Policy and Advocacy
Explore a list of key issues, policies, positions, and documents relevant to community/ambulatory pharmacy practice.
View a full list of ASHP Policy Positions and Guidelines.
ASHP Key Advocacy Issues
ASHP Policy Statements
- Confidentiality of Patient Health Care Information
- Over-the-Counter Availability of Statins
- Pharmaceutical Care
- Pharmacist’s Responsibility for Distribution and Control of Drug Products
- Pharmacist’s Role in Medication Reconciliation
- Pharmacist’s Role in Substance Abuse Prevention, Education, and Assistance
- Pharmacist's Role with Respect to Drug Delivery Systems and Administration Devices
- Professionalism
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
- Reporting Medical Errors
- Use of Dietary Supplement
- Use of Social Media by Pharmacy Professionals
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ASHP Endorsed Documents
- Code of Ethics for Pharmacists
- Joint Statement of the American Medical Association, American Pharmacists Association, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists on Inappropriate Ordering, Prescribing or Dispensing of Medications to Treat COVID-19
- National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention Recommendations: Statement Opposing the Criminalization of Errors in Healthcare
- Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process – Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners
- Principles for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, Allocation, and Mass Immunization
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ASHP Policy Guidelines
- Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring and Reporting
- Documenting Pharmaceutical Care in Patient Medical Records
- ASHP Guidelines on Handling Hazardous Drugs
- Managing Drug Product Shortages
- ASHP Guidelines on the Pharmacist’s Role in Immunization
- Pharmacist-Conducted Patient Education and Counseling
- Pharmacist's Role in Providing Drug Information
- Selecting Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Suppliers
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