Medication Safety

Learn more about ASHP's top advocacy priorities in medication safety issues.

Date	Title
05/29/08	Medicare Claims to Be Used to Monitor Drugs for Post-Market Adverse Events
05/21/08	ASHP Advises FDA on Drug Supply Systems
05/21/08	Congress May Make Move on FDA Funding This Week
05/07/08	Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative Seeks Healthcare Providers
05/07/08	Report Details Inner Workings of Growing MTM Clinic
04/18/08	ASHP Comments on AHRQ Proposed Rule for Medical Error Reporting System
04/09/08	AHRQ Chief Champions Use of Pharmacists in Emergency Departments
03/31/08	Delay of Tamper Resistant Prescription Pad Rule Ends Tomorrow
03/12/08	ASHP to Joint Commission: Pharmacists' Role in Infection Control Should be More Visible
02/27/08	ASHP Monitors New Regulation Proposed for Medical Error Reporting System
02/27/08	Council Releases ASHP-Backed Recommendations on Drug Name Suffixes
02/22/08	Delay of Tamper Resistant Prescription Pad Rule Ends April 1
02/12/08	ASHP Urges FDA to Follow IOM Recommendations
02/12/08	New Budget Offers Modest Increase in FDA Funding
01/30/08	FDA Denies Merck's Application for OTC Status for Statins
01/30/08	ASHP Calls for Collaboration to Improve ADE Collection
01/11/08	ASHP Protests Deletion of Salt Content from USP Monograph Titles
12/14/07	FDA Advisory Committees Oppose OTC Status for Statins
12/13/07	ASHP to FDA: Pharmacists Needed to Guide Use of Nonprescription Statins
11/28/07	AJHP Features Discussion on Implications of Specialty Pharmacies
11/28/07	HRSA Seeks ASHP Input for Patient Safety Initiative
11/21/07	ASHP Responds to Medication Errors Harming Actor's Babies
11/14/07	ASHP Tells FDA: Health-System Pharmacists Ready to Implement Behind-the-Counter Medications
11/13/07	ASHP Favors Creation of 'Behind-the-Counter' Category of Drugs
11/09/07	CMS Adopts Process for Evaluating Official Compendia
11/01/07	ASHP Set to Testify at FDA Public Meeting on Behind the Counter Drugs
10/30/07	ASHP Pushes Congress to Pay for Infusion Supplies
09/26/07	President Bush Signs Six-Month Delay for Tamper Resistant Requirement
09/26/07	Congress Votes to Delay Tamper Resistant Requirement
09/21/07	ASHP Cheers Passage of FDA Drug Safety Bill
09/12/07	Urge Your Reps to Delay Tamper Proof Regulations
08/29/07	ASHP Emphasizes Support for Drug Safety Legislation
08/24/07	ASHP Provides Input on Declaration of Helsinki Guidelines for Protecting Safety of Research Participants
07/18/07	ASHP Pushes for Delay in CMS Tamper Resistant Paper Requirement
06/26/07	ASHP Offers Recommendations on Use of RiskMaps
06/25/07	ASHP Honored for Propelling Medication Bar Codes into Health Systems
05/01/07	ASHP Applauds Senate Efforts to Improve Drug Safety
05/27/07	ASHP Testifies at FDA Electronic Distribution of Prescribing Information Hearing [PDF]
04/19/07	ASHP recommendations in Senate’s Proposed Drug Safety Bill
03/26/07	ASHP Looking for Reports of Problems with Bar Coded Medications