ASHP Statement on the Roles of Pharmacy Technicians.

ASHP statement on the pharmacy technician's role in pharmacy informatics.

The American Society of Health- System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that specially trained pharmacy technicians can assume important supportive roles in pharmacy informatics. These roles include automation and technology systems management, management of projects, training and education, policy and governance, customer service, charge integrity, and reporting. Such roles require pharmacy technic...

ASHP statement on the roles and responsibilities of the pharmacy executive.

The American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that complex hospitals and health systems benefit from having a pharmacy executive responsible for the design, operation, and improvement of the organization’s medication-use process. This individual (sometimes referred to as the “chief pharmacy officer,” but hereinafter “the pharmacy executive”) must be properly positioned withi...

ASHP statement on the pharmacy and therapeutics committee.

ASHP statement on the pharmacist's role in medication reconciliation.

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that an effective process for medication reconciliation reduces medication errors and supports safe medication use by patients. ASHP encourages hospitals and health systems, including community-based providers and managed care systems, to collaborate in organized, multidisciplinary medication reconciliation programs to promote co...

ASHP statement on the role of the medication safety leader.

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that medication safety is a fundamental responsibility of all members of the profession of pharmacy. For a medication safety program to succeed, however, it is essential that there be an innovative leader to set a vision and direction, identify opportunities to improve the medication-use system, and lead implementation of error-p...