Improving Quality Medication Management at School

Brief Project Description

Lead Investigator: Julia Lear, PhD
Using the work of the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America as a guide, the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools organized an invitational conference exploring issues of patient safety in medication management at school and produced a written report. Among the topics covered:

• the unique characteristics of in-school medication administration;
• the impact of school board policies, local and state law and regulations;
• collaboration with community-based providers;
• workforce supply and training issues;
• the importance of integrating school-based medication management monitoring and quality improvement practices with larger health care quality improvement systems.

Faculty

• Julia Lear, PhD, MA
  Research Professor of Prevention and Community Health and Director of the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools.

Institutes & Centers

• Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

Department

• Prevention and Community Health