Applied Medication Safety

2.2 Anticoag Safety in the Doctor’s Office

Season 2 - Anticoagulation is diving into the safety concerns of anticoagulants across a variety of healthcare environments.
This episode explores the care that happens outside the acute care visit. We speak with a primary care physician about the use of anticoagulation, the safety concerns they have, and how those concerns differ from the acute care setting. This is a great follow up that rounds out the first two episodes from a physician perspective.
 
Visit us at our website at www.amspod.com and send us an e-mail! We'd love to hear from you about topics of interest or burning questions, especially those that fall within the season's clinical focus. If you would like to contribute and be a guest on the podcast, the website is the place to send that message.
 
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

2.1 Anticoag Safety in ED and Primary Care Part II

Season 2 - Anticoagulation is diving into the safety concerns of anticoagulants across a variety of healthcare environments.
This episode continues an interview with an expert in direct oral anticoagulants, an Emergency Department physician, who shares some of his concerns along with proven tips for helping us all care safely. The conversation was compelling and rich enough that we had to break it into two episodes for our listeners, and this is the conclusion of that conversation.
 
Visit us at our website at www.amspod.com and send us an e-mail! We'd love to hear from you about topics of interest or burning questions, especially those that fall within the season's clinical focus. If you would like to contribute and be a guest on the podcast, the website is the place to send that message.
 
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

2.1 Anticoag Safety in ED and Primary Care Part I

Season 2 - Anticoagulation is diving into the safety concerns of anticoagulants across a variety of healthcare environments.
This episode features an interview with an expert in direct oral anticoagulants, an Emergency Department physician, who shares some of his concerns along with proven tips for helping us all care safely. The conversation was compelling and rich enough that we had to break it into two episodes for our listeners.
 
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

CC 2.2 Covid Vax Safety Part II

Controversial Conversations are podcasts exploring the sticky areas in healthcare that may often be viewed as sensitive, controversial, or polarized. We hope these conversations add information and perspective into the conversation in a way that prompts new questions and promotes a wider appreciation of the complexity in healthcare that is around us every day. Resources used include:
2016 Nicholso L, "The Immune system"
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/94167087/275.full.pdf
 
2020 Seneff S, Nigh G "Worse than the Disease? Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19
https://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/2021/SeneffNigh_mRNA_vaccines_IJVTPR.pdf
 
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

CC 2.1 Covid Vax Safety Part I

Controversial Conversations are podcasts exploring the sticky areas in healthcare that may often be viewed as sensitive, controversial, or polarized. We hope these conversations add information and perspective into the conversation in a way that prompts new questions and promotes a wider appreciation of the complexity in healthcare that is around us every day. Resources used include:
2016 Nicholso L, "The Immune system"
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/94167087/275.full.pdf
 
2020 Seneff S, Nigh G "Worse than the Disease? Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19
https://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/2021/SeneffNigh_mRNA_vaccines_IJVTPR.pdf
 
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

CC 1.0 Healthcare

Controversial Conversations are podcasts exploring the sticky areas in healthcare that may often be viewed as sensitive, controversial, or polarized. We hope these conversations add information and perspective into the conversation in a way that prompts new questions and promotes a wider appreciation of the complexity in healthcare that is around us every day.
At the end of nearly every episode of Season 1: Opiate Safety, guests provided their thoughts for improving healthcare. In this episode, we've sought out balancing perspectives to answer the same question, and discover where the true direction of patient care may lie.
Christian Heinz, co-host from the Making the Argument podcast (https://podcast.nickforva.com/), joins to provide a perspective grounded in history and familiarity with the Virginia legislative process to broaden our questions and ways we think of common issues.
Resources referenced in this podcast episode include:
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA): https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-22-22-hospitals.pdf
CMS Stats for Coverage and Payments: https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/CMSFastFactsMar2023.pdf 
Government Healthcare Values: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Value-Based-Programs/CMS-Quality-Strategy 
COVID-19 Vaccination among Healthcare Personnel (HCP) measure: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/fy-2024-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-system-ipps-and-long-term-care-hospital-prospective
List of Largest Private Insurers: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/health-insurance/largest-health-insurance-companies/ 
 
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

1.25 Opiates Season End

The finale to our focus on opiate safety concludes in this episode. This is a summary of the lessons learned, a few new observations, and preparations for the next season.
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

1.24 Complexity in Healthcare

This episode features a review of a paper by Sidney Dekker featuring the attributes of complex systems, as opposed to simple or complicated systems. We use many stories and examples from healthcare that illustrate these attributes of complexity and, more importantly, the best way to resolve the challenges in a way that helps us care safely.
Source Reference: Dekker S, Cilliers P, Hofmeyr J-H "The Complexity of failure: Implications of complexity theory for safety investigations" Safety Science 49 (2011) 939–945
doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2011.01.008
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

1.23 Oncology RPh

This episode is almost a two-for-one special as our guest is not only an oncology pharmacist but also spent more than a decade working as a respiratory therapist. He brings together a wide range of experience and shares his insights. 
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.

1.22 Todd and Safety Science

One of the superstars of safety joins us - Todd Conklin! Author of multiple books including "Pre-Accident Investigations: Better Questions", and co-author with Sidney Dekker, "Do Safety Differently". His approach as a specialist outside of healthcare brings challenging questions.
This episode also published on Todd's podcast - well worth listening to - "Pre Accident Investigations"
Disclaimer: The first person narration of safety events is done to preserve the learning power of stories. The safety events discussed are fictional though the risks and safety concerns are very real. They are created from over decades from multiple home care, acute care, and long-term care institutions; and gathered from discussion with peers around the world who shared their stories to help others. In no way do these fictional safety events reflect the patient experience at my current employer. This podcast is purely a personal and private endeavor to enhance patient safety in some small way.
Hosted by Michael Van Ornum RPh, RN, BCPS, CPPS with over 30 years experience in the medical field and more than 10 years with medication safety.