2023 Annual Conference
IHFDA 7th Annual Conference
This is a Hybrid (In-person & Virtual) event
IHFDA is pleased to announce the 2023 annual conference this year in the Chicago area. The dates are September 18-20, 2023 at the Chicago Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois.
As in the past, the agenda will be packed full of the most up-to-date information on the diversion of medications in healthcare facilities. Look for a full agenda soon along with exhibitor opportunities.
IHFDA will also be offering the Fundamental Drug Diversion Course this year after the large attendance and positive feedback in 2022. In addition, the course is being improved with updated and additional training content within the diversion space. More information is available below.
The conference is available as in-person or hybrid, the diversion course is virtual with a live (in-person & virtual) Q&A with the panel.
Call for Proposals & Presentations
IHFDA’s conference planning committee seeks abstracts for podium, poster, and panel presentations that address topics on diversion, risk management, quality practice, and guidelines/processes used to increase the knowledge and skills of all professionals and promote the development of our profession. Proposals on any major topic related to healthcare facility diversion are welcome for consideration.
Fundamental Drug Diversion Certificate
“Overview of Institutional Drug Diversion” (1 hour)
“Drug Diversion Interviews in Healthcare: Gateway to the Truth” (1 hour)
“The Public Health Perspective: Injectable Drug Diversion and Bloodborne Pathogens Transmission” (1 hour)
“Developing a Comprehensive Drug Diversion Monitoring Program” (3 hours)
“The Intersection of Peer Support and Substance Use Disorder in Nurses” (1 hour)
IHFDA has updated and added new training content from last year, and we feel that this course will address the main concerns of everyone who is tasked with these crucial investigations, with the ability to ask questions of the actual presenters. The presenters are either currently working on drug diversion inside a healthcare facility, or have spent many years in the field.
This is something many of you in the field have been asking for years to be available for your new people into this area of investigation and those who desire a refresher course while also seeing the most recent methods and means of today’s investigators.
The first offering of this course will provide continuing education credits. The cost for the virtual course is $200.
Conference Agenda
Claudia Garcia, MBA, BSN, CADAC II, LAC, Parkdale
JoAnne Myhre, CPhT, FMSHP, BA, Alina Health
Additional speaker – TBD
Nhan Cho, PharmD, NewYork-Presbyterian
Jorie Frasiolas, PharmD, BCPS, NewYork-Presbyterian
Rachael Snyders, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, Becton, Dickinson Company
Terri Vidals, BS Pharm, Rxpert Solutions
Mary Nelson, MSN, RN, CPPS, HonorHealth
Alecia Pittman, BSN, RN, BA, Cooper Health
Kristin Waite-Labott, BSN, RN, BA, Freedom Institute
Elizabeth Daniel, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Lacey Rodgers, PharmD, MHA, BCSCP, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Heidi McNeely, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Anthony Scott, PharmD, MBA, Emory University Hospital
Nathan Mills, PharmD, CPPS, Appalachian Regional Health
Alex Raymond, PharmD, MS, CHC, Ochsner Health
Leah Mitchell, PharmD, MBA, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Scott Smith, PhD, Becton Dickinson
Leah Mitchell, PharmD, MBA, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Sharron Coffie, MSN, RN, CNS, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Heidi McNeely, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Jennifer Wooten, BS, PharmD, BCPS
Kristen March, Northwestern Medicine
Joel Seeram, PharmD, RPh, Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
Adam Beeler, PharmD, MS, Protenus