Are you passionate about building a strong future for health-system pharmacy? Do you know someone else who is? Consider nominating yourself or a colleague for a position among ASHP’s elected leadership. ASHP’s president-elect and board members oversee the Society’s initiatives and programs, including professional policies, finances, and strategic planning. Officers are elected by active ASHP [...]

With ASHP eLearning, you can prepare for certification or recertification, earn continuing education credits, and enhance your understanding of specific topic areas, anytime, anywhere. ASHP’s Core Therapeutic Module (CTM) series helps you prepare for a Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) exam with a base knowledge of a variety of topics including cardiac arrhythmias and advanced cardiac [...]

ASHP is now offering a better way to prepare for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties’ (BPS’) Pharmacotherapy Certification Examination with the Pharmacotherapy Review Course on ASHP eLearning. Designed based on the domains, tasks, and knowledge statements developed by the BPS for the exam, the course will help you prepare by identifying areas needed for in-depth review [...]

ASHP and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) are working together to improve patient outcomes by facilitating the involvement of pharmacists in medication-related transitions of care, from acute care to home settings. The associations recently launched the Medication Management in Care Transitions Project, which focuses on identifying and profiling existing best-practice models. Poorly coordinated care transitions [...]

More than 50 hours of on-demand continuing education are now available from ASHP Advantage. Browse listings of convenient on-demand educational activities, as well as publications, podcasts and live webinars. On-demand activities are based on educational symposia at the 46th Midyear Clinical Meeting in New Orleans. Newly available topics include antimicrobial stewardship in health systems, exploring [...]

ASHP is now offering an Apple iPad app that delivers convenient access to the Society’s extensive library of eBooks. The application was developed by Impelsys, a global leader in providing electronic content-delivery solutions. Members can download nearly 20 eBooks in ASHP’s library of professional educational materials from the eBooks page on ASHP’s website. ASHP will [...]

Costs for medications will continue to rise in 2012 by as much as seven percent, according to a report recently published by the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP). ASHP publishes this annual projection of drug expenditures to help hospitals plan drug budgets, which are a significant operating expense. The report, Projecting Future Drug Expenditures [...]

In a competitive job market and at a time when pharmacy practice is constantly changing, advanced skills are more important than ever before. How do you stay ahead? With ASHP’s Great eXpectations e-Conference. This affordable three-day online conference planned exclusively for new practitioners allows registrants to connect, chat and learn with peers and colleagues in [...]

Now Available: Patient-Centered Care for Pharmacists To understand and treat the whole person, it is important to connect drug science knowledge to actual practice. ASHP’s revised Patient-Centered Care for Pharmacists reflects the contemporary context of health care delivery. Useful in multiple courses, this is a valuable resource in areas from clinical skills to communications. Follow [...]