Medication Use Technology and Mindfulness in Long-Term-Care Facilities

Guest Speaker

Donna Horn, MS, RPh, CHC | Webinar – 1.0 CE for both Nurses & Administrators.

The automated dispensing systems represent one of the most widely deployed forms of technology integrated with today’s medication use systems. This session will provide you with recommendations on how you can employ these devices to support safe and secure medication distribution by consciously practicing mindfulness (fully attending to what’s happening) practicing mindfulness to keep things in balance and perspective.

After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

• Describe how the use of automated dispensing technologies enhance medication safety efforts.
• Apply simple mindfulness practices that can be used in your personal and professional lives.
• How incorporating mindfulness in your work life can decrease stress and improve patient care.
• Develop strategies to avoid confusion or misinterpretation of look-alike, sound-alike medication names.

Avantum Hospice Pharmacy offers services nationally with 11 local dispensing pharmacies throughout our footprint and over 69,000 contracted pharmacies in our PBM network. We deliver a full line of pharmacy services dedicated to exceeding the needs of our partners with a focus on superior local service, maximizing cost efficiencies and leveraging proprietary technology.