James L. Besier, PhD, RPh, FASHP, is the pharmacy administrator of bar code medication administration for the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati. He holds adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Cincinnati's College of Nursing and James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. Prior to his current position, Besier served as clinical/educational consultant on the CPOE project team in the information systems and technology department of the Health Alliance. He has also held assistant director of pharmacy and pharmacy manager positions. He earned both his BS in pharmacy and his master's in pharmacy administration from the University of Cincinnati and his PhD, with a focus in organizational behavior from Cincinnati's Union Institute and University in Cincinnati. He was named a fellow of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists in 2007.