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Nominations Sought for 2021 Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality Awards
Alexandria, Va. (December 7, 2020) – Nominations are sought for the 2021 Community Pharmacy Innovation in Quality (CPIQ) Awards. Presented by the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and the Community Pharmacy Foundation (CPF), the awards honor an individual and a community pharmacy, whose innovative practices have improved care quality, medication optimization and patient outcomes. Now in its […] -
2020 Leadership Summit Focuses on SDOH
by Richard Schmitz The 2020 PQA Leadership Summit was a one-day, online event, November 5, focused on the social determinants of health. The event engaged summit attendees to help PQA determine the scope and focus of an SDOH resource guide that PQA will develop in 2021. PQA is focused on SDOH interventions that hold promise […] -
PQA Welcomes Three New Members
by Freshta Rosario 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 […] -
PQA Welcomes Eight New Members
by Richard Schmitz 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 […] -
PQA Leadership Summit Speaker Spotlight: Sachin Jain
by Richard Schmitz Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, FACP, is President and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan. A nationally recognized innovator in health care, Jain joined SCAN this summer, where he is focused on pioneering new ways of improving quality and maintaining affordability for older adults. Jain will participate in the opening discussion […] -
Q&A with PQA’s Lisa Hines on the Measure Development Process
by Richard Schmitz Lisa Hines is PQA’s Vice President for Performance Measurement. She provides strategic direction for PQA’s performance measurement initiatives, including PQA’s approach to developing quality measures. Hines participated in a recent Quality Corner Show podcast to discuss PQA’s measure development process, which was recently updated. The podcast is hosted by Pharmacy Quality Solutions, […] -
Text Messages with Educational Videos Significantly Improve Patient Adherence to Newly Prescribed Medications
Study evaluates effect of videos with educational information about the patient’s prescription Lake Mary, Fla. (September 21, 2020) – Educational videos delivered via text message significantly improve patient adherence to newly prescribed medications, according to a new study by VUCA Health, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), and Liberty Software. Results of the study will be presented […] -
Quality Forum Review: Antimicrobial Stewardship
by Laurel Glenn, PMP, CPCM 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. On March 12, 2020, Lucas Schulz, PharmD, BCIDP, an Infectious Diseases Clinical […] -
PQA Co-Hosts Postdoctoral Fellowship in Real World Evidence, Population Health, and Quality Research
by Brittany Jennings 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. The inaugural fellow is Sabree Burbage, PharmD, MPH, a University of North […] -
Q&A with PQS CEO Jeff Newell on the Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge
by Laurel Glenn, PMP, CPCM The PQA Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge (HQIC) is an annual national collegiate competition where student teams present technology-enabled solutions to improve healthcare quality. With the support of a faculty or pharmacy professional mentor, participating student teams develop a business summary proposal for their solution to one of three prompts provided […]
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