Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, BCSCP, FASHP, is the director of accreditation and medication safety for Cardinal Health. She received her pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and a master's in public administration from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is board certified as a sterile compounding pharmacist, completed an executive fellowship in patient safety from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and is an adjunct clinical faculty member at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.