This is my first April in DC. As I write this, the cherry blossoms are about to “pop” around the city and a few of the early trees are already looking like popcorn. Baseball season is about to start and everyone is seeing the end of the cold weather. It’s an exciting time for me in DC, although I miss my family.

We've just posted the 2018 Year in Review on The URAC Report. You can also download it on this URL: https://www.urac.org/sites/default/files/2019-03/URACYearinReview2018_0.pdf

Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to connect with some key experts in the field of medication temperature management. We have created a “core foursome” of collaborators who want to bring forward quality practices for appropriate temperature management of medications.

Yes, you heard it here first – all programs will be republished in the new format in Adobe InDesign and will include updates to program guides.

According to Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, there are over 30,000 new products introduced every year, and 95 percent fail. To develop, launch and gain adoption of a successful product requires the perfect formula of innovation, perspiration, calculation and luck.

I am pleased to announce that we have launched a Business Continuity Planning Committee. The primary goal of this committee is to update our existing business continuity plan to reflect current business processes and departmental needs. 

The Monthly Review spotlights a different URACer each month in a Q&A. This month it's Tanya Bennett, one of URAC's Accreditation Reviewers.