Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners

Re-engineering the medication use system proceedings of a national interdisciplinary conference conducted by the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2000 57(6) 537-601. 

ACCP participates in several coalitions with other national organizations, including the Council on Creden-tialing in Pharmacy, the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners, the Alliance for Pharmaceutical Care, and the Pharmaceutical Sciences Consortium. In general, ACCP s advocacy efforts are focused on the federal government, with the overall goal of better enabling clinical pharmacists to provide patient care and perform research. 

Among ASHP s most important achievements are its successes in building practitioner consensus on the societal role of pharmacy. One of the landmark events in the emergence of clinical pharmacy was the ASHP invitational conference on Directions for Clinical Practice in Pharmacy, held in 1985 in Hilton Head, South Carolina. In similar fashion, ASHP s involvement with the four Pharmacy in the 21st Century conferences (the second of four such meetings, conceived and presented through the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners), helped establish the clinical roles of pharmacists. 

To better support the success of its members, ASHP works with other pharmacy organizations, such as the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners, the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, and the International Pharmaceutical Federation. 

Because of the diversity of practice locales and specialties found within pharmacy, there is no one professional association of which all pharmacists are members. The existence of multiple professional associations, each with its own unique focus, is an effective way to meet many of the professional needs of a highly differentiated practitioner population. However, it is important that these organizations have a means to collaborate effectively on major professional, regulatory, and legislative issues that confront pharmacy. The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP) fulfills this need. 

Re-engineering the Medication-Use System—Proceedings of a National Interdisciplinary Conference Conducted by the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners, October 1-3, 1999, Baltimore, Maryland, Am. J. Health-Syst. Pharm., 2000 57, 537-601. 

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