ASHP guidelines: Minimum standard for ambulatory care pharmacy practice

Jennifer Askew Buxton¹, RoseMarie Babbitt¹, Cyndy A Clegg¹+5

• ¹Jennifer Askew Buxton, Pharm.S., CPP, is Deputy Director, Pharmacy Services, Cape Fear Clinic, Wilmington, NC; at the time of writing she was Manager of Outpatient/Employee Pharmacy Services, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. Rosemarie Babbitt, B.S.Pharm., M.A., is Vice President, Federal Contracts and Grants, American Pharmacists Association, Washington, DC; at the time of writing she was Associate Director, Pharmacy Services, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX. Cyndy A. Clegg, B.S.Pharm., M.H.A., is Director, Retail and Home Care Pharmacy, Swedish Medical Center, Edmonds, WA; at the time of writing she was Assistant Director, Ambulatory Pharmacy Services, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, and Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Seattle. Sandra F. Durley, Pharm.D., is Associate Director, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Department, and Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago. Kelly T. Epplen, Pharm.D., BCACP, FASHP, is Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; at the time of writing she was Clinical Coordinator, Ambulatory Pharmacy Services, Health Alliance, Greater Cincinnati, Florence, KY. Laurel M. Marsden, B.S.Pharm., is Outpatient Pharmacy Manager, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond; at the time of writing she was Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond. Bridgette A. Thomas, Pharm.D., is Clinical Applications Manager, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD. Nathan S. Thompson, B.S.Pharm., M.B.A., is Director, Outpatient Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Baltimore.