Authors Saluting Pharmacy Leaders Congratulations to PP&P’s 2009 Outstanding Authors PP&P would like to thank our outstanding authors of 2009 for leadership in their respective fields and for the expertise and insight they have shared on the pages of our publication this year. If there are areas of pharmacy practice you would like to see covered in coming issues of PP&P, please contact Associate Editor David McCormick at [email protected] or 201.670.0077 x335. Ernest Anderson, Jr, RPh, MS Director of Pharmacy Lahey Clinic Jonathan Bagby, RN, MSN, MBA-HCM Nurse Consultant The Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office Brian D. Benson, RPh, PharmD Pharmacy Operations Manager Iowa Methodist and Blank Children’s Hospital Bob Blanchard, RPh, MBA Director of Pharmacy Evergreen Healthcare Carol S. Blecher, RN, MS, AOCN, APNC Advanced Practice Nurse and Clinical Educator Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center David D. Bowling, CPhT, BS Clinical Research Pharmacy Technician Children’s Hospital Boston Burnis D. Breland, MS, PharmD, FASHP Director of Pharmacy Columbus Regional Healthcare System Gail Bunker, PharmD Pharmacy Manager MultiCare Health System David Bystrom, PharmD, MBA Director of Pharmacy Mt. Carmel East Hospital Russ Carlson, RN, BSN, MHA Deputy Chief Health Informatics Officer, Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Health Information Joanie Chesnutt Director of Pharmacy Alliance Health Center, The Crossings and the Diamond Grove Center William W. Churchill, RPh, MS Executive Director of Pharmacy Services Brigham and Women’s Hospital John S. Clark, PharmD, MS, BCPS Associate Director of Pharmacy and Residency Program Director University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers Marc Cochran, CSP Mid-Atlantic Market Manager Hire Dynamics Rx Michael C. Cotugno, RPh Assistant Director of Pharmacy Brigham and Women’s Hospital Joseph W. Coyne, RPh Director of Pharmacy Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Regional Medical Center Dana Darger, RPh Director of Pharmacy Rapid City Regional Hospital Lorna C. Diaz, CPhT OR Pharmacy Technician St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Lou Diorio, RPh Principal LDT Health Solutions, Inc Andrew J. Donnelly, PharmD, MBA, FASHP Clinical Professor and Director of Hospital and Ambulatory Pharmacy Services University of Illinois at Chicago Kate Douglass, MS, RN, APNC, CRNI President Performance Strategies, LLC Janice Dunsavage, RPh, MAS Director of Pharmacy PinnacleHealth Cynthia M. Dusik, RPh, PharmD Clinical Pharmacist Specialist Toledo Children’s Hospital Charles Dyer, RPh Director of Pharmacy Henry Country Medical Center Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS Assistant Director of Pharmacy and Residency Program Director University of North Carolina Hospitals John Garofalo, PharmD Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services, Medical Center University of Illinois at Chicago Martin J. Goldberg, RPh, MBA Manager of Inpatient Operations Lahey Clinic David Gray, BS Pharm, RPh Director of Pharmacy Douglas County Hospital Chad Hardy, PharmD Pharmacy Informatics Manager Harris County Hospital Tom Van Hassel, RPh, MPA Director of Pharmacy Yuma Regional Medical Center Darrell Haymore, PharmD Pharmacy Manager Moses Cone Outpatient Pharmacy Noel C. Hodges, RPh, MBA Director of Pharmacy Services HCA Central Atlantic Supply Chain Donald Hsu, PharmD Infectious Diseases Pharmacist St. Joseph Hospital Marshall Hughey, PharmD Director of Pharmacy Florida Hospital Ormond and Oceanside Rita K. Jew, PharmD, FASHP Executive Director of Pharmacy Services Children’s Hospital of Orange County Vivian B. Johnson, PharmD, MBA, FASHP Director of Pharmacy Services Parkland Health & Hospital System Ron Jue, PharmD Administrative Director of Clinical Services Community Hospital of Long Beach Eric S. Kastango, MBA, RPh, FASHP President, CEO & Owner Clinical IQ, LLC Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP Director of Accreditation and Medication Safety Cardinal Health Jimmy Kim, PharmD Director of Pharmacy Roxborough Memorial Hospital John Kleiss, PharmD Director of Pharmacy, Performance Consulting with Resource Optimization & Innovation, a subsidiary of Sisters of Mercy Health System Michael E. Klepser, PharmD, FCCP Professor of Pharmacy Practice Ferris State University Kimberly M. Landini, PharmD Pharmacy Manager of the Medication Use Systems University of Michigan Medical Center Bruce Latimer, RPh, MBA Director of Pharmacy Kingman Regional Medical Center Russ Lazzaro, RPh Director of Pharmacy Holy Name Hospital Art Lederman, RPh, MBA Pharmacy Supervisor Cooper Cancer Institute Anthony Lesser Pharmacy Inventory Manager Harris County Hospital Jason Lovero, PharmD Health-System Pharmacy Administration Specialty Practice Resident The Ohio State University Medical Center Chad Lowry, PharmD CPOE Pharmacy Consultant The Health Alliance Carlo Lupano, RPh, MBA Pharmacy Manager, Ambulatory Services Valley Hospital Kathy Lytal, MBA Director of Revenue Integrity Parkview Health Firouzan “Fred” Massoomi, PharmD, FASHP Pharmacy Operations Coordinator Nebraska Methodist Hospital Fran McAteer Vice President of Quality Microbiology Research Associates, Inc Kelly A. Michienzi, PharmD Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Elizabeth Mims, RN Nurse Consultant, The Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office Caron Misita, PharmD, BCPS, CPP Clinical Pharmacist UNC Highgate Specialties Diabetes Care & Endocrinology Melissa A. Mook, RPh Director WellSpan Pharmacy, Inc Bert Moore Director IDAT Consulting & Education Ahmed Murtuza, BS Clinical Pharmacist University of Maryland Medical Center Rick Myers, RPh Director of Pharmacy Baylor All Saints Medical Center Olga L. Navarro, CPhT Pharmacy Pyxis Coordinator St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Megan Nguyen, PharmD Infectious Diseases Pharmacist St. Mary Medical Center Brian O’Neal, MS, PharmD Assistant Pharmacy Director University of Kansas Hospital Jeff Patchett, RPh, MBA Pharmacy Manager Presbyterian Hospital Matthews Kurt A. Patton, MS, RPh Owner Patton Healthcare Consulting, LLC Ruth Petrich, RN-MSN Nurse Consultant Department of Veterans Affairs Rosalin Preechakul, PharmD candidate of 2010 Kaiser Permanente Sarah Rall, PharmD Director of Pharmacy Purchasing & Supply Marshfield Clinic Darryl S. Rich, PharmD, MBA, FASHP Surveyor, Accreditation and Certification Operations The Joint Commission Kevin Robertson, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Coordinator for Pharmacy Baptist Health Medical Center Susan Rogers, RPh Director, IDS Emory University Hospital Michael Roshko, PharmD Operations Manager Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Meagan Rushe, PharmD Manager, Shock Trauma and OR Pharmacy Satellites University of Maryland Medical Center Ron Schneider, RPh, MHA Pharmacist Consultant The Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office Scott Shinske Certified Pharmacy Technician Saint Barnabas Health Care System Diane Shoemaker, CPhT Pharmacy Technician Coordinator University of Michigan Medical Center Jerry Siegel, PharmD, FASHP Senior Director for Pharmaceutical Services The Ohio State University Medical Center Margie Sipe, RN, MS Nursing Performance Improvement Innovator Lahey Clinic Nancy Smestad, RPh, MS Pharmacist Consultant VHA Office of Information Patient Safety/ Information Technology Nancy K. Snyder, RPh, MBA, PMP Assistant Manager, Inpatient Pharmacy University Hospital, Louisville Mitch G. Sobel, RPh, MAS Corporate Director of Pharmacy Services St. Joseph’s Healthcare System Marc Summerfield, RPh, MS Director of Pharmacy University of Maryland Medical Center Christine M. Teslik, CPhT Pharmacy Technician Baylor All Saints Medical Center David Thomas, RPh, MBA Principal LDT Health Solutions, Inc Chris L. Tucker, RPh Director Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Information James T. Wagner Principal Controlled Environment Consulting Susan Wagner, RPh, MPA Pharmacy Supervisor PinnacleHealth Jody Jacobson Wedret, RPh, FASHP, FCSHP Senior Pharmacist and Associate Clinical Professor UCI College of Medicine Division of Family Medicine and UCSF College of Pharmacy Clinical Practice Trenia Yielding, PharmD Director of AHS Corporate Prescription Plan Rx Plus Pharmacy Renew your FREE subscription or subscribe today at www.pppmag.com/subscribe www.pppmag.com ■ December 2009 ■ 9