American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)

ASHP is a Non for profit; Non-Governmental entity that provides professional 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).  It also accredits the training, and educational programs to ensure the quality of the training received by the pharmacy candidates all over the world. ASHP has been the only US nationally recognized non-governmental, non-profit pharmacy association that has been accrediting pharmacy residencies since 1962.