2025 Performance Improvement Series - Prevention of Medication Errors at Transitions of Care

October 1, 2025

Medication errors at transitions of care often stem from miscommunication, lack of coordination, incomplete medication information, and insufficient patient education. These breakdowns can result in serious consequences, such as adverse drug reactions, delays in treatment, avoidable readmissions, and, in severe cases, patient harm or death.

 

This program will address the root causes of medication errors and implement evidence-based strategies to strengthen processes and improve patient safety.

 

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:  

•         Develop and verify an accurate medication list upon admission.

•         Apply medication reconciliation practices for admission and discharge

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAPA CME
    Vizient Inc. has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria.
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
Course opens: 
10/01/2025
Course expires: 
11/30/2025
Event starts: 
10/01/2025 - 11:30am CDT
Event ends: 
10/01/2025 - 12:30pm CDT
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Live Activity
United States

FACULTY & PLANNERS

Faculty

Carrie Tilton Callahan, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Emory University Hospital

Jim Lichauer, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP
Sr. PI Program Director, Pharmacy
Vizient, Inc.

Laural Whitmore, MSE
VP, PI Programs
Vizient, Inc.
 

Planners

Lindsay Mayer, MSN, RN, CPHQ
Sr. Director PI Programs
Vizient, Inc.

Michelle Lewis, MSW, CPHQ
Senior Director PI Program
Vizient, Inc.

Claudia Friedel
Performance Improvement Program Manager
Vizient, Inc.

Mary Casey, DES
Senior Director, Creative Media 
Vizient, Inc.

John Pevoto, DES
Creative Media Director
Vizient, Inc.

Tracy Sutton, DES
Creative Media Director
Vizient, Inc.

David Levine, MD
SVP, Chief Medical Officer
Vizient, Inc.

Jim Lichauer, PharmD
Sr. Performance Improvement Director, Pharmacy
Vizient, Inc.
 
Rebecca Easterwood
CE Programs Manager              
Vizient, Inc.
 
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education       
Vizient, Inc.


DISCLOSURE

As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
Disclosure Statements
 
Relevant Financial Relationships 
Vizient, Inc., Jointly Accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education, defines companies to be ineligible as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
James M Blum, MD, FCCM, AME speaker for this educational activity, is an Advisory Board Member for     ARCHIMED Inc. and former Advisory Board Member for Clew Medical.
All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.
All others in a position to control content for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
Statement of Content Validity
 
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
 
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.

 

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 
Designation Statement(s)
 

Nurses (CNE)

This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.
 
Pharmacists (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours for pharmacists.
 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-235-L04-P
 
Physicians (CME)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
 
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAPA CME
    Vizient Inc. has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria.
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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