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Quality Forum Review: Exploring Food and Nutrition Security’s Impact on Quality
The PQA Quality Forum Webinar is a regular, recurring series on healthcare quality topics with a focus on medication use and medication services. It is a forum for educating and engaging with PQA members and quality-focused healthcare professionals. PQA’s July 20, 2023, Quality Forum welcomed Catherine Macpherson, MS, RDN, the Senior Vice President of Healthcare […] -
PQA Welcomes Two New Fellows for 2023-24 Program Year
The PQA Postdoctoral Executive Fellowship helps produce the next generation of leaders in health care quality through a full-time, 12-month program. Executive Fellows collaborate with PQA staff, members and other stakeholders on a variety of initiatives to improve medication use quality. During the fellowship, individuals will expand their skills and experience in project management, quality measure design and implementation, non-profit administration and association management, and health care […] -
New Look for PQA Webinars
PQA’s webinars have a new look! Throughout the year, PQA provides various education opportunities to promote the use and impact of PQA measures and advance the quality of medication use. With a focus on new developments and best practices, our goal is to help quality-focused healthcare professionals in a variety of practice settings expand their […] -
Build Expertise in Calculating Measures
Foundational information on the structure of measure specifications and value sets is valuable for users of quality measures, accountable entities, or those learning about the basics of measure calculation. PQA’s Medication Use Quality continuing education program course, “Building Expertise in Calculating Measures,” provides a detailed overview of topics essential to calculating quality measures, such as reading […] -
Five for Friday August 11: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA has several exciting opportunities for members to engage in our work in the coming months. Chris Kotschevar and I will be in San Diego next week for the NACDS Total Store Expo and would love to connect with our members there. Learn more about our commitment to standardized pharmacy measures below and how you […] -
Building a Quality Improvement Foundation
Creating a quality improvement plan can seem daunting to many, but it is vital for value-based care and improved patient quality. PQA’s Medication Use Quality continuing education program course, “Quality Improvement Foundation,” was designed to provide realistic approaches to implementing a quality improvement plan in a variety of settings. PQA’s Director of Education, Amanda Ryan, […] -
Five for Friday July 28: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Medication therapy management (MTM) is an important tool to help patients get the best results from the medications they’re taking. However, as our health care system shifts toward patient-centered and value-based care models, there is a need to advance how we evaluate the quality of MTM services. This can support the broader implementation of standardized […] -
Aiming for the Next Generation of MTM Quality Measures
PQA has launched the PQA Quality Innovation and Research Initiative to Advance Medication Therapy Management Quality Measurement – a national initiative to advance medication therapy management (MTM) quality measurement and other strategies to evaluate MTM services. The launch of this initiative is a bit of a full-circle moment for me. Earlier in my career, I […] -
Five for Friday July 14: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
The 2023 MLB All-Star Game was this week. It’s an annual showcase featuring the most talented individuals who step onto the diamond every day. All-Stars have to be at the top of their game across the entire first half of the season. Getting six hits in your first 10 at-bats won’t make you an All-Star, […] -
Special Topics Impacting Quality
Health information technology and public policy are two topics in health care that are continually evolving, as is their impact on medication use quality. With those factors in mind, the next Medication Use Quality continuing education program course, “Special Topics Impacting Quality,” will provide a framework to understand each topic and resources to locate additional […]
PQA In the News
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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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Pharmacy Quality Alliance Elects 2026 Board of Directors and Executive Committee
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