MED-Project
History
History
2012
When was the first drug take-back legislation passed?
We are family! Crossfunctional work groups are the essence of teamwork. Although MED-Project is divided into five distinct departments, there is one mission.
What is "provide collection and disposal of unwanted pharmaceutical products from households as mandated by legislation."
Imagine, Jim sitting back with a cigar as if he is Colonial Hannibal Smith, admiring the work of his "A-Team" when he gets the approval permit for MED-Project to operate in a jurisdiction.
What is a plan? Bonus if they say "I love it when a plan comes together."
MED-Project culture emphasizes resilience, self-awareness, and professional growth. We have elected to use a common language that focuses on natural traits, not weightlifting.
What is Strengths?
Today is the second day of our meeting, better known by this acronym.
What is NHO or NEO?
The jurisdiction where MED-Project obtained its first plan approval.
What is Alameda County, CA?
Image a super-smart digital detective, like combining Sherlock Holmes and Google maps, that figures out how to meet convenient standards, not solving crimes.
What is GIS?
Much like a treasure map, this Roman numeral is typically the section in a jurisdictional plan that outlines the requirements for collection and disposal activity.
What is Section X? Also accept, Section 10.
Building trust and offering consistency in our verbal/written communication.
What is branding?
Don't feed the hungry-hungry hippo, keep all private or personal information protected, and securely stored.
What is HIPAA?
The most expansive area of geography with the longest tenure and multiplicity of pharmaceutical take-back programs.
What is California?
After kiosk installation, host sites receive ongoing support and attention from our team. Hint: we share our nickname with a popular college sports division.
Who is ACC? Account Services.
Whatcha gonna do, Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Is the tune you could hear when you disregard their recommendation, advice, or direction.
Who is the Enterprise Risk Department
MED-Project believes that building a strong culture requires the adoption of common values. Name at least one.
Any of the five.
Every business has a lingo, MED-Project is no different. For example, instead of saying "mandated coordination between two approved program operators" we say....
What is SSP?
MED-Project won the Orange Bowl and received notification that our RFP for underserved communities has been ACCEPTED, from this piece of the USA geographical fruit basket.
What is the state of Florida?
MED-Project requires Host Sites to document the status of the box liner for kiosks activities, and record activity on this particular form.
What is the Inner Liner Step Log?
Uh-oh! Life is not always a box of chocolates. If a MED-Project employee is involved in an incident they could be asked to participate in a subsequent Root Cause Analysis. Don't worry, help is on the way.
Who is Jenny Eudy? Also, accept Incident Management.
During sporting events you would stand and shout, attending the theatre you would give a standing ovation, this is how MED-Project employees share good news and support one another.
What is KUDOS?
Continuous effort to improve the organization's internal processes, systems, and workflows takes a village and is a key goal for achieving operational excellence. MED-Project recently expanded resources in a center of excellence to support this expectation.
What is PM CoE - Project Management Center of Excellence
The group of people the pharmaceutical producers identified to represent them after the first take-back legislation was passed.
PPSWG - Pharmaceutical Product Stewardship Work Group
We started with an idea, and developed the name, Request and Routing, for the desired outcome, and after almost three years and a few name changes, we have a finalized SB 212 fulfillment system.
What is MED-Project Connect?
If you don't document, it didn't happen. MED-Project relies on this digital, tech-savvy butler to serve and assist our need for centralized documentation.
Salesforce
We have a regularly scheduled meeting on Thursdays that offers an opportunity for all employees to come together and share updates about what is going on in their departments.
What is MP Connect?
This acronym is used to identify all non-ops departments within the MED-Project organization structure.
What is ENT (Enterprise Services)?