President
Institute for Safety Medication Practices
Horsham, Pennsylvania
Rita K. Jew, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPPS, FASHP is President at the Institute for Safe Medication Practice (ISMP). Prior to ISMP, Dr. Jew had her own consulting business where she provided pharmacy consultative services, conducted leadership training programs and advised technology startup companies. She has also held various leadership positions including Director of Pharmacy at UCSF Health, Executive Director of Pharmacy & Clinical Nutrition Services at CHOC Children’s and Clinical Manager at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her 25 plus-year tenure in hospital pharmacies encompassed broad experiences in pharmacy leadership, clinical pharmacy services, formulary management, medication safety, pharmacy operations, centralized pharmacy services, pediatric pharmacy services, healthcare technology and automation, sterile & non-sterile compounding, finance and revenue-cycle, 340B program, CQI/lean, clean room and pharmacy construction, emergency preparedness and establishing pharmacy residency programs.
Dr. Jew presented and published extensively on clinical topics in pediatrics, healthcare technology and automation as well as various topics on pharmacy operations and medication safety. She held adjunct faculty appointments at various Schools of Pharmacy and School of Nursing. She has received numerous awards and accolades from professional organizations.
Dr. Jew received her Pharm.D. from University of California at San Francisco, completed an ASHP-Accredited Residency in Clinical Pharmacy at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and received her MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is a Board-Certified Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist (BCPPS).
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Come On In, the Water’s Fine: Diving into the ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices
Sunday, June 12, 2022
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time