Medication Safety Officers Society

What Medication Safety Officers Society does

The Medication Safety Officers Society (MSOS) is a nonprofit professional membership society founded in 2013 by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) to continue the mission of the dissolved American Society of Medication Safety Officers, Inc. The society serves medication safety officers, coordinators, pharmacists, nurses, physicians, patient safety officers, and risk managers working in healthcare organizations, with a stated membership of 4,551 professionals. MSOS is physically housed at ISMP's headquarters at 5200 Butler Pike in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, and operates as a community of practice rather than a commercial entity.

Name

Medication Safety Officers Society

Legal name

Medication Safety Officers Society

Website

https://medsafetyofficer.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Medication Safety Officers Society (MSOS) is a free, nonprofit professional membership society serving 4,551+ medication safety officers and healthcare professionals through discussion forums, quarterly webinars, FDA alert aggregation, and educational certificate programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Horsham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership: Free membership currently offered to Medication Safety Officers and healthcare professionals interested in medication safety
2. Educational Programs: Revenue from ISMP/ASHP Medication Safety Certificate program - $445 for ASHP members, $545 for non-members
3. Educational Grants: Supported by educational grants from pharmaceutical companies for specific webinars and programs

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MSOS is a professional membership society for medication safety officers, providing free membership plus member-exclusive resources including a Discussion Board, Member Briefings webinars, a News Feed, a Resources Portal, an FDA MedWatch Feed, and access to the paid ASHP/ISMP Medication Safety Certificate Program. The society is funded through educational grants and certificate-program fees rather than membership dues.

Product overview

MSOS is a membership-based professional society (not a software product company) that provides an open forum for medication safety officers and healthcare professionals to share information, access educational resources, and participate in webinars. The organization operates a Drupal-based website featuring member-only discussion forums, quarterly MSOS Member Briefings webinars, a news feed with FDA MedWatch alerts, and curated resources linking to ISMP, ASHP, FDA, and other medication safety organizations. MSOS also facilitates access to the ASHP/ISMP Medication Safety Certificate program for professional development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MSOS Professional Membership Free professional membership for medication safety officers providing access to member-exclusive resources, peer community, and educational content.
• ASHP/ISMP Medication Safety Certificate Program

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013MSOS was founded by ISMP in 2013 to continue the mission of the dissolved American Society of Medication Safety Officers. ISMP provides resources, guidelines, best practices, and educational content. MSOS is housed at ISMP headquarters.
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSOS and ISMP collaborate as sponsoring organizations of the ASHP Medication Safety Collaborative. MSOS hosts member networking meetings and social events at ASHP Midyear and Summer meetings.
• ECRImajorTechnology or IntegrationECRI hosts MSOS Member Briefing webinars on their Zoom platform, providing the virtual event infrastructure for quarterly professional education sessions.
• Novartis Services, Inc.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSupported MSOS Member Briefings webinar with educational grants, as disclosed in webinar promotional materials.
• Fresenius KabiminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSupported MSOS Member Briefings webinar with educational grants for medication safety education content.
• Temple University School of PharmacymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with ISMP to produce video newsletters - video-based medication safety education content featuring interviews with nationally recognized experts.
• Outcome Engenuity (OE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with ISMP to offer Medication Safety Focused Just Culture Certification Course, training healthcare providers on culture transformation for error prevention.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP): ASHP is a core strategic partner of MSOS and the largest U.S. professional society for health-system pharmacists. Both organizations serve hospital-based pharmacists and patient safety officers with education, certification, and advocacy.
• ECRI: ECRI is a patient-safety organization that hosts MSOS's quarterly webinars and provides evidence-based guidance on medication and device safety. Overlap in audience, mission, and education-delivery model is high.
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): IHI is a healthcare-quality professional community offering education, certifications, and convenings for safety and quality leaders. It competes for the attention of patient and medication safety officers who are MSOS's primary audience.

Others

• The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission sets medication-safety standards and accredits U.S. hospitals, driving much of the institutional demand for medication-safety roles that MSOS members serve. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• American Pharmacists Association (APhA): APhA is the largest U.S. pharmacist professional association, with broad education, certification, and advocacy programs. It is a comparable society model even though its scope is far broader than medication safety.
• National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF / IHI Patient Safety): NPSF merged into IHI and remains a leading patient-safety thought-leadership brand. It serves the same patient-safety-officer audience as MSOS and competes for the same conference and education dollars.
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP): ISMP is MSOS's founding parent and the leading medication safety organization. It is the source of nearly all substantive content MSOS distributes, making it the closest comparable institution in mission and audience.

Emerging players

• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM): ASHRM serves healthcare risk managers — a persona MSOS also targets. It offers education and a credential (CPHRM) and overlaps in audience with MSOS's 'risk managers' segment.
• American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP): ASCP is a professional society for pharmacists focused on senior care and medication management, a closely adjacent medication-safety constituency that competes for pharmacist member attention and educational budget.

Regional players

• ISMP Canada: ISMP Canada is a sibling medication-safety organization serving Canadian practitioners, with overlapping mission and content. It represents the regional analog of MSOS's U.S.-anchored community.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/medusesafety
• Facebookfacebook.com/medicationsafetyofficers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/american-society-of-medication-safety-officers

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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