Due to the pandemic, for the past few years, I’ve had to give all my patient & medication safety presentations for the Emily Jerry Foundation virtually. As a result, I have been hoping and praying that I would be able to get back to doing the live speaking engagements again, as soon as possible. After being submersed working with the clinician caregivers in the various modalities in healthcare, for well over a decade now, I was really starting to miss the direct interaction. Well, I’m pleased to say that my prayers were answered, and much more abundantly than I ever anticipated!
Along those lines, this month began on such a great note. Last Friday, June 3rd, I felt blessed to be able give a keynote at the first inaugural Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference, in Long Beach, California. It’s always wonderful to have the opportunity to meet and attend the educational sessions of other likeminded people, who are just as passionate about patient & medication safety as I am. In addition, it was also great catching up with all those that I truly respect and have had the privilege of working with over the years that I haven’t seen in person in quite a while.
For these reasons, even though next week is going to be extremely busy and my travel schedule a bit hectic, I’m truly looking forward to ALL of it! The following are my next three upcoming events. If you’re planning on attending, I really look forward to connecting with you!
-Monday, June 13th, ASHP Summer Meeting, Phoenix, AZ
-Friday, June 17th, NICA 2022 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
-Monday, June 20th, Moffit Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
Last Updated: July 20, 2022 by Nick Pietravoia
EJF Presentations at Moffitt Cancer Center
This past Sunday morning, I flew from my previous speaking engagement in New Orleans, at the National Infusion Center Association (NICA)2022 Annual Conference, to Tampa for the two presentations I gave at Moffitt Cancer Center on Monday. Everything was all coordinated and hosted by the amazing Risk Management team at Moffitt. It was great to have the opportunity to be able to help them kick off Healthcare Risk Management Week at their world-renowned cancer treatment center!
As many of you are already aware, there are over 100 different types of cancer. Some of them are common, but many are rare and complex, requiring very advanced treatment methods, which unfortunately, provide an increased opportunity for “human error.” Obviously, Moffitt Cancer Center is ALL about saving lives by achieving exceptional outcomes from the treatment of many various types of cancer. This is precisely why I was absolutely elated to learn from their Chief Pharmacy Officer, Kenneth Komorny, that their facility is in the process of implementing a new sterile IV compounding workflow system that helps to eliminate “human error” from creeping into their pharmacy workflow, preventing compounding errors like the one which tragically occurred with my daughter Emily in 2006. For these reasons, I am totally convinced that Moffitt is making patient & medication safety, their #1 priority every single day, with every patient!!