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COURSE DESCRIPTION: 
Please join us for a conference on Preventing Medication Errors: Strategies for Safer Prescribing Practices with Krista M. Riveron, Pharm.D., J.D., M.S., BCSCP. Dr. Riveron will identify the most common types of medication errors that occur in clinical practice, examine the factors that lead to medication errors – including those related to systems and humans – and implement strategies that minimize the risk of medication errors in prescribing and administration.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Internal Medicine Physicians, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Residents,  Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, and all other interested healthcare providers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Identify the most common types of medication errors that occur in clinical practice.
• Examine the factors that lead to medication errors, including those related to systems and humans.
• Implement strategies that minimize the risk of medication errors in prescribing and administration.
• Explore the impact that electronic health records and clinical decision support systems have in the reduction of medication errors.

FACULTY AND DISCLOSURES:

Krista M. Riveron, Pharm.D., J.D., M.S., BCSCP
Medication Safety and Quality Coordinator Pharmacy
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, Florida

Krista M. Riveron, Pharm.D., J.D., M.S., BCSCP, faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

John F. Rubin, M.D., FACP, director of this educational activity, has indicated that he is a shareholder in AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS AND CREDITS

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-1252240, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Podiatry, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.  

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs, Athletic Trainers and Respiratory Techs. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.