.                                                                                                                                                                                                        On one hand, the provision of quality care will be the standard by which patients, insurers, family, State and Federal agencies, watch-dog groups, and physicians will measure corporate success. To succeed, the provider will have to the wherewithal to steer all these disparate entities to the same positive focus point, that being the same interpretation of quality care. The other hand carries with it the administration’s fiscal responsibilities to ensure continued operation at a high level. All the while, challenges continually appear to attack on the care providing arena with short staffing, financial aspects in the form of medical-legal risk management, and in the management department in the form of corporate compliance. Medication management plays a key role in optimal care, risk management, fiscal management, and compliance