Courses & Certificates

The Medication Use Quality Certificate is a PQA education training program for current and future healthcare quality professionals who are working to improve patient outcomes through safe and appropriate medication use.

Participants will receive advanced training in quality measurement and learn strategies for evaluating and improving quality with an emphasis on real-world examples and best practices. The program addresses top issues that will shape quality for years to come, including:

• Value-based care
• Equity and social determinants of health
• Health information technology
• Federal programs including Medicare and Medicaid
• Innovative pharmacist-provided care

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 15 contact hour(s) (1.5 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This course will focus on value-based models of care where measures are implemented as part of measurement programs. Learners will gain insight into performance programs offered at the federal, state, and regional levels, and how commercial lines of business leverage quality measures as well as core sets of measures.

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 2 contact hour(s) (0.2 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This course will introduce learners to the current state of healthcare delivery in the United States. It will focus on current and emerging models of care, the industry shift to value-based care, public and private initiatives driving that shift, and the role of quality measures.

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 2.5 contact hour(s) (0.25 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This course will introduce learners to foundational quality improvement concepts. It will focus on the Model for Improvement, evidence-based quality improvement strategies, and how performance measures can impact patient care and foster innovation. Faculty will also provide real-world examples of quality improvement projects and value-based care collaborations in payor, community pharmacy, and ambulatory care settings.

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 2.5 contact hour(s) (0.25 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This course will introduce learners to Health Information Technology and the Quality Regulatory Environment. It will focus on the current health information technology (IT) landscape, data standards to support interoperable data exchange, current Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services quality programs, major legislative policies under development that are relevant to healthcare quality and how the quality regulatory environment allows for innovative value-based models of care.

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 2 contact hour(s) (0.2 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This course will introduce learners to foundational information about health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH). It will focus on key terminology, strategies to identify social need, methods to account for patient differences in medication use quality (e.g., risk adjustment), methods to address social need, and examples of implemented SDOH programs.

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 2 contact hour(s) (0.2 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This course is designed to highlight measurement programs beyond the Medicare Part D Star Ratings. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the single largest payer for health care in the United States. In addition to CMS, prescription medications are paid for by multiple entities, including commercial insurance. Mastering medication use quality requires an understanding of the entire landscape.

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 2 contact hour(s) (0.2 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This course will support learners’ understanding of how healthcare quality measures are specified and calculated. It includes learning resources on reading a measure specification, calculating the numerator and denominator, and understanding value sets. Application examples using PQA measures are covered throughout the course.

This activity is jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA). PACE designates this continuing education activity for 2 contact hour(s) (0.2 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.