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(770) 855-5571
wnkelly@earthlink.net
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MEDICATION
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specialize in formal causality assessment (the probability
that a drug caused the injury) and use pharmacology, the biomedical
literature review, and a validated assessment instrument
to assess causality.
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Error Prevention – Do you want to know how safe your health
care facility or pharmacy is for medication mishaps – to include
medication errors, allergic drug reactions, drug interactions,
and adverse drug reactions (ADRs)? How close are you to meeting
national patient safety goals (JCAHO)? Through survey design and/or
a site visit, your facility can be compared to other facilities
of similar size and type. Recommendations are formulated
on how to better detect problems before they turn into
“incidents,” how to better detect, document, and report adverse
medication events (ADEs) when they occur, and how to prevent
them from occurring in the future. |
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Investigation of Medication Mishaps – Would you like to know
if: 1) a medication was the cause of harm? 2) which medication
caused the harm? 3) how the medication mishap occurred? or 4)
what can be done to prevent it from occurring again? The mishap
can be investigated at the site, through a review of medical
records, and through discussions with key people who may know
what happened. Someone not employed by the institution where the
event occurred is in the best position to investigate these
situations without bias. |
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| Help in Meeting National
Medication Safety Goals - I can help you assess and meet
JCAHO's national medication safety goals. |
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| Public
Speaking or Training in Medication Safety – I have presented
many programs and seminars on medication safety, and can provide
medication safety training for organizations. Titles of some of
my recent presentations are listed below:
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· Pharmacists’
Contributions to Adverse Drug Events |
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· Developing
New Strategies to Solve
Medication Errors |
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· Potential Risks and Prevention of Significant ADEs |
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· Adverse Drug
Event Knowledge Review |
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· Fatal
Medication Errors: What We Know |
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· Assessing
System Causes of Medication Errors |
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· Drug Errors
Causing Death |
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· Ten
Lethal Drug
Interactions |
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· Improving
Medication Safety |
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· Medication
Errors: Lessons Learned and Actions Needed |
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PHARMACY PRACTICE
| Clinical
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Care Research Design – I have
extensive training and background in research design and
biostatistics to assist those who would like to assure their
research is properly designed before the project begins.
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| Development
of a Pharmacoepidemiology Pharmacy Residency Program – My
background, training and desire to advance the field of
pharmacoepidemiology will help assure your pharmacoepidemiology
residency is first class and meets ASHP accreditation standards. |
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| Improving
Medication Adherence – I use the latest ideas and techniques
to improve medication adherence and compliance to help improve
the health outcomes of patients. |
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| Interim Director
of Pharmacy Services – If you need a Director of
Pharmacy on a short-term basis, I can help find an
experienced, well trained person. |
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| Recruitment of a
Director of Pharmacy – Let me help you find the best
Director of Pharmacy for your facility. My extensive contacts
and networking can provide you with the very best available
candidates for your position. I do all the searching and
screening, and only provide for interview the best,
available candidates at a reasonable cost to you. |
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