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Medication Improvement Group 20 & 21 June 2018





Dates
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 - Thursday, 21 June 2018

Meeting Code
HRT1811

Location
Aerial UTS Function Centre
Level 7, Building 10, 235 Jones Street
Sydney
NSW
Australia

Would you like more information?
Wojciech Korczynski
wojciech@healthroundtable.org



The Medication Improvement Group was formed to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of Pharmacists, Physicians, Nurses and Quality and Safety practitioners, to identify variations in Prescribing, Dispensing and Distribution of Medications. 

In 2018 the theme for the meeting is:
“The impact of variations in medication
practices on patient care and patient safety”

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Meeting Invitation

Innovations Template - please complete and send to the project manager of this event prior to the workshop


Agenda

HRT1811 Medication Improvement Group
Aerial UTS Function Centre, Sydney

Day 1 – Wednesday 20th June 2018

7.50 – 8.00am

Registration for Optional Masterclass – Health Roundtable data

8.00 – 8.45am

Meeting – Optional Masterclass – Health Roundtable data

(All first time attendees and those interested in understanding how Health Roundtable bench-marking data is compiled and how it can be used, are strongly encouraged to attend)

8.45 – 9.00am

Registration (Arrival Tea and Coffee)

9.00 – 9.30am

Welcome and Introductions

9.30 – 10.30am

Setting the Scene – Dr Rosalind Crawford & Sven Marxen – will present on the important of the “Triple P” (Prescribers, Pharmacy, Partnership)

10.30 – 1045.am

Group Discussion – What are the implications for your Health service from the experience at Redland Hospital?

10.45 – 11.15am

Morning Tea

11.15 – 12.00pm

Identifying variation in current Medication Data - Health Roundtable

·         Identifying variations in patient level medication and Casemix data

·         Review of survey

·         Development of background picture of key issues for your Pharmacy team

12.00 – 12.30pm

Facilitated roundtable discussion on next step with Medication reports

·         Thee year plan for the Medication Data analysis including eMM Data

·         Identifying and shifting the road blocks

12.30 – 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30 – 2.00pm

Review of 2017 Aim Statements

·         Teams who attended last year’s meeting to report back (2 minute, informal verbal) on progress to their 2017 aim statement

2.00 – 3.00pm

Innovations posters

·         Rapid fire poster presentations – 2 minute presentations by each pharmacy services on 1 or 2 key innovations

·         Poster viewing

3.00 – 3.30pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30 – 4.00pm

Voted on posters to present

More detail provided around the projects and innovations from members, which are voted to be the most likely to be adopted

4.00 – 4.30pm

Hospital Teams meeting to consolidate ideas

4.30pm

Close for the day – but stay around for “refreshments”

·         HRT Staff welcome an informal Q & A and Feedback session

·         Informal peer/colleague discussions

5.30pm

Meeting Ends for Day One

6.30pm

Group Dinner (Optional but recommended)

Hisshou Teppanyaki – 752 George St (800m 10 minute walk)

Day 2 – Thursday 21st June 2018

8.30 – 8.45am

Arrival Tea and Coffee

8.45 – 9.00am

Welcome & reflections from day one

9.00 – 9.30am

Data dive

Each health service to spend 30 minutes reviewing their data reports to identify 1-2 areas of success and 1-2 areas for improvement

 

Developing a problem statement and goal to test

Development of a SMART Medication Improvement Goal

9.30 – 10.00am

Presentation – James Downie, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Hospitals Pricing Authority

James will talk about the current developments in the hospital acquired complications (HAC) funding approach and risk adjustment methodology for the pricing of HACs.

10.00 – 10.15am

Questions & Discussion

10.15 – 10.45am

Morning Tea

10.45 – 11.45am

Interactive session – Toni Howell, ACHS Surveyor & Pharmacist

This will cover the changes relating to the new NSQHS Standard 4: Medication Safety – in an interactive session. Participants are encouraged to bring their local “National Standards Gap Analysis” to discuss.

11.45 – 12.15pm

Focused Small Group Discussion – Addressing Meeting Themes to Reduce Variation

·         Reducing Variations in Pharmacy department

·         Reducing Variation In ward drug distribution

·         Addressing Complications of Care and Adverse events related to medications

12.15 – 12.30pm

Development of Strategic Think Tank Issues for PM session

12.30 – 1.15pm

Lunch

1.15 – 2.00pm

Strategic Think Tank – In depth exploration of the key strategic issues identified

·         Separate ideas / issues raised to be discussed and explored in depth in small groups to develop a way forward

·         Small groups to present back to the larger group and share ideas

2.00 – 2.30pm

Developing your Action plan

·         Hospital teams to consolidate their learnings across the two days into a structured action plan

2.30 – 3.00pm

·         Future direction for the group

·         Report – improvements

·         Decide on 2019 theme

3.00pm

Meeting Closed


Accommodation & Flight Arrangements
Delegates are responsible for making their own accommodation and travel/flight arrangements.


Suggested Accommodation

Accommodation Contact Details Reference Code Discounts
Adina Apartment Hotel Sydney Central
2 Lee St, Haymarket NSW 2000

+61 2 8396 9800
sydneycentral@adinahotels.com.au
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Novotel Sydney Central
169-179 Thomas St, Sydney NSW 2000

+61 2 9281 6888
H8781@accor.com
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Vulcan Hotel
500 Wattle St, Ultimo NSW 2007

+61 2 9211 3283
info@vulcanhotel.com.au
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Rendezvous Hotel Sydney Central
Cnr of George and Quay Streets Sydney New South Wales Australia, 2000

+61 2 9212 2544
sales.sydneyc@rendezvoushotels.com
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Mercure Sydney
818-820 George St, Ultimo NSW 2007

+61 2 9217 6666
H2073@accor.com
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