AGENDA

SOS Rx Coalition Meeting

May 18, 2005 from 10 – 2:00 p.m. ET

AFL-CIO, Gompers Room

815 16th Street, NW, 1st Floor

Washington, DC

 

10 – 10:10                   Opening Remarks & Welcome 

                                    Linda Golodner, National Consumers League

                                    Self-introduction of participants

 

10:10 – 10:40              FDA Update by Dr. Lester Crawford

Acting FDA Commissioner  

                                    Q & A following remarks

 

10:40 – 11:00              Clearinghouse of Safe Practices on High-Risk Situations

Lou Diamond, Medstat

Project update, Questions

 

11:00 – 11:20              Promoting Electronic Prescribing Project

Will Lang, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Project update

Discussion by coalition on:

-         Suggestions on how to best position efforts with potential funders and supporters

-         Comments on how this project is part of the national attention on heath IT issues   

 

11:20 - 12:00             Personal Medication Record

Andy Barbash, LAXOR; Holy Cross Hospital Stroke Program

                                    Project Update

                                    AARP Presentation

                        Medication Therapy Management – NACDS   

Discussion by coalition on:

-         Suggestions on the role of SOS Rx in MTM

-         Suggestions on how coalition partners can incorporate and promote the PMR campaign 

-         Brainstorm on themes for broader PMR campaign    

 

 

12:00 – 12:30              Lunch and break       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:30 – 1:45                Oral Anticoagulant Education Campaign

                                    Jill Pierce, American Medical Women’s Association Foundation             

                                    Update on Harris surveys         

Presentation by Bearing Point on qualitative research

                                    Discussion by coalition on:

-         Key findings

-         Possible vehicles for dissemination of education messages

 

1:45 – 2:00                  Next Steps

                                    Other business – ASHP

Next meeting date- September 21, 2005 (tentative)

 

2:00                             Adjourn