2008 Cardinal Health Patient Safety Grant Recipients >
Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego
Improving Anticoagulation Safety in Pediatrics
Team members
Standing:
- Bernadette McCormick RN, Brian Lane MD, Nadine Benadour MD, Sue Cox RN, Danielle Patterson RN, Melissa McCabe PharmD, Abbey Marquette, Michael Clark PharmD, Candace Lee RN, Amy Geddis MD
Seated:
- Rich Richards PharmD, Stephanie Moriarity NP, Amy Lovejoy MD, Kappi Farrow RN
Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego will deploy this grant to develop safer anticoagulation therapy in the pediatric population. The team includes physicians, pharmacists, nurses and lab personnel from both inpatient and ambulatory practices. We will work primarily to prevent patient harm by identifying those patients who would benefit from prophylaxis against thromboembolism and by creating treatment protocols, clinical pathways and multidisciplinary team processes for prophylaxis and therapeutic anticoagulation. These protocols will include ordering, monitoring and titrating processes as well as methods for early detection and pathways to mitigate harm should an adverse event occur.
Program inquiries
Rich Richards, PharmD
Phone: 858.576.1700 X 3269
Email:
rrichards@rchsd.org
Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center
3020 Children’s Way MC 5071
San Diego, CA 92123
U.S.A. - English
