What’s happening: CHA and the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) are calling on pharmacy professionals to join the movement for substantive change in pharmacy practice through their partnership with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI) — and joining the movement begins with taking the California Hospital Survey.
What else to know: Originally launched in 2010, PAI has helped pharmacists across diverse practice settings implement local changes to improve patient care — and ASHP is bolstering these efforts by launching PAI 2030. In PAI 2030, ASHP has introduced 59 updated recommendations aimed at enhancing medication use, expanding the roles of pharmacists and technicians, and embracing emerging technologies.
ASHP’s survey aims to gather insights from hospital pharmacy leaders. The data collected will play a critical role in shaping advocacy and policy efforts, especially as the California Department of Public Health undertakes a major modernization of hospital pharmacy regulations — the first in more than 50 years — and the Board of Pharmacy considers a new Standard of Care framework.
Sheree Lowe
