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PQA Call to Action Identifies Eight Areas for Improving Medication Therapy Management Service Quality and Measurement
Call Developed as Part of National Initiative with Stakeholder Input Alexandria, Va. (August 12, 2024) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has issued an eight-point call to action for improving the quality and measurement of medication therapy management (MTM) services. The call was developed with extensive stakeholder input as part of a national, multi-phase initiative […] -
Five for Friday August 9: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA has received a 2024 Power of Associations Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program. The program helps individuals at various career stages become leaders in health care quality focused on safe, effective and appropriate medication use. As an alliance of quality-focused organizations, PQA remains committed to […] -
PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program receives ASAE Power of Associations Gold award
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Students Focus on Healthcare and Quality
PQA provides healthcare quality experience to students from a wide variety of disciplines. This summer, we are hosting four students through our internship and MPH practicum programs. They are adding medication safety, adherence and appropriate use experience to their professional training. We recently invited them to answer five questions about the work they are doing, where they’re […] -
Five for Friday July 26: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Registration is open for the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit, November 7-8, 2024, in Arlington, Va., and PQA Convenes: Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease, which will take place before the summit on November 7. This year’s summit will focus on pharmacy measure use in value-based arrangements (VBAs) and quality improvement programs. PQA recently published a report on two proof-of-concept pilots that […] -
PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program Receives ASAE Power of Associations Gold Award
Awards Recognize the Association Community’s Economic and Societal Contributions Alexandria, Va. (July 25, 2024) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has received a 2024 Power of Associations Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program. The PQA Diverse Quality Leaders Program helps individuals at various career […] -
PQA Pilots of Pharmacy Measure Concepts Demonstrate Positive Pharmacy Impact on Blood Pressure and Diabetes Clinical Endpoints
Opportunities, Challenges Persist Related to Pharmacy Data Capture and Exchange Alexandria, Va. (July 17, 2024) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has completed two proof-of-concept pilots that implemented two blood pressure and two hemoglobin A1C pharmacy measure concepts in value-based payment arrangements (VBAs) between payers and pharmacies. The results are detailed in a report issued […] -
Five for Friday July 12: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA published the Strategies to Expand Value-Based Pharmacist-Provided Care Action Guide five years ago. The guide was designed to spark conversation and foster collaboration between community pharmacy organizations, pharmacists and health care payers. I was honored to manage the task force that informed the report, and in a new blog, I reflect on the guide’s impact and […] -
Pharmacist-Provided Care Continues to Expand Five Years After PQA’s Action Guide
Through convening events, research, pilots and work to develop standard pharmacy quality measures, PQA has been a national leader in advancing pharmacist-provided care. A 2018 PQA-convened task force identified 15 strategies to expand value-based pharmacist-provided care, which form the centerpiece of the 2019 Strategies to Expand Value-Based Pharmacist-Provided Care Action Guide. The guide was designed […] -
Five for Friday June 28: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Patients receiving specialty medications often have complex, high-cost treatment needs, necessitating close management from care teams, including specialty pharmacies. Recognizing this, specialty pharmacy stakeholders have articulated the need for standardized turnaround time (TAT) measurement and reporting to better understand a key aspect of specialty pharmacy quality. In 2022, we launched the PQA Specialty Pharmacy Turnaround Time […]
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