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A New Day for PQA
Today is an exciting and important day for PQA. The PQA Board of Directors completed the sale of all of PQA’s shares in Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) to Innovaccer, a San Francisco, CA based healthcare technology company with a platform unifying patient data across systems and care settings. A statement from our Board Chair, Susan Cantrell, […] -
Five for Friday March 22: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Have you made your plans to join us at the 2024 PQA Annual Meeting, May 14-16, in Baltimore? There are plenty of volunteer opportunities available to attendees who want to maximize their involvement at the meeting. We are looking for volunteers for education session moderators, first-timer session volunteers, poster judges and student mentors. Learn more about […] -
PQA Board Chair Susan Cantrell, RPh, CAE, on Sale of PQA Shares in Pharmacy Quality Solutions
(March 12, 2024) The PQA Board of Directors has voted to sell all of PQA’s shares in Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) to Innovaccer, and the transaction has been completed. This is an exciting opportunity for all organizations involved. PQA is the national quality organization dedicated to improving medication safety, adherence, appropriate use and medication management […] -
Five for Friday March 8: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
February 29 was Rare Disease Day, providing an opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of rare diseases. Ensuring the quality of medication use is critically important for rare disease patients, payers, clinicians, specialty pharmacies and everyone with a role in the care process. We are in the early stages of planning an event, PQA Convenes: Quality Medication […] -
Rare Disease Day and a Focus on Quality
Today is Rare Disease Day. It’s an opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of rare diseases. There are more than 10,000 known rare diseases and only a few hundred have safe, effective treatments. In the United States, rare disease affects about one in 10 people. The burden and cost of treating rare disease is […] -
Five for Friday February 23: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA is working with its members and the broader medication therapy management (MTM) community to build consensus on the research, measurement and strategies needed to evolve our national approach to evaluating MTM service quality. Join us next Thursday, February 29, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET., for a PQA webinar on finalizing a Call to Action to Advance the Quality of […] -
New Members Appointed to Serve on Education Advisory Council
As a healthcare quality educator, PQA offers a wide range of learning and education opportunities. The goal of our education programs is to promote the use and impact of PQA measures and advance the quality of medication use through research, strategic partnerships, collaboration and a variety of learning venues. PQA has appointed individuals from member […] -
PQA’s Commitment to Engaging Individuals and Communities as Partners in Quality
Patients, caregivers, family members and advocates have a critical role to play in high-quality medication use. They provide unique and valuable insights about what is important and meaningful in medication use quality, which supports the development of appropriate and useful quality measures, as well as related education, research and tools that support informed health care […] -
PQA Recognizes the Life and Mourns the Passing of Dr. Jeffrey Kelman
PQA mourns the passing of CMS Chief Medical Officer Jeffrey Kelman, MD, MMSc. Kelman served on the PQA Board of Directors for 10 years and most recently served on the board as a CMS Special Advisor. Kelman was a trusted advisor to PQA since its establishment in 2006. He was kind, generous and thoughtful in […] -
PCORI Priorities for Addressing SDOH in Pharmacy Settings
PQA and the Patient Advocate Foundation convened a diverse group of patients and pharmacy stakeholders in 2022 to identify and prioritize patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) topics and evidence needed to improve social determinants of health (SDOH) screening and interventions in the pharmacy setting. A new article on this work has been published by the Journal […]
PQA In the News
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Making Medication Management Services Measurable and Visible
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PQA’s quality roadmap: Micah Cost on the next era of medication quality measurement
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Focusing Quality Measures on Outcomes and Patient Experience
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Value-Based Pharmacy Model Helps Boost Care Quality
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PQA presents Quality Awards to 10 Medicare plan contracts for high achievement in medication quality measures
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