ASHP s Safety and Quality Pearls is one of the most popular sessions at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, and the 2007 and 2008 sessions were no different. Now with in its second volume, ASHP s Safety and Quality Pearls 2 pulls together 17 of the original presentations offered at these sessions. "

Capturing the creative spirit and real-world content of the live Pearls sessions, this collection outlines several examples of innovative approaches to improve patient safety and quality.

Each year, one of the featured sessions at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting is the highly regarded "pearls" program which includes presentations by pharmacists who share their wisdom borne of experience. ASHP's Clinical Pearls is edited by Bruce Canaday, the original creator of the MCM pearls concept and the session chair for the 2007 presentations. The authors were drawn from the presenters and invited to participate in this year's published version. This collection provides numerous examples of interventions that have improved clinical pharmacy practice in various U.S. and foreign health systems. It also describes the historical context within which the present need for safety and quality initiatives has arisen.

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ASHP’s Safety and Quality Pearls, a premiere session at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, outlined several examples of innovative approaches to improving patient safety and quality of care in various U.S. and foreign health systems. This book pulls together 20 of the original 27 presentations offered at this session to help you move beyond general statements of problems and recommendations to specific, practical advice on solutions from the perspective of pharmacists and technicians who are living with the realities of these medication use issues every day.Topics have been expanded and updated to help you: Comply with clinical guidelines and/or national quality standards. Utilize quality improvement tools. And, initiate and expand with technology and devices. The abundance of information presented by authors representing both large and small health systems, public and private institutions; academic medical centers; government health care facilities; and small outpatient clinics will inspire you to attempt similar interventions in your own institutions, if you haven’t already done so.