Lean Transformation

Key Characteristics of Successful Leaders

By Mike Chamberlain

Replacing senior leaders in an organization is never easy. With a board of directors and other top executives having invested a lot of time and money in supporting the former leader, now they face the difficult task of replacing that knowledge and experience with a leader who will help advance the organization into the future. Finding effective leaders is different today than it might have been in the past, but there are certain, proven criteria organizations should consider using to find the right people.

ISMP

Sterile Compounding Tragedy: Symptom of a Broken System

By The Institute for Safe Medication Practices

In the wake of the current multistate meningitis outbreak (www.cdc.gov/HAI/outbreaks/meningitis.html), ISMP wishes to express its deepest sympathy to all affected by the contamination of compounded products from a New England compounding pharmacy. This is certainly a tragedy of monumental proportions.

News

The American Society of Medication Safety Officers
A Conversation with Christian Hartman, Founder and President

PSQH Editor Susan Carr talked with Chris Hartman in June 2012 about the American Society of Medication Safety Officers (ASMSO), an organization he started in 2006.

News

Meningitis Outbreak Prompts State and Federal Action to Improve Safety

According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), the fungal meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated products from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy may be the most serious medication safety incident in recorded history.