Name: Elizabeth Allan Flynn Title: Associate Research Professor and Assistant Director of the Center for Pharmacy Operations and Designs Educational Background: 1994 PhD, Pharmacy Care Systems, Auburn University, Alabama, USA 1985 M.S. in Hospital Pharmacy, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 1982 B.S. in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA Research Interests: Medication errors, human factors, pharmacy planning and design, time studies, work analysis Active Research Projects: Project Title: Effect of premixed IV drugs on medication errors and costs Sponsoring Agency: Baxter Healthcare Role: Co-PI Period: December 15, 2006 – June 30, 2008 Project Title: Pharmacy Design for a Home Infusion Pharmacy Sponsoring Agency: VitalCare Role: Co-PI Period: October, 2006 – August, 2007 Project Title: Training and Technical Support for AU MEDS Sponsoring Agency: MedAccuracy LLC Role: Co-PI Period: ongoing Completed Research Projects (recent): Project Title: Dispensing Errors and Counseling Quality in 100 Pharmacies: A Followup Study Sponsoring Agency: (ABC News 20/20) Role: Principal Investigator Period: January 1, 2007 – June 30, 2007 Project Title: Evaluating technology for Improving Dosage Calculations Sponsoring Agency: InformMed Role: Co-PI Period: November, 2005 – June, 2006 Project Title: Study of a Mail Order Dispensing System Sponsoring Agency: Bryan Cave Role: Co-PI Period: 2004 Project Title: Commercialization of AU MEDS; Training and Technical Support Sponsoring Agency: MedAccuracy, LLC Role: Co-PI Period: November, 2004 to present Project Title: Effect of Automated Dispensing Systems on Dispensing Accuracy Sponsoring Agency: ScriptPro Role: Co-PI Period: 2003-2005 Project Title: Development and Evaluation of Telepharmacy Automation Sponsoring Agency: ScriptPro Role: Co-PI Period: 2002-2004 Project Title: Automated Dispensing: National study of dispensing accuracy Sponsoring Agency: ScriptPro Role: Co-PI Period: 2001-2003 Project Title: Cost of Administration Study of Voriconazole in five hospitals in Italy, France and the United Kingdom Sponsoring Agency: Pfizer Limited Role: PI Period: 1999-2005 Selected Publications and Presentations: Flynn EA, Barker KN. Medication error research. In: Cohen MR, ed., Medication Errors. Washington,

DC: American Pharmaceutical Association. 2006.Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication       Errors. Preventing medication errors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 2006. Flynn EA. “Preventing medication errors – A summary of the Institute of Medicine report. “ Presentation.       United States Pharmacopeia Patient Safety Stakeholder Forum. Rockville, MD. October 11, 2006.       Invited. Flynn EA, Oppenheim BA, Ribaud P, Barbabietola G, Démarez V, Marciniak A, Roberts CS, Barker       KN. “A multi-center comparison of nursing staff time required for the preparation and administration of       liposomal amphotericin B and amphotericin B deoxycholate to voriconazole.” Poster. 16th European       Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Nice, France, April 4, 2006.       Contributed. Flynn EA. “Research-based Strategies to Reduce Medication Errors in Hospitals and Community       Pharmacies.” Presentation. Medication Safety Forum, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 30, 2006. Invited. Flynn EA, Barker KN. Effect of an automated dispensing system on errors in two pharmacies. J Am       Pharm Assoc. 2006; 46:613-15. Flynn EA, Barker KN. “Striving for Perfection: Strategies to Minimize Risk for Medication Errors -       Research Evidence.” Presentation. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Wash.,       March 29, 2004. Invited. Flynn EA, Barker KN, Carnahan BJ. National observational study of prescription dispensing accuracy       and safety in 50 pharmacies. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2003; 43: 191-200. Barker KN, Flynn EA, Pepper GA, Bates DW, Mikeal RL. Medication errors observed in 36 healthcare       facilities. Arch Intern Med. 2002; 162(16): 1897-1903. Flynn EA, Barker KN, Pepper GA, Bates DW, Mikeal RL. Comparison of methods for detecting       medication errors in 36 hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2002; 59: 436-       46. Flynn EA, Barker KN, Gibson JT, Pearson RE, Berger BA, Smith LA. Impact of interruptions and       distractions on dispensing errors in an ambulatory care pharmacy. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 1999;       56:1319-25. Flynn EA, Pearson RE, Barker KN. Observational study of accuracy in compounding i.v. admixtures at       five hospitals. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 1997; 54:904-12. Flynn EA, Barker KN, Gibson JT, Pearson RE, Smith LA, Berger BA. Relationships between ambient       sounds and the accuracy of pharmacists’ prescription-filling performance. Human Factors: Special Section       on Human Factors in Health Care. 1996; 38(4):614-622. Allan EL, Barker KN, Malloy MJ, and Heller WM. Dispensing errors and counseling in community       practice. Am Pharm. 1995 (Dec);NS35:25-33.