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ASHRM Medication Safety: Part I!
Preventing medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs) requires healthcare professionals to implement interventions and efforts throughout the healthcare enterprise.

Pearls for Medication Safety: Part I:
·        Provides an overview of medication safety principles and relevant safety theories
·        Applies an enterprise perspective to medication safety
·        Identifies common causes of medication errors and corresponding risk reduction strategies
·        Demonstrates the role of the healthcare risk manager and leadership in preventing and managing adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors
·        Addresses current and emerging medication safety areas of concern and risk, such as, hybrid workflows, compounding, and medication shortages and recalls