BELLEVUE, WA, February 11, 2010
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of the MedBoard medication tracking system, is pleased to announce an upcoming complimentary webinar: "Improving Nursing & Pharmacy Communication by Reducing Missing Meds."
Charles McCluskey, Pharm.D., Director of Pharmacy Services at Riverside Methodist Hospital, will discuss his organization's success with tackling lost and missing medications by collaborating closely with nursing leaders.
The implementation of a medication tracking system has shown missing medication requests reduced from 150-175 per day to 90 per day, and $50,000 in gained productivity for the hospital staff. Charles will outline how aggregated data from tracking medication deliveries has allowed his team to address questions on turnaround times for shifts, nursing units, medications and personnel. Through robust reporting capabilities, Charles will also discuss how he uses the data to quantify and demonstrate performance.
Title: Improving Nursing & Pharmacy Communication by Reducing Missing Meds
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/649537226
About the Speaker: Dr. McCluskey received his Pharm.D. from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. He has worked with more than 13 hospitals to define, build, and expand the clinical and operational services of the pharmacy department. In 2004, Dr. McCluskey was promoted to Director, Pharmacy Services for Riverside Methodist Hospital. In this position, he has continued to expand the clinical services and bring new technology into the daily practice of the pharmacists and technicians. He is continuously reviewing technology in the non-healthcare setting to determine the positive impact on patient safety and quality, and evaluating the impact on efficiency if modified and adopted by healthcare.
About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is pharmacy's #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our 50 innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to current and future challenges within health-system pharmacy worldwide. Our SaaS solutions contribute to high performance pharmacy through better outcomes, lower costs and system-wide results. More than 1,000 healthcare organizations worldwide utilize our HIPAA compliant web-based services: Accupedia, Amplifi, Quantifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, and UnitStock.
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