Joseph Melucci, RPh, MBA has served as the Medication Safety Officer since 2016 and is responsible for the evaluation of medication use safety across the enterprise. He is passionate about facilitating a Just Culture of safety and supporting second victims of medication errors when following up on medication events and leading committees. He is the preceptor for the medications safety rotation for several residency programs at OSUWMC.
He obtained the certification for Just Culture Champions offered by The Just Culture Company. In addition, a fellowship in the IHI Patient Safety Leadership program was completed in 2014. Expertise as a Six Sigma Blackbelt, and certified Epic Willow analyst helps with the identification and improvement of broken processes. Joseph obtained his M.B.A and B.S. Pharmacy from The Ohio State University. Current and future interests include automated safety surveillance, safety technologies, and taking lessoned learned with culture development in the Pharmacy Department to the rest of the organization.