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On Sunday, June 7, 2015, ASHP, the national association representing pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in acute and ambulatory settings, approved a policy opposing pharmacists’ participation in capital punishment. It affirms that pharmacists’, as healthcare providers who are dedicated to achieving optimal health outcomes and preserving life, should not participate in capital punishment.

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A National Alert for Serious Medication Errors has been issued by ASHP and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), warning of potentially dangerous mix-ups between two relatively new presentations of older medications, neostigmine injection and phenylephrine injection.

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A report from a summit organized last year by the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Society of Anesthesiologists,® the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, and The Pew Charitable Trusts summarizes manufacturing, regulatory, and economic issues related to drug shortages, as well as potential solutions.

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The Intelligent Healthcare Association (IHA), in a partnership with ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists), is excited to introduce the first-ever Intelligent Pharmacy Pavilion (IPP) at ASHP’s 2014 Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition in Anaheim, CA, December 7-11.

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Costs for medications are expected to rise by 3 - 5% in all health care settings in 2014, according to a report published by the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP). This annual projection of drug expenditures helps hospitals and health-systems plan drug budgets, which are a significant operating expense.

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ASHP is encouraged by provisions in draft legislation released today by the Senate HELP Committee to address regulatory gaps in the oversight of compounding outsourcers. The draft bill creates a boundary between traditional pharmacy compounding and defines a new entity, “compounding manufacturer.”

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Pharmacists’ prescribing medications is a topic often discussed when health policy experts explore how to improve patient safety, medication-use outcomes, and access to medical services. The Dec. 15 issue of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP) examines the sometimes-controversial topic in its current issue.

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Increasing drug shortages are impacting patient care and increasing costs to the nation's health system, according to a new study released today by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

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Incorporating pharmacists as members of the health care team in direct patient care roles is a viable solution to help improve U.S. health care, according to the results of a comprehensive, systematic review of the health care literature set to be published in the October 2010 issue of Medical Care.

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) communicated its strong support for the nomination of Donald M. Berwick, M.D., as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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A National Alert for Serious Medication Errors (NAN) was issued yesterday by the ASHP and ISMP, warning health care practitioners about dangerous medication errors that could be caused by a shortage of EPINEPHrine* pre-filled syringes.

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Pharmacoeconomic methods rank low as a decision influencer on formulary changes, according to a new survey released today by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Respondents reported that only 13 percent of formulary system decisions made by Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committees in hospitals is influenced by pharmacoeconomic methods.

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Actor Dennis Quaid, whose infant twins suffered a life-threatening medication error in 2007, announced his support for ASHP’s new National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors and the Pharmacy Technician Initiative in his remarks this week at the Society’s Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas.

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Hospital workers are asking the same questions about the safety and necessity of flu vaccines as the general public, according to a survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). The survey of pharmacy directors at 341 hospitals across the country raise troubling concerns about whether health care workers will choose to get vaccinated against H1N1 and seasonal flu.

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Pharmacists are increasingly being called on to take a more active role in public health. ASHP’s new book, Pharmacy in Public Health: Basics and Beyond, provides pharmacists and with critical information they’ll need to play a much-needed role in public health, for flu season, emergency preparedness, and chronic disease prevention and management.

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Survey of pharmacists shows that consumers are turning to pharmacists with more questions about medication risks following death of Michael Jackson. Chronic pain should be treated appropriately. ASHP provides tips for safe medication use.

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In remarks on health care reform to the American Medical Association's (AMA) House of Delegates on Monday, President Barack Obama pointed to pharmacists' participation on "multidisciplinary rounds" as an "island of excellence" that should become the "standard in our health care system." In addition to assuring that patients receive the right medicine, at the right time, in the right dose, pharmacists' medication expertise is increasingly relied upon as part of patient care teams.

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Pharmacy departments in hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are facing workforce and budget challenges as health care institutions navigate the current economic environment, according to results of the ASHP Survey of the Impact of the Current Economy on Pharmacy Services in Hospitals and Health Systems.

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Intravenous (i.v.) medication errors are twice as likely to cause harm to patients as medications delivered by other routes of administration (such as tablets or liquids), according to research commissioned by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). This week, ASHP and leading healthcare organizations released recommended actions to prevent these potentially life-threatening events.

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation announces that Novant Health has received the 2008 Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety, the only national award that honors a pharmacist-led multidisciplinary team for implementing significant institution-wide improvements in medication safety.