Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar on NQF Safe Practices

Discussing implementing pharmacist leadership systems in healthcare settings
Bellevue, WA - Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a real-time patient surveillance, documentation and reporting system, is pleased to announce a complimentary webinar on pharmacy leadership with Dr. Hayley Burgess in "Exploring the Implementation of NQF-Endorsed Safe Practice 18: Pharmacist Leadership Structures and Systems."

In this webinar, Burgess will describe national priorities for medication safety including measures, standards and practices, focusing on the NQF endorsed safe practice 18: Pharmacist Leadership Structures and Systems. She will discuss critical lessons to develop a focus on the leadership journey and ability to influence safety initiatives through execution, a sense of urgency and engagement of the team. She will also describe implementation options and programs designed to meet national patient safety objectives.

Exploring the Implementation of NQF-Endorsed Safe Practice 18: Pharmacist Leadership Structures and Systems
DATE: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
TIME: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
WHERE: http://www.pharmacyonesource.com/webinars

About the Presenter: Dr. Hayley Burgess is the Director of Performance Improvement, Measures, Standards, and Practices for the Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT). As the team leader at TMIT, Burgess coordinates the updates to the National Quality Forum (NQF) Safe Practices for Better Healthcare. She also plays an instrumental role in the development and management of the Leapfrog Safe Practices Program supported by TMIT. Burgess was previously Director of Medication Use and Safety for the HCA Corporate Clinical Services Group where she created and implemented patient safety programs and initiatives for approximately 170 hospitals and 80 outpatient surgery centers owned or operated by the Hospital Corporation of America.

Her most recent research involvement was as the co-investigator for a 60 hospital collaborative to improve critical care services and prevent healthcare associated infections, funded by AHRQ and in partnership with Vanderbilt University.Burgess received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She completed a post-doctoral residency and clinical science research fellowship in pharmacoeconomic psychopharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is healthcare’s #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our more than 80 innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to current and future challenges within health-systems worldwide. Our SaaS solutions contribute to swift and safe healthcare through earlier, easier and better access to data. More than 1,300 healthcare organizations worldwide utilize our HIPAA compliant web-based services: Accupedia, Amplifi, MedBoard, Quantifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, and VeriForm.

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