Abstract
The key to effecting public policy change in healthcare is to be persistent, patient, and focused, says Michael R. Cohen, president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). “We try to make everything about patient safety,” Cohen said on September 25 while delivering the 2018 William A. Zellmer Lecture in Bethesda, Maryland, during ASHP’s annual Policy Week. “No one wants to see a patient get hurt.” Cohen is the ninth recipient of the William A. Zellmer Lecture Award, which was established by ASHP and the ASHP Research and Education Foundation to recognize leadership in advancing public policy that promotes safe and appropriate medication use. The awardee delivers the lecture as part of ASHP’s annual Policy Week activities, during which ASHP members—nearly 100 this year—visit their elected officials on Capitol Hill to advocate in support of the vital roles pharmacists play as patient care providers (see sidebar on page 1842).
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