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PQA Names Micah Cost as New CEO
Alexandria, Va. (January 4, 2021) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has selected Micah Cost, PharmD, MS, 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 […] -
PQA’s 2021 Strategic Plan: Three Initiatives for a Unique Year
by Laura Cranston PQA’s Strategic Plan for 2021 is focused on three, timely initiatives for medication use quality: the social determinants of health, innovative pathways for measure development, and immunization services. PQA’s Strategic Plans historically have covered three-year periods. Our current plan will reach its successful conclusion at the end of 2020. As we contemplated […] -
PQA Retires Two Health Plan Performance Measures
Alexandria, Va. (December 21, 2020) – 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 […] -
PQA Endorses Two New Diabetes-Focused Health Plan Performance Measures
Alexandria, Va. (December 21, 2020) – The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), through a majority vote of its members, has endorsed two new health plan performance measures. The measures evaluate medications to treat individuals with diabetes. More than 34 million Americans have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These measures will help evaluate […] -
Electronic Clinical Quality Measures: Considerations for Pharmacy Measures
by Kate Starr Anna Legreid Dopp, Senior Director of Clinical Guidelines and Quality Improvement at ASHP, spoke at PQA’s Data and Interoperability Advisory Group (DIAG) meeting on June 22. She discussed Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) and how we can use them to start thinking about pharmacy measures. ASHP is the organization that represents pharmacists […] -
Data Integration in Medication Therapy Management
by Kate Starr Amber Baybayan, a Senior Clinical Services Associate at OutcomesMTM, spoke at PQA’s Data and Interoperability Advisory Group (DIAG) meeting on June 22. She discussed data integration in medication therapy management. This blog provides an overview of Baybayan’s presentation. You can view a recording of the DIAG meeting and read more about it […] -
Data Standards and Pharmacy Quality
by Kate Starr Shelly Spiro, Executive Director at Pharmacy HIT Collaborative, spoke at PQA’s Data and Interoperability Advisory Group (DIAG) meeting on June 22. She discussed the importance of data standards for collecting and sharing information about pharmacist-provided patient care and services. This blog provides an overview of Spirio’s presentation. You can view a recording […] -
The Pharmacist eCare Plan: Improving Data Access and Workflow for High-Quality Care
by Kate Starr Josh Howland, Vice President of Clinical Strategy at PioneerRX, provided a presentation on the Pharmacist eCare Plan (Plan) at PQA’s Data and Interoperability Advisory Group (DIAG) meeting on June 22. This blog provides an overview of Howland’s presentation. You can view a recording of the DIAG meeting and read more about it […] -
CPESN: Building Networks for Enhanced Pharmacy Services
CPESN® USA is the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network. It is a clinically integrated network of community pharmacies that coordinates patient care with broader care teams to provide medication optimization activities and enhanced services for high-risk patients. At PQA’s Data and Interoperability Advisory Group (DIAG) meeting on June 22, Cody Clifton, Director of Practice Transformation at […] -
Data Infrastructure, Standards and Interoperability: Keys to Quality Measurement
Data are the lifeblood of quality improvement. Evaluating quality and comparing providers or organizations requires consistent, reliable data – and you need access to that data. Unfortunately, in our fractured health care system, data is collected differently and inconsistently across a host of important health care issues. And, to make matters more challenging, getting access […]
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