Pharmacy Strategic Planning and Execution Resource Center
The Pharmacy Strategic Planning and Execution Resource Center offers tools, guidance and educational resources to support every stage of strategic planning. Resources cover key activities such as conducting strategic assessments and environmental scans, developing and prioritizing goals and strategies, disseminating and executing the plan, and evaluating performance to drive continuous improvement and long-term success.
Supported by the ASHP Foundation’s Transformative Pharmacy Leaders Fund, the center features new content along with curated links to contemporary resources and education designed to strengthen strategic planning and execution efforts.
Getting Started
Looking to begin or refresh your pharmacy strategic plan? ASHP offers a variety of resources including results from a national survey on health-system pharmacy enterprise-wide strategic planning, a planning checklist, and examples of health-system pharmacy strategic plans.
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General Resources
- Pharmacy Strategy Checklist: From Planning to Execution
- Survey of pharmacy strategic planning and execution in US health systems (AJHP )
- Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Advancement through Strategic Planning (Podcast)
Goals and Strategy Development
- Realizing the vision for pediatric pharmacy practice advancement through strategic planning and implementation (AJHP )
- Virtual strategic planning (AJHP )
Dissemination and Implementation
Assessment and Environmental Scan
Whether developing a new strategic plan or refining an existing one, conducting an environmental scan and assessing organizational priorities are essential to identifying strengths, challenges, and future opportunities. These resources support evaluation of the internal and external factors shaping the future of pharmacy.
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Assessment
- PAI 2030
- ASHP Certified Center of Excellence
- Autonomous Pharmacy Framework
- A facility-level self-assessment of Autonomous Pharmacy Framework levels (AJHP )
- Controlled Substance Diversion Prevention Program Assessment Tool
- High-Value Pharmacy Enterprise Framework (AJHP )
Environmental Scanning
Goals and Strategy Development
Resources focused on advancing pharmacy practice and service line development can help organizations develop and prioritize strategic goals. Explore articles, podcasts, and real-world examples of how pharmacy teams have integrated strategic priorities into their overall plans.
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Assessment & Prioritization
- Strategic thinking in pharmacy (AJHP )
Engaging Stakeholders
Goals & Strategy Development
Organization Alignment
- Aligning Strategic Priorities: Leveraging Pharmacy to Improve Quality (CE activity/expires 11/19/2028)
Dissemination, Execution, and Refinement
A strong strategic plan is visible, measurable, and adaptable. These resources offer ideas and examples for communicating plans, monitoring execution, celebrating progress, and identifying when adjustments are needed.
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Example Plans
- St. Jude's Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Strategic Plan FY25-28
- ASHP Strategic Plan
Measures and Dashboards
- ASHP Center of Excellence in Medication-Use Safety and Pharmacy Practice Quality Plan Model
- HBR: How to Measure Your Business Strategy's Success
- Measuring Strategy Execution (Video)
- Strategic Monitoring White Paper (PDF)
- Strategic Performance Measurement (PDF)
- The Strategy Institute: KPIs and KEIs: Tracking Strategic Planning Effectiveness
Plan Refinement
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