The following ASHP guidance documents have been published in AJHP or approved by the ASHP Board of Directors since the publication of Best Practices for Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy 2007-2008.

Note: All documents are in PDF.

ASHP Statements

• ASHP-SHM Joint Statement on Hospitalist-Pharmacist Collaboration (Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2008; 65:260-3)
• ASHP Statement on Professionalism (Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2008; 65:172-4)
• ASHP Statement on the Role of Health-System Pharmacists in Public Health (Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2008; 65:462-7)
• ASHP Statement on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2008; 65:728-33)

ASHP Statements Approved by 2008 House of Delegates

The following ASHP statements were approved by the ASHP House of Delegates on June 10, 2008:

• ASHP Statement on Pharmacy Services to the Emergency Department
• ASHP Statement on the P&T Committee and the Formulary System
• ASHP Statement on Confidentiality of Patient Health Care Information
• ASHP Statement on Standards-based Pharmacy Practice in Hospitals and Health Systems
• ASHP Statement on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Pharmacy Executive
• ASHP Statement on Criteria for an Intermediate Class of Drugs
• ASHP Statement on Bar-Code-Enabled Medication Administration Technology

ASHP Guidelines

• ASHP Guidelines on the P&T Committee and the Formulary System (in press)
• ASHP Guidelines on Medication Cost Management Strategies for Hospitals and Health Systems (in press)

ASHP Therapeutic Position Statements

• ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis in Adults (MacLaughlin EJ, Raehl CL. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2008; 65:343-57)
• ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on Antithrombotic Therapy in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation (Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2007; 64:2281-91)
• ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on the Cessation of Tobacco Use (in press)