Presented September 4th, 2024 at the APSF Stoelting Conference 2024 on “Transforming Anesthetic Care: A Deep Dive into Medication Errors and Opioid Safety”
PRESENTATION MATERIALS
Strategies to Mitigate Medication Errors with the Unprecedented Rise in Drug Shortages – [PDF]
ABOUT THE SPEAKER(S)
Erin Fox, PharmD., MHA, BCPS, FASHP
Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer of Shared Services
University of Utah Health
Erin R. Fox, Pharm.D., MHA, BCPS, FASHP is Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer of Shared Services at University of Utah Health and is responsible for drug information and drug policy, pharmacy informatics, purchasing, billing, 340B, and antimicrobial stewardship. She also serves as Professor (adjunct) in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. She and her team have provided drug shortage information for the ASHP Drug Shortage Resource Center since 2001. Erin serves as a media resource and advocate for changes to improve the ongoing drug shortage situation. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles related to drug shortages, including the ASHP guidelines on managing drug shortages. Erin is recognized as an expert in drug shortages and has received the ISMP Cheers Award and the ASHP Award of Excellence for efforts related to drug shortages. She served as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Security of America’s Medical Product Supply Chain. Erin testified for the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on drug shortages in March, 2023.
