded in 1996 by the American Medical Association, CNA HealthPro, 3M, and contributions from the Schering-Plough Corporation. An independent, nonprofit research and education organization, NPSF is an unprecedented partnership of healthcare practitioners, institutional providers, health product providers, health product manufacturers, researchers, legal advisors, patient/consumer advocates, regulators and policymakers committed to making healthcare safer for patients. Through leadership, research support and education, the NPSF is committed to making patient safety a national priority.
The NPSF website offers a variety of educational tools to help hospitals build partnerships with patients in their communities, and both teach and encourage patients to become more involved in their own health care.
NPSF’s “Stand Up for Patient Safety” campaign helps hospitals and health systems both observe National Patient Safety Awareness Week and mobilize to take concerted action to reduce medical errors.
On the Net: NPSF site: http://www.npsf.org
On the Net: Congress site: http://www.npsf.org/congress/
About Bridge
Bridge Medical, Inc.-an AmerisourceBergen company (NYSE:ABC)-is headquartered in Solana Beach, Calif., and has been educating healthcare professionals about medication errors and their prevention since the company was founded in 1996.
AmerisourceBergen is based in Valley Forge, Penn.
On the Net: Bridge Medical site: http://www.bridgemedical.com
Contact:
Bridge Medical, Carol Somer, 858-314-5538, 858-204-7424 (cell) or csomer@bridgemedical.com
NPSF, Carole Breckbill, 312-464-5672 or cbreckbill@npsf.org; Carol Lieser, 760-770-0288, 760-578-5756 (cell) or clieser@npsf.org |
