Please join The Institute for Safe Medication
Practices team to celebrate and honor the
individuals, organizations, companies, and
agencies that have hit grand slams in preventing
medication errors and other adverse events.

THE LINE UP
6:00-7:00 PM
Welcome Reception at the Diamond Club

7:00-9:30 PM
Dinner Program and Homerun Derby
(celebrating the 2010 winners
of the ISMP Cheers Awards)

WELCOMING REMARKS
"Sweet Lou" Martinelli, PhD, PharmD,
Chair, ISMP Board of Trustees

PRESENTATION OF CHEERS AWARDS
Michael R. "The Ageless Wonder" Cohen,
RPh, MS, ScD, FASHP
President, ISMP

Keynote Speaker
A decorated pilot, Nance is a pioneering and well-known advocate of using lessons learned in aviation safety to revolutionize safety in healthcare. He has drawn widespread attention to the use of human factors principles to enhance safety in his roles as an analyst for ABC World News and editor for Good Morning America, as well as through multiple appearances on national talk shows. Also a published author of both fiction and nonfiction, his book Why Hospitals Should Fly won the prestigious "Book of the Year Award" for 2009 from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Nance is a founding board member and executive committee member for the National Patient Safety Foundation.

Lifetime Achievement
Winner
Considered by many to be the leading resource and authority on dispensing automation and barcode point-of-care systems, Neuenschwander has spent most of his career promoting their safe use. He has been a leading advocate for federal regulation requiring barcodes on all medication packaging. He also has been a prolific author on the role of technology in medication safety, writing a series of industry-acclaimed reports for reviewing and assessing automated dispensing systems as well as many articles in healthcare trade publications and chapters in two award-winning books on medication errors and one on new technology.

Support ISMP Cheers Awards: How to Register and Donate
The Cheers Awards would not be possible without the assistance of dedicated individuals and organizations that show their support for best practices and programs that help save patient lives and improve quality of care.

Your donation or attendance at the ISMP Cheers Awards helps ensure the future of this important effort, which shines a national spotlight on safety leaders, as well as enable ISMP to continue its lifesaving work in preventing medication errors.

There are multiple opportunities and levels of support that provide donors with high visibility: