Anne Myrka, RPh, MAT, a pharmacist and Director of Drug Safety in IPRO’s Health Care Quality Improvement Program, is the recipient of a “Challenge Coin” presented to her by CMS Quality Improvement and Innovation Group Director Dennis Wagner, during Wagner’s visit to IPRO June 4th and 5th in conjunction with the IPRO Annual Meeting. Challenge Coins are defined by Wikipedia as “small coins or medallions, bearing an organization’s insignia or emblem and carried by the organization’s members. Traditionally, they are given to prove membership when challenged and to enhance morale…normally presented by unit commanders in recognition of special achievement by a member of the unit.” Challenge Coins were initially presented to recognize military leadership but over time have been used to recognize achievement in the arts and sciences. Among her many accomplishments at IPRO, Myrka has championed IPRO’s Management of Anticoagulation in the Peri-Procedural Period (MAPPP) App, an online tool and smart phone application developed with support from IPRO’s Health Informatics Department to help physicians manage risk of blood clots and bleeding for patients undergoing elective surgery and procedures.