Quality Improvement Concepts and Resources

Pharmacy expertise, education, and training are provided to support your path toward quality measurement and performance excellence. Visit the Resources section of pharmacyquality.com.

Pharmacy Quality Overview
PQS provides an overview of pharmacy quality measurement, the driving forces behind the shifting healthcare quality landscape, and various programs focused on medication use quality, including the Medicare Star Ratings.

PQS Summary: Pharmacy/Medication-Related Updates in the CY 2024 Proposed Rule

Don't have time to read the monthly journals filling your inbox and mailbox? We curate a selection of material to keep you up to date on the latest medication use quality information from the academic literature.

1. Medicare Star Ratings: Stakeholder proceedings on community pharmacy and managed care partnerships (JAPhA)

2. Performance Feedback Improves Compliance with Quality Measures... Need we say more? This article explores the role of performance feedback in improved compliance with quality measures for the management of cirrhosis. While the subject matter is physician-focused, the concept certainly extends to the emerging growth of quality measurement in the pharmacy world (AJMQ).

3. Understanding Reasons for Nonadherence to Medications in a Medicare Part D Beneficiary Sample: Study identifying reasons for low medication adherence in order to facilitate effective Medication Therapy Management (JMCP)

4. Accelerating quality improvement within your organization: Applying the Model for Improvement