Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar With Patient Safety Expert
Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of the Sentri7 real-time clinical surveillance system, announces a complimentary Webinar presented by industry expert Barbara L. Olson, MS, RN, FISMP, director of patient safety in the Clinical Services Group at HCA in Nashville, Tenn., who will speak on "From Intention to Outcome: Things You Can Do Tomorrow to Manage What's On Your Mind Today."
As a result of active listening, learners will be able to describe how human vigilance contributes to positive outcomes in highly reliable systems; list barriers, redundancies, and opportunities to detect and correct errors as they relate to the medication use process; describe how behavioral expectations, articulated in the National Patient Safety Goals, add reliability to the work of interdisciplinary teams; and list three ways "old data" can be used to shape new expectations
The Webinar will be presented on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST. For details, visit: http://www.pharmacyonesource.com/webinars
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