ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has a new program to teach pharmacy and other health professions students the basics of quality measurement and strategies to improve medication safety, adherence and appropriate use. The PQA Healthcare Quality IQ (HQIQ) program provides more than 20 hours of specialized learning opportunities in quality. “Quality improvement and measurement
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), through a majority vote of its members, has endorsed two new pharmacy performance measures. One measure evaluates adherence to three types of medications for health conditions that are major drivers of serious illness, disability, death and health care costs in the United States. The other evaluates the turnaround time of specialty pharmacy prescriptions to help patients receive medication when
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has selected Micah Cost as its new chief executive officer. A seasoned health care association executive, Cost will lead PQA’s work to improve medication safety, adherence and appropriate use. PQA is a national quality organization that brings 250 organizations from across health care together to develop and
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), through a majority vote of its members, has retired two health plan performance measures. Measures can be retired due to lack of use, changes in clinical guidelines, the development of newer, more appropriate measures or a lack of further opportunity for meaningful improvement. The first measure, Antipsychotic Use in Children
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) announced two research grants to address barriers patients face in accessing needed medications. Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Rhode Island have each received a grant to study patients’ real-world medication access problems. The projects will leverage
ALEXANDRIA, Va.— The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) announced that Rachel Digmann has joined its team as senior director of measure operations and analytics. She is responsible for measure testing and maintenance of the PQA measure technical specifications and contributing to the development and endorsement of new measures. She will ensure that current measures are updated
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), through a majority vote of its members, has endorsed three new pharmacy performance measures that evaluate adherence for medication treatment of hypertension, cholesterol and HIV. Medication adherence in these therapeutic areas remains suboptimal, and pharmacists are well-positioned with knowledge and tools to support patients in improving adherence
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) announced that Reid Kiser has joined its team as senior vice president of Performance Measurement and Research. He will align PQA’s performance measurement and research work and lead the organization’s effort to integrate meaningful clinical data into quality measures, as we move towards greater interoperability in healthcare
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) is hosting a national forum to showcase emerging best practices to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) and the role of pharmacists. Caring for the Whole Patient: Leveraging Pharmacists to Address Social Determinants of Health takes place November 19-20 in Arlington, Va., at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has developed a “Medication Access Framework for Quality Measurement” to address the social determinants of health that hinder patient medication access and contribute to poor health outcomes. The framework identifies seven key areas patients encounter while accessing medications and the structural, financial and personal barriers patients face within
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has launched a collaborative initiative to create a rubric for assessing the patient-centeredness of quality measure development and implementation. PQA, in partnership with the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the National Health Council (NHC), will engage patients, measure developers, and other stakeholders to create the Patient-Centered Engagement Rubric for
