News and Press Releases
4/17/2017 Press Release
ASHP Launches ASHP Consulting Service
ASHP announced the launch of ASHP Consulting, a new healthcare consulting service providing expert advice on a wide variety of pharmacy practices.4/12/2017 Press Release
ASHP’s Pharmacy Residency Match Meets Continued Demand for Training
ASHP’s 2017 Match concluded today, as 4,504 individuals matched with more than 2,140 pharmacy residency programs across the country. The Match was conducted in two phases to meet the needs of the rapidly growing number of pharmacists and student pharmacists seeking residencies as well as reside4/12/2017
Evaluation of Medication Management Programs Proves Difficult
The most valuable lessons to be learned from the federally funded evaluation of Health Care Innovation Award–winning medication management programs lie not in the statistical information but in the qualitative findings, say two pharmacy researchers. "We have another case of tr4/12/2017
Pharmacists Help Patients Get Started on Hepatitis C Regimens
A pharmacist-led program for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C is providing personalized care for patients in New Jersey and helping their treatment plan stay on track. The program, operated out of the Hunterdon Medical Center's infectious diseases (ID) clinic in Flemington4/12/2017
Wyoming Pharmacists Help Homeless Manage Their Medications
A collaboration between the University of Wyoming (UW) Family Medicine Residency Program and the Health Care for the Homeless Clinic (HCH) in Casper is bringing clinical pharmacy services to area homeless patients. The clinic operates 4 days per week as a federally qualified healt4/7/2017
ASHP Member Erin Fox Pens Drug Pricing Editorial in Harvard Business Review
An opinion piece written by ASHP member Erin Fox, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP, was published April 6 as a digital article in the online Harvard Business Review. In the piece, “How Pharma Companies Game the System to Keep Drugs Expensive,” Dr. Fox cites a variety of tactics employed by drug companies to ex4/5/2017 Press Release
ASHP Virtual House of Delegates Approves New Policies
ASHP’s virtual House of Delegates recently approved professional policies on ensuring patient safety during cyberattacks, reducing excess quantities of unused prescription drug products, and emphasizing pharmacists’ leadership role in anticoagulation therapy management. Following discussion in the4/5/2017