As an integral part of the health care delivery system, pharmacies present many high-priority issues for hospitals. CHA works with the California Society for Health Systems Pharmacists to assure legislation and regulations pertaining to the administration of pharmaceutical products are safe for patients, cost-effective and realistic.

CHA advocates for technology that is internationally accepted by drug manufacturers and has reasonable implementation timelines. For example, CHA supports an electronic-pedigree system, which would make changes to the drug distribution process to protect against counterfeit, misbranded, adulterated or diverted drugs. CHA also coordinates issues between pharmacists and other disciplines, such as nursing, in hospitals.