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Winter 2013 CSHRM E-News Update
Upcoming Events
Message from the President
Happy New Year from CSHRM! I hope everyone had a nice, relaxing holiday season.
Now, it’s back to work! Your CSHRM Board is busy planning for our upcoming annual
conference March 6-9, 2013 in Napa. Please read on to hear about our exciting
speaker line up and details about how to register. We’ve got an exciting program for
you so please make plans to attend. The CSHRM Board also voted to upgrade our
web services which would allow us to better manage chapter and member business.
We plan to make this migration to the new vendor after the March conference so
please be on the lookout for an email from [email protected] which will have
important information on how to access the members only section of the website.
With this new service, you will be able to get confirmations and invoices for
webinars and conference registrations. The overall look and feel of the website will
change as well.
CSHRM has the following upcoming
webinars. Watch for an email to
register.
Voting has started for the 2013 Board of Directors and will continue until March 4,
2013. A separate email has been sent to 2013 members with voting instructions.
The new Board of Directors and President Elect will be announced at the March
annual conference.
Our Education Committee is hard at
work planning webinars for the rest
of the year. If you have a topic that
you feel would make a beneficial
webinar, contact Gregg Timmons,
Education Chair at
2013 Annual Conference at the Meritage in Napa
We hope you have heard that CSHRM’s annual conference is returning to Napa
Valley this year. The Conference will be held at the beautiful (and recently
remodeled) Meritage Resort and Spa (http://www.themeritageresort.com) on
March 6 – 8, 2013. Our 3rd Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Tuesday March
5, 2013 at the Chardonnay Golf Club http://chardonnaygolfclub.com. If you have not
already done so, please put these dates onto your calendar. We hope that you all
can attend. Further information regarding the conference and the speakers can be
found at www.cshrmca.org. We are enclosing a Registration Form with this email. Please complete this Form and return it to CSHRM as indicated to reserve your
spot for this Conference. Special Room Rates have been blocked for those attending
the Conference at the Meritage. Please make your reservations by February 13 to
guarantee the room rate. After that date, reservations will be made at the room
rate if space is available.
Education Article:
We are pleased to provide you with an educational article regarding risk
management and drug seeking patients. The author, Matson Sewell, will be
presenting detailed, practical risk management strategies in both hospital and
outpatient settings in a session titled: Addressing Challenges of Drug-Seeking
Patients at the 2013 Annual California Society for Healthcare Risk Management
Conference March 6-8 in Napa.
The Risk Management Challenges Posed by Drug-Seeking Patients
Matson Sewell, MS, MPH, CPHRM
Anyone working in healthcare is already aware of the disruption and stress that
drug-seeking patients create in a care setting. Many of us have noted that these
incidences are increasing in frequency and severity. Following two decades of
escalating prescription of controlled medications, prescription drug abuse is now
identified as America’s fastest-growing and most lethal drug problem. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention has now classified prescription drug abuse as an
epidemic in the United States.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that in 2009, nearly
one-third of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time, began by
using a prescription drug non-medically. Although a number of classes of prescribed
drugs are being abused, opioid pain relievers have become the focus of a Federal
action plan because of their stunning increase in use, abuse, and incidence of
overdose. In 2011, The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
announced that it is now, driven by survey, usage, emergency visits and mortality
data evidence, directing its attention to the diversion of prescribed medications—
particularly opioids.
Over 70 percent of people who abused prescription pain relievers got them from
friends or family, with only 5 percent obtaining them from a drug dealer or the
Internet. From 1997 to 2007, U.S. drug distribution through the pharmaceutical
supply chain represented an increased opioid use of over 600 percent. Overdoses
due to prescription pain-killers are responsible for more opiate deaths than heroin
and cocaine combined. The CDC has also found that prescription drug overdoses are
now killing more citizens than motor vehicle accidents, with over half due to abuse
of prescription pain killers.
The ONDCP’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan* contains several
components of particular interest to Risk Managers including:
1. Education – This section of the plan recommends requiring practitioners
requesting DEA registration for prescribing controlled substances to be trained on
responsible opioid prescribing, as well as increasing CME requirements specifically
addressing proper evaluation of pain and safe prescribing practices in all care
settings including emergency departments.
2. Tracking and Monitoring – This section of the plan focuses on enhancing the
effectiveness and use of each state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP).
3. Proper Medication Disposal – The DEA is charged with finalizing medication
disposal regulations. In the meantime, the ONDCP will continue to increase public
February 20, 2013 10-11 AM PST
John West, JD, MHA, DFASHRM,
CPRHM, AIG Casualty Loss Prevention
“Case Law Update”
There will be no webinar in March due to
the annual conference. We hope to
resume our popular webinars in April
2013 so watch for an email to register. ”
[email protected]