Please join us for
our regular meeting, plus a special presentation by Marcy
Anderson on the POC Specialist Certificate Program from AACC.
RSVP by February
27th
Reply by
Email:
nberkheiser@gshleb.org
OR by Fax at: 717-228-2986 (Attn: Noreen Berkheiser). For
more information contact: Noreen Berkheiser @ 717-228-2945 x203.
There is a $10.00 meeting registration fee for all non-KEYPOCC
members.
Directions
& Registration
Directions
to Conference Center (once you are on campus)
Enter the
main entrance of the medical center at the intersection of Route
322 and
University Drive. At the first stop sign, turn right onto Campus
Drive.
Follow Campus Drive until you see the sign on your right for the
University
Fitness and Conference Center. Turn right and look for signs for
Fitness and
Conference Center parking.
Parking
is in the University Fitness and Conference Center parking
lot to the
front and to the left of the facility. There are signs posted
that the lot
is for University Fitness and Conference Center only.
Speakers
Thomas
Nifong MD, Associate Professor of Pathology at the Penn State
Hershey Medical Center. His clinical roles include Medical Director
of the Hematology and Thrombosis Laboratory and Staff Physician in
Clinical Pathology and Apheresis. Today Dr. Nifong will focus on
Heparin Monitoring. Normal hemostasis is controlled by a balanced
interaction between vascular, platelet, and coagulation systems.
When this balance is perturbed it can
result in
thrombosis or bleeding. Heparin is often used as an anticoagulant to
prevent thrombosis in patients undergoing surgical procedures. This
presentation will emphasize heparin use and monitoring to decrease
complications of both thrombosis and bleeding.
Beth
Bittner, B.S. Pharm, RPh, Frank Herrmann, B.S. Pharm,RPh and
Paul Kocis, B.S. Pharm, Pharm.D., RPh are all staff members of
the Penn State Hershey Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic.
Karen
Runkel is a Certified Professional Coder with the Department of
Pharmacy. Participants will gain an understanding of the benefits of
a pharmacist-based anticoagulation clinic versus routine medical
care with a dramatic presentation. Participants will also gain
understanding of the value
of
point-of-care anticoagulation monitoring. A review of the history
of the Penn
State Hershey Medical Center Anticoagulation Clinic with its
challenges and successes will be undertaken. Participants will also
gain an understanding of basic coding and reimbursement guide lines
as they pertain to Medicare and Third Party payers.
Debra
Barnette Pharm.D. is from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical
Center, Winston-Salem N.C. and is a talented member of Roche’s
Speakers Program will present on patient safety with a concentration
on the National Patient Safety goals as they relate to
anti-coagulation therapy. There have been a lot of changes in the
last 12 month regarding anti-coagulation management. The Joint
Commission 3E guidelines were given and many institutions are in the
process of resolving these issues. Standardization is the key for
the future. The goal is to reduce the likelihood of patient harm
associated
with the use of anti-coagulation therapies.
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