As the skills of hospital and health-system pharmacists become more widely recognized among healthcare leadership, we are seeing an increasing number of our members serving in high-level executive positions, including CEOs, COOs, and hospital presidents, along with vice presidents and executives of service lines outside of pharmacy.
 

HOW DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN PICS?

PICS participants must be members of ASHP and can still enjoy the full benefits of their chosen membership sections and other member engagement opportunities. PICS's unique offerings have been designed specifically for:
 

• Pharmacists hospital and health system c-suite executives
• Pharmacists leading multiple service lines

Shared learnings from PICS may be imparted to all ASHP members to facilitate change management and innovations across all health-systems.
 

WHAT SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES AND SERVICES WILL PICS OFFER?

PICS will provide specialized learning and network opportunities for its pharmacy executive participants. Events will include invitational events at ASHP national meetings, specialized education session at ASHP national meetings, and invitational networking sessions at ASHP meetings. PICS will provide a unique platform for ASHP's partners, such as other health care executive groups and industry partners to convene for thought leadership exchange. PICS will leverage ASHP's technology resources to conduct routine information and education exchange on issues unique to this membership group. PICS participants will also help to identify valuable market trends and best practice resources for advancing medication use that is optimal, safe, and effective for all people all of the time across our nations multi-hospital health systems and integrated health networks.
 

WHAT MAKES PICS UNIQUE?

ASHP is uniquely positioned to create distinctive, interactive and highly productive networking, strategic planning and professional development activities for pharmacy executives in complex hospital and health-system settings. Having served pharmacists who practice in these settings for 78 years, no other organization has the depth of understanding of the issues and challenges regularly faced by executives. ASHP has long-standing, dynamic relationships with many influential interprofessional organizations across the healthcare landscape including those representing hospital and health-system executives, and the influence to regularly convene the thought leaders and stakeholders who collectively can identify solutions and long-term trends.
 

WHY IS ASHP LAUNCHING PICS AT THIS TIME?

ASHP has launched Pharmacists in C-Suites to provide a new membership home for these executives and focus on creating valuable connections and peer networking within the group. There will also be opportunities for current pharmacists in C-suite roles to mentor future leaders, stimulating pathways for advancement into executive and C-suite leadership positions in hospitals and health systems. Further, Pharmacists in C-Suite participants will provide ongoing strategic advice to ASHP and our members on a broad array of important healthcare issues.
 

HOW IS PICS DIFFERENT FROM ASHP'S OTHER MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES?

Participation in PICS is in addition to all of the ASHP membership experiences, resources, and volunteering opportunities. It is different from ASHP's other membership groups due to its sharper focus on executive leadership pharmacists in the c-suites and leading multiple service lines of multi-hospital health-systems. Through membership feedback and the impact and growth of hospital and health system organizations and the roles of pharmacist executives, ASHP recognized the need to create a deeper level of membership service to provide a venue to address the cross-cutting demands for integrated strategic decision making to ensure the highest quality, access to care, and affordability of their health systems, as well as an opportunity for improved peer-to-peer mentoring.
 

WHO DO I CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PICS?

To learn more about PICS, contact us.