A Heartfelt Thank You to RxToolKit

I want to extend my deepest thanks to RxToolKit for partnering with the Emily Jerry Foundation and shining a light on our mission through their recent article, “The Emily Jerry Foundation: Beyond the Medication Error.”

When I began this journey more than sixteen years ago, after Emily’s life was cut short by a preventable IV compounding error, my aim was simple yet profound: to ensure that healthcare systems change, so that no other family suffers what ours did.

RxToolKit’s article captures not only where we’ve come from, but the progress we’re seeing across several fronts:

• Our work with the National Pharmacy Technician Initiative and the widely-viewed Scorecard program, which has helped push for standards in pharmacy technician certification in most states.
• Growth in education, including CE-accredited lectures and speaking engagements that bring Emily’s story into classrooms, hospitals, and auditoriums — inspiring clinicians, students, and healthcare leaders to rethink safety.
• The Medication Safety Scholars Program in partnership with the ASHP Foundation, which has empowered passionate PharmD students to take on real-world safety challenges and make tangible improvements.
• Partnerships with industry innovators like RxToolKit itself, BD, Equashield, Germfree, among others — showing how collaboration, technology, and system redesign are central to preventing errors.

All of this work is driven by a belief that while human error may sometimes be inevitable, harm need not be. It is only through systems built with intention, through education, awareness, accountability, and partnership, that we can protect patients and honor Emily’s legacy.

To the team at RxToolKit: thank you for using your platform to spread our message, for recognizing the need to move beyond blame and towards culture change, and for standing with us as we push forward. Your work helps catalyze the conversations and actions that lead to safer care.

To everyone reading: if Emily’s story has moved you, if you believe our healthcare system can do better, I invite you to join us — through donations that support our programs, or amplifying the message. Every voice and every effort matters.