Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006
Seniors Seminar Focuses on Medication Safety
PENSACOLA -- Sacred Heart Hospital’s Senior Service’s program will present a free seminar titled “Medication Safety: Increasing Awareness When Taking Multiple Medications” in Pensacola on Tuesday, July 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Greenhut Auditorium on Sacred Heart’s Ninth Avenue campus.
Seminar participants are encouraged to bring their medications with them for review by Sacred Heart pharmacists and pharmacy interns.
The seminar, presented by Erin Crisson, PharmD, a pharmacist with the Sacred Heart Inpatient Pharmacy, will cover a variety of topics on prescription medication safety and how to prevent medication errors when taking multiple prescriptions. In addition, Steve Blake of Caremark will give a brief presentation on the new SeniorSpirit prescription drug card and explain enrollment in the Caremark Medicare D Plan.
Registration is required and seating is limited. To register, call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620.
Sacred Heart SeniorSpirit is a free program for persons 55 and older. Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as a free daily guest meal ticket and newspaper delivery, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SeniorSpirit events, and a quarterly newsletter containing health
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