MSHP 2006 Clinical Symposium

8:00 - 8:30	Registration and Vendor Exhibits
8:30 - 9:30 1 Contact hour, 0.1 CEU UPN: 060-999-06-025-L04	Medication Bar Coding Michael Peterka RPh Director of Packaging for Cardinal Health's Supply Chain Services - Pharmaceutical Objectives: 1. Explain why bar coding of medications is important for patient safety. 2. Summarize the recent FDA Guidance for manufacturers. 3. Distinguish between the different bar code formats, the information they contain and scanners needed to read those formats. 4. Describe the current number of bar coded doses provided by manufacturers. 5. Discuss bar code packaging options.
9:30 - 11:00 1.5 Contact hours, 0.15 CEUs UPN: 060-999-06-026-L04	Bedside Medication Verification: Preparing your Pharmacy for BMV Keith Burnham RPh Informatics Pharmacist, Parkview Hospital, Brunswick ME Objectives: 1. Identify the best bar code format for your pharmacy. 2. Choose an appropriate bar code scanner. 3. Identify the possible methods to add bar codes to medications. 4. Determine the best method of bar coding: outsource or in-house. 5. Identify the time frame required to prepare the pharmacy for BMV.
11:15 - 12:15 1 Contact hour, 0.1 CEU UPN: 060-999-06-027-L04	Health Care Quality: Why Do Employers Care? Douglas Libby RPh Executive Director, Maine Health Management Coalition Objectives: 1. Identify the members of the Maine Health Management Coalition. 2. Explain why employers are interested in healthcare quality. 3. State what the employers are measuring. 4. Describe how the employers are using quality information.
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch Buffet and Vendor Exhibits
1:15 - 2:15 1 Contact hour, 0.1 CEU UPN: 060-999-06-028-L04	Pandemic Influenza Andrew Pelletier MD MPH Maine Department of Health and Human Services Objectives: 1. To describe national and state plans for pandemic influenza. 2. To discuss pandemic prevention measures related to vaccine, antivirals, and community containment. 3. To consider potential impacts of an influenza pandemic on clinical practice.
2:30 - 3:30 1 Contact hour, 0.1 CEU UPN: 060-999-06-029-L04	New Advances in the Treatment of Diabetes Stephan Paul Babirak PhD MD Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington VT Objectives: 1. Discuss the new long acting insulins and their place in diabetes management. 2. Discuss the nasal route as a new delivery system for insulin. 3. Discuss the analogs of incretin hormones and their place in treatment of diabetes.

Registration Fees:
Pharmacist Member: $55 Technician Member: $45	Pharmacist Non-Member: $95 (Includes 1-year membership fee) Technician Non-Member: $60 (Includes 1-year membership fee)
Online registration closed October 15. Contact Lisa Caswell at 207-474-5121 to check on attendance availability Registration fees will be collected at the door.
LODGING: A 15% discount is available to participants for lodging at the Maple Hill Farm B&B. Space is limited, so make reservations early.


	The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Attendance and completion of evaluation forms and self-assessment tools at the conclusion of the program are required for issuance of statement of credit, and will be mailed within four weeks.