Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar on Pediatric Pain Management and Medication Error Prevention

Online, May 4, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Bellevue, WA - Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Accupedia, a web-based pediatric dosing system, is pleased to announce a complimentary webinar presented by Tara Smith, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Manager for the Children's Hospital at Sacred Heart Hospital, on "Pediatric Pain Management and Medication Error Prevention."

Pain in a pediatric patient can be a difficult issue to treat. While we know that children feel pain just like adults, they do not always have the same ability to describe to explain their pain. Infants that cannot talk will be unable to tell their caregiver "where it hurts." Even older children, can tell you that their stomach hurts, and point to their tummy, but they cannot discern if the pain is truly from an upset stomach, an inflamed appendix, or some other GI/GU issue.

To add to the confusion of pediatric pain control, parents often try to treat their children with over-the-counter medications, and the labeling can be confusing. Many medication dosing errors occur due to the packaging and varying concentrations of liquid medications that are sold over the counter. When a patient is in the hospital, pain management can be on a totally different level, with multiple dosage forms (PO, IV, etc.) and administration techniques (epidurals, PCAs, etc).

This webinar will address the importance of managing pain in a child accurately and effectively. It is one of the areas where a miscalculation in dosing can lead to detrimental effects very quickly.

Pediatric Pain Management and Medication Error Prevention
DATE: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
TIME: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
WHERE: http://www.pharmacyonesource.com/webinars

About the Presenter: Tara Smith, PharmD, is the Clinical Pharmacy Manager for the Children's Hospital at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. She graduated with a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Georgia and her PharmD from the University of Colorado. Smith has held her current position at Sacred Heart Hospital for the past 9 years, and prior to that was a clinical pharmacist and manager in pediatrics at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, in Macon, GA.

About Pharmacy OneSource (www.pharmacyonesource.com)
Pharmacy OneSource is healthcare's #1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. Our more than 70 innovative team members provide best-in-class, SaaS solutions to current and future challenges within health-systems worldwide. Our SaaS solutions contribute to swift and safe healthcare through earlier, easier and better access to data. More than 1,300 healthcare organizations worldwide utilize our HIPAA compliant web-based services: Accupedia, Amplifi, MedBoard, Quantifi, ScheduleRx, Sentri7, Simplifi 797, and VeriForm.