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Procurement and Use of Social Determinants of Health Among Healthcare Stakeholders
Healthcare providers increasingly recognize the importance of social determinants of health (SDOH). PQA is exploring the role of pharmacists and pharmacy services in addressing patients’ SDOH, including SDOH screenings and additional services that address barriers to medication access and increase medication adherence. Although there is a growing focus on SDOH in healthcare, there is little […] -
Five For Friday, June 17: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
This past January, PQA published the first edition of the PQA Social Determinants of Health Resource Guide. The guide features 20 real-world SDOH services that are promising for improving the quality and safety of medication use. PQA is expanding the guide now to include additional services and updated information about initiatives in the first edition. […] -
Q&A with Aeja Jackson, Postdoctoral Fellow in Real World Evidence, Population Health, and Quality Research
PQA, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Janssen Scientific Affairs have collaborated to jointly host a “Postdoctoral Fellowship in Real World Evidence, Population Health, and Quality Research.” The two-year fellowship aims to prepare an individual for a career in healthcare quality-related outcomes research. Aeja Jackson received her PhD from Rush University Medical Center in Integrated Biomedical […] -
Five For Friday, June 3: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
Pharmacists and pharmacy teams are an essential part of the health care delivery system. As pharmacies expand patient services, they need tools to demonstrate their value. PQA has published the updated Pharmacy Measure Development Action Plan to guide our continued work to build out a set of pharmacy measures for payer-pharmacy arrangements and to allow […] -
Developing PQA Measures Through Public Comment and Endorsement
PQA follows a systematic, transparent and consensus-based development process to ensure that measures are important, scientifically acceptable, feasible and usable. This approach produces strong, consistent results, but it also takes time. From the specification phase of convening a technical expert panel to achieving PQA endorsement, measure development can last 12-24 months or longer, depending on the complexity of the measure. […] -
PQA Welcomes Four New Members
PQA is a non-profit organization with 250 diverse members across healthcare. Our members include community and specialty pharmacy organizations, pharmacists and other healthcare providers, pharmacies, health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, life sciences, technology vendors, government agencies, health information technology partners, researchers, accrediting organizations and academia. New organizations regularly join PQA throughout the year. This blog […] -
Q&A with Mel Nelson and DeBran Tarver on Evaluating CMR Services
A comprehensive medication review (CMR) is a medication therapy management (MTM) service designed to systematically collect and assess patient medication information and identify medication therapy problems (MTPs) to develop a care plan for resolution. To ensure Medicare Part D plans are actively engaging in annual CMRs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added the […] -
Five For Friday, May 20: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
In a new Population Health Management article, PQA’s Melissa Castora-Binkley, Lisa Hines and I explain how medication adherence quality measures are relevant and high-impact. The adherence measures in the CMS Part D Star Ratings have contributed to immense public health benefits and savings over the last decade. They are an excellent example of how evidence-based […] -
Q&A with PQA Senior Director of Performance Measurement Rachel Digmann
PQA’s talented staff is dedicated to improving medication safety, adherence and appropriate use. As experts in measure development, research, education and convening, they lead the implementation of PQA’s quality initiatives to support better medication use and high-quality care. This blog is one in a series profiling PQA’s staff. Rachel Digmann is PQA’s Senior Director of […] -
Top Posters at the PQA Annual Meeting
The 2022 PQA Annual Meeting poster session featured 24 quality improvement and research projects. Sponsored by Pharmacy Quality Solutions, the session provided an opportunity for authors to showcase their work and for attendees to engage in insightful dialogue about health care quality. Awards for the best student poster and the top three posters were selected […]
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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