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SVSHP is a regional chapter of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

CSHP Mission Statement:

• CSHP is a professional society of pharmacists and associates who serve patients and the public by promoting wellness and the best use of medications.
  The mission of CSHP is to:
  • serve as an organization through which the membership pursues its common professional goals.
  • provide leadership for the profession and support for its members.
  • represent its members before private and public agencies and health care professional organizations.

SVSHP Mission Statement and Specific Purposes:

• To advance rational, patient-oriented drug therapy.
• To foster the optimal and responsible use of drug- related technologies
• To promote pharmacists as integral members of the health-care team in order to allow full utilization of their clinical and drug-use control functions that would be beneficial in each health-care setting.
• To develop professional standards for pharmaceutical services.
• To serve as a primary advocate for advancing professional practice, increasing cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical services, and improving the quality of patient care.
• To advocate the pharmacist's value to patients in ensuring that appropriate clinical services and drug use control processes are applied to their benefit.
• To promote good health by fostering the optimal and responsible use of drugs, including prevention of improper or uncontrolled use of drugs.
• To assure sufficient, competent manpower in the profession by offering education and training programs.
• To contribute to educational programs for pharmacy practitioners
• To provide leadership in the identification, analysis, and evaluation of health care trends and in the development of public policy and to address legislative and regulatory initiatives of concern to pharmacy.
• To facilitate research in health and pharmaceutical sciences and services.
• To facilitate information exchange between the members, health-care professionals and consumers.
• To maintain lines of communication between the organization and its membership so that needs are accurately represented and to provide a full complement of services and products to the membership.

For a list of the current officers of SVSHP, see the Officers page.

SVSHP Bylaws

SVSHP Articles of Incorporation at the California Secretary of State website.

CSHP/SVSHP Chapter Agreement

SVSHP Budget (2008) Proposed
SVSHP Budget (2007)

Board Meetings:
Unless otherwise stated, all board meetings are open to the general membership. Check the Calendar page for meeting notices.
(Meeting minutes are in Microsoft Word format.)
Meeting minutes for June 19, 2008
Meeting minutes for May 15, 2008
Meeting minutes for April 17, 2008
Meeting minutes for February 21, 2008
Meeting minutes for November 14, 2007
Meeting minutes for October 11, 2007
Meeting minutes for June 21, 2007
Meeting minutes for April 19, 2007
Meeting minutes for February 22, 2007
Meeting minutes for November 9, 2006
Meeting minutes for August 24, 2006
Meeting minutes for May 10, 2006
Meeting minutes for March 23, 2006

Newsletters:
(Newsletters are available in Adobe pdf format.)
August 2006 (317 Kb)
April 2006 (267 Kb)
August 2005 (235 Kb)
April 2005 (29 Kb)
April 2004 (195 Kb)
April 2003 (125 Kb)