When Ripples Become Waves: Pharmacy as a Caring Profession

PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME about my most memorable intervention as a pharmacist. As an emergency department (ED) pharmacist, I am uniquely positioned on ... [read more]
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Jan 10, 2014

Growing Trend Toward Specialization, Board Certification

  IN THE LAST 11 YEARS, the number of pharmacists who have become board certified in a pharmacy specialty by the Board of Pharmacy ... [read more]
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Jan 03, 2014

Provider Status in California Paves Way for New Patient-Care Opportunities

PHARMACISTS IN CALIFORNIA have been on the cutting edge of practice for more than 20 years. Through collaborative practice agreements and ... [read more]
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Dec 02, 2013

Pharmacist Provider Status Update

I am pleased to let you know about progress ASHP is making in our efforts to achieve provider status. As I have previously communicated, a group ... [read more]
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Nov 21, 2013

ASHP Foundation Traineeships Focus on Patient Care

ANTICOAGULANT MEDICATIONS and the high risks associated with them pose many challenges for even the best-prepared pharmacist. In 1985, the ... [read more]
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Nov 18, 2013

State Society Perseveres in Effort to Advance Pharmacy Profession

THE ROAD TO VICTORY for California Senate bill 493 (PDF) was neither straight nor smooth. "This was a major fight," said Dawn Benton, chief ... [read more]
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Oct 18, 2013