Casey Moore

Her Story

Casey Moore, Pharm.D., R.Ph., received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Kentucky. She completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Children's of Alabama. After completing her residency, she worked at Seattle Children's Hospital as a solid organ transplant pharmacist and then later as their pharmacy educator. Casey became interested in process improvement and medication safety so she completed the ASHP/ISMP Medication Safety Certificate program which led her to her current role.

Casey Moore is currently employed by Cleveland Clinic as their Pediatric Medication Safety Officer. She is responsible for developing and implementing initiatives directed at improving the safe use of medications and medication use systems for pediatric patients across the health system. Casey serves as an internal consultant on medication safety, manages event reporting, investigation, and improvement opportunities, and assists with implementing a culture of safety in pharmacy and the Children’s Hospital Institute (e.g., Just Culture). Casey precepts PGY1 residents and completes annual small projects with PGY2 pediatric residents. 

Facility

Located in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit, multi-specialty academic health-system. Cleveland Clinic is home to a 170-acre main campus (with 59 buildings), 18 hospitals, and 19 full service family health centers throughout Northeast Ohio. There are additional locations in Florida, Nevada, Toronto and Abu Dhabi.

Recent Significant Projects

Throughout the past year, I have worked with other pharmacy leaders and multidisciplinary groups to optimize EHR pediatric files and order sets, addition of hard stops in EHR and smart pumps, smart pump library guardrail and care area optimization, EHR clinical decision support, further standardization of IV infusions and non-sterile oral compound concentrations, high risk medication formulary restrictions and guidelines of care, block load and clinical decision content for automation dispensing cabinets, and serving as a peer supporter for enterprise second victim program.

Initial Involvement in ASHP

I recently became involved with the ASHP Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners Advisory Group (SAG) on Compounding Practice. I have been a member since 2017. As a student and resident, I participated in the Midyear Clinical Meeting Residency Showcase and since working as a practitioner I have presented poster presentations at the Midyear Clinical Meeting and Summer Meeting. After my interest in medication safety grew, I completed the ASHP/ISMP Medication Safety Certificate program to learn more. I also have benefited from ASHP continuing education programs and CareerPharm when exploring new opportunities. 

Why did you become involved in ASHP? 

I became involved to learn and share best practices specifically for medication safety with peers from different practice sites. I work closely with our pharmacy managers over sterile and non-sterile compounding so I am looking forward to learning more about best practices and standardization opportunities related to compounding.

Advice for Someone New to Specialty Area

If an opportunity arises to volunteer for something in your specialty that is great. Even if the opportunity is not directly related to your current pharmacy role, consider joining as you will learn a lot, meet new people, and can be a valuable "outside" contributor.

How would you explain the value of ASHP to a friend or colleague?

ASHP provides the opportunity for networking with others in a similar field, resources on best practices/guidelines, and ongoing continuing education.

What is the value of ASHP for the profession? 

ASHP advances the professional practice of pharmacy in hospitals and health systems by advocating for the roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. ASHP also provides resources to enhance your own skills both professionally and personally.