@article{2790,
  author = {John B. Hertig and Kyle E. Hultgren and Robert J. Weber},
  title = {Using Contemporary Leadership Skills in Medication Safety Programs.},
  abstract = {<p>The discipline of studying medication errors and implementing medication safety programs in hospitals dates to the 1970s. These initial programs to prevent errors focused only on pharmacy operation changes - and not the broad medication use system. In the late 1990s, research showed that faulty systems, and not faulty people, are responsible for errors and require a multidisciplinary approach. The 2013 ASHP Statement on the Role of the Medication Safety Leader recommended that medication safety leaders be integrated team members rather than a single point of contact. Successful medication safety programs must employ a new approach - one that embraces the skills of all health care team members and positions many leaders to improve safety. This approach requires a new set of leadership skills based on contemporary management principles, including followership, team-building, tracking and assessing progress, storytelling and communication, and cultivating innovation, all of which promote transformational change. The application of these skills in developing or changing a medication safety program is reviewed in this article. </p>},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Hosp Pharm},
  volume = {51},
  pages = {338-44},
  month = {04/2016},
  issn = {0018-5787},
  doi = {10.1310/hpj5104-338},
  language = {eng},
}