Proven Legal and Consulting Expertise in Pharmacy Law, Pharmacy Regulation, Risk Management, Insurance, Pharmacy Quality Programs, and Medical Error Reduction

Ken Baker is a a pharmacist and a lawyer. The former general counsel and senior vice president of Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company advises clients in pharmacy law and regulation, risk management, insurance and pharmacy quality programs, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and reduction of compounding and medical errors.

Ken Baker's regulatory services include representing pharmacists and pharmacies before the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy.

Committed to working with pharmacists from across the country to assist them in reducing medication errors and in other areas, Ken Baker devotes considerable time and energy to speaking and writing nationally on pharmacy risk management and pharmacy law issues for the benefit of pharmacists, pharmacy schools and state pharmacy associations.

• Causal Analysis Tool: Fishbone Diagram. Following an error, the pharmacy should perform a causal analysis to determine the causes of the mistake and then to use that information to introduce Best Practices into the workflow to lessen the risk of a similar error in the future. The Fishbone Diagram is a useful to tool to assist the staff in this effort. (The Fishbone Diagram here was developed by Ken Baker and is made available through the generosity of Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company.)

• American Society for Pharmacy Law: Ken Baker speaks on "The Intersection of Legal and Professional Ethics: The Attorney's Role in Advising Clients Regarding Professional Commitments" (November 14) 

• See an abstract of Ken Baker's article, "Insurance for the Compounding Pharmacy Business, Part 1: Who Is Covered?" in the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding (September/October 2008)

• Ken Baker speaks at the Arizona Pharmacy Alliance Managed Care Academy Conference on "Reducing Dispensing Errors: Quality Control Measures in Managed Care" and "Current Legislative Initiatives Impacting Pharmacy" (PowerPoint)

• Ken Baker's upcoming "live" CE presentations at RxSchool

• "What Will You Learn from Your Mistake?" Drug Topics, April 7, 2008

• Ken Baker's speaking topics

• Published articles written by Ken Baker

• Ken Baker's consulting services to pharmacists

Pharmacists Mutual and other members of the pharmacy industry rely on Ken Baker's legal and industry expertise in his position as pharmacist consultant and pharmacy attorney at the Phoenix, Arizona, law firm of Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros, where he serves as of counsel. The attorneys at the Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros law firm have a national reputation for medical, pharmacy and nursing malpractice defense, as well as general defense work. Ken Baker's alliance with Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros creates expanded legal and professional advisory resources for pharmacy clients.