AGENDA

SOS Rx

Clearinghouse of Safe Practices for Outpatient Medication Use

March 31, 2004

9 – 4 PM EST

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Choate Room, First Floor

1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Washington, DC

9 - 9:05 Welcome – Linda F. Golodner, President, National Consumers League; Lou Diamond, Medstat

9:05 - 9:15 Introductions – Group

9:15 - 9:20 Objective of the meeting – Lou Diamond

9:20 – 9:45 Background

SOS Rx – Linda Golodner

AHRQ experience with the CPG Clearinghouse – Jean Slutsky, AHRQ

9:45 – 11:30 Defining the scope of the clearinghouse:

1) Identify what are safe practices, or the criteria for including a “safe practice”

2) Determine how much of clearinghouse will be passive or active, or how much of the clearinghouse will lead to dissemination of the safe practices

------ 3) Opportunity to provide a consumer translation of practices

11:30–11:40 BREAK

11:40–12:40 Define operational model of the clearinghouse: private, public, or a partnership of public/private. Develop criteria for operational competence to house such a clearinghouse.

12:40-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00 –1:30 Governance model – who will oversee the clearinghouse

1:30- 2:00 Coordination and integration with any other similar efforts in the patient safety arena.

2:00-2:30 Develop budget – large-scale, detailed potential budget to be discussed later

2:30- 2:40 BREAK

2:40–3:00 Potential funding sources

3:00- 3:30 Develop outline of a RFP for housing the clearinghouse – based on a summary of this meeting

3:30 – 4:00 Next Steps - Lou Diamond

4:00--- Adjourn