ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The University of Southern California (USC) has won the fourth annual Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge (HQIC), a national collegiate competition where student teams present technology-enabled solutions to improve healthcare quality. USC was one of three finalists to present a solution to a panel of judges. The winning solution
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — PQS has chosen Nancy Chung as chief operating officer, effective March 1, 2021. She will lead PQS’ business operations and support execution of the company’s strategic vision. Most recently, Chung was the vice president of Strategy and Business Development at AccessHealth, a subsidiary of McKesson Corp. With her unique blend
RESTON, Va. and DURHAM, N.C. — Mirixa Corp. and Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) have formed a partnership to integrate medication therapy management (MTM) and other patient care information in PQS’ EQuIPP platform. Under the collaboration, the MirixaPro MTM solution will be integrated with EQuIPP (Electronic Quality Improvement Platform for Plans and Pharmacies), a platform for medication-related quality
RALEIGH, N.C. — Ateb Inc. plans to integrate pharmacy performance and measurement data from the Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) EQuIPP system into its Patient Management Access Portal (PMAP). Ateb said Tuesday that the move will provide one platform for pharmacy partners, who will be able to reconcile pharmacy performance data with plan-based quality measures and, in
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Pharmacists in Rite Aid Corp.’s nearly 4,600 drug stores are now using the EQuIPP pharmacy performance measurement platform from Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS). Rite Aid said Wednesday that it’s the largest drug chain to enable EQuIPP access to all of its pharmacists. The information management tool provides access to performance data
DURHAM, N.C. — The EQuIPP platform for measuring pharmacy performance has reached a milestone. Pharmacy Quality Solutions Inc. (PQS) said Monday that EQuIPP — to which 90% of U.S. community pharmacies subscribe — is now connected to health plans and prescription drug plans serving a majority of Medicare beneficiaries. With the recent addition of several new
DURHAM, N.C. — Kmart Pharmacy aims to improve tracking of quality performance metrics and enhance patient-centered care and clinical outcomes with the deployment of the EQuIPP information management platform from Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS). A joint venture of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance and CECity, PQS said Friday that, through EQuIPP, Kmart pharmacies will be able to track their performance on a range
