Introduction
The Tennessee Pharmacist Coalition vision is to reduce harm and preventable adverse drug events through directed inquiry into current pharmacy practices, identify medication safety-gaps, and make recommendations for best practice across Tennessee. To this end, the Tennessee Pharmacists Coalition is dedicated to assisting facilities in identifying gaps in practice through created gap analysis tools and are willing to make recommendations for improvement strategies through sharing of best practice and resources. This site has gap analysis tools, and other resources, for your use as you work to improve medication safety at your institution.
Upon identifying medication safety practice gaps at your facility, please contact Jackie Moreland at 615-401-7439 so that you can be paired with a pharmacist champion to assist you in your improvement journey.
- THA Opioid Light ED Pilot – Jackie Moreland, RN, BSN, MS, Tennessee Hospital Association
- Lessons Learned in Sustaining an Opioid-Light Emergency Department – Zack Brent, PharmD, BCPS, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
- Beyond Opioids: Moving ADEs from the Basement to the Boardroom – Steven Tremain, MD, FACPE, Cynosure Health
- Pain Management: More is not Better, Better is Better – Steven Tremain, MD, FACPE, Cynosure Health
- TN Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Presentation – Wesley Geminn, PharmD, BCPP
- Mini RCA Hypoglycemia Process Improvement Discovery Tool
- Mini RCA High Inpatient INR Process Improvement Discovery Tool
- Safer, More Effective Pain Management Poster
- 2016 Tennessee Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
- The Joint Commission Enhances Pain Assessment and Management Requirements for Accredited Hospitals
- Opioid Prescribing in the ED: A Report–Melissa E. Chinn and Dr. Keith Kuboske, NorthCrest Medical Center
- Journey to an Opioid-Light Emergency Department–Dawn M. Waddell, PharmD, BCPS, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
- Confronting the Opioid Crisis: Using Non-Opioid Alternatives to Control Pain–Rachael Duncan, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, Swedish Medical Center
- Gleaning the Data to Support an Opioid-Light Emergency Department (ED)–Zach Brent, PharmD, BCPS, Baptist Memorial Hospita-Memphis
- Tennessee: A State in Crisis—Wesley Geminn, PharmD, BCPP, TN Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services
- Taking the Pain out of Opioid Reduction Strategies: Experiences in Opioid Stewardship—Justin Griner, PharmD, BCPS, Regional One Health-Memphis
- Update on Opioid Stewardship in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Adult Emergency Department–Tyler W. Barrett, MD, MSCI, FACEP, FHRS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)/ Center for Disease Control (CDC) Antibiotic Stewardship Change Package
- American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit and related information:
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
- CDC Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes
- CDC Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
- National Quality Forum’s Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical Playbook
- Proposed CMS Rules (Federal Register June 16, 2016) regarding Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
- The Joint Commission’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources
- The Joint Commission’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit
- Competency Based Learning Antibiotic Stewardship Providers
- Competency Based Learning Antibiotic Stewardship Clinical Staff
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy Example 1
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy Example 2
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Policy Example 3