Emily's story
Thank you for the opportunity to share my daughter, Emily's, tragic story.
This does not get any easier, in fact even though over five years have gone
by since her death, my life still seems so surreal. There is no pain greater
than losing a child. My beautiful Emily's death was senseless and preventable.
However, by establishing Emily's Foundation, I genuinely hope to prevent any
other family from having to endure the pain that I live with every day. Read Emily's full story
here.
This promises to be a very important event in the short lifetime of the Emily Jerry Foundation. Over the last year I have been partnering closely with University Hospitals to do everything we can together in making patient safety a priority at their facility. My keynote address will reiterate Emily’s tragic story and the important lessons that have been learned. At this lecture I will also introduce our new program called The Emily Jerry Pediatric Safe Patient Initiative which encompasses all of our efforts to educate caregivers about best practices in patient safety moving forward.
The following is the official poster University Hospitals will be posting internally. Click the image below to download a pdf with all the event details…
2012 is ramping up quite nicely for the Foundation. We have a major speaking engagement for The Delaware Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists scheduled for February 21st in Conshohocken, PA. This event is titled “Intravenous Medication Compounding: Lessons Learned from a Fatal Error and Recommendations for Best Practices.”
The speakers include myself, Eric Cropp, and my good friend Michael Cohen, President of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. We are hoping to continue to make a worthwhile impact with our story and this event promises to be another great opportunity to do just that.
To read all the details of the event click on the image below to download the pdf…
