The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is a professional organization representing the happiness of pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care, and additional components of health care systems. As of 2006, ASHP has 30,000 members, a staff of additional than 200 and a resources that exceeds 34 million dollars. The task of the society is to advance and hold the professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals and health systems and serve as their combined voice on issues related to medication use and public health.

ASHP attempts to determine that there enough pharmacists who are competent in hospitals and other health care facilities and recover the safety and accessibility of medication to patients there. In 2003 ASHP decided that health-system pharmacists will help make medication use additional effective, scientific, and safe and will contribute meaningfully to public health in their communities. They hope to get better these areas significantly by the year 2015.

ASHP publishes:

• American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

• AHFS Drug Information Book

• Handbook on Injectable Drugs

• Best Practices for Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy

They also host a Midyear Clinical Meeting in December that has developed to be the largest meeting of pharmacists in the world, beside with other continuing-education conferences, meetings, and exhibits. Also, ASHP is the nationwide accrediting organization for pharmacy residency programs. ASHP's Accreditation Services staff assists existing residencies to purify their programs, helping prospective programs with the procedure of seeking accreditation, and helping potential residents get the information needed to find the best citizenship program for them.

ASHP provides legislative support on health system pharmacy issues, partly to attain public policy that helps people make the best use of medicines. ASHP provides expert advocacy on health system pharmacy issues to government agencies, such as Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and healthcare organizations like Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Institute of Medicine(IOM).