PQA has published a new report that summarizes the conversations from PQA Convenes: Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease, held on November 7, which brought together health care quality experts, rare disease leaders and individuals with lived experience to discuss what constitutes high-quality rare disease medication use.
Barriers to medication access are a public health issue that affect adherence and patient outcomes. PQA emphasizes the pharmacist’s role in medication access and developed the Medication Access Patient Journey (MAPJ) conceptual framework that defines a patient’s medication access journey and characterizes barriers frequently encountered while seeking medication access. This framework highlights seven steps, or nodes, of the patient's journey to medication access: perceived need, help seeking, encounter, prescribing, prescription adjudication, prescription dispensing, and adherence.
Only about five percent of rare diseases have treatments that are approved by the FDA, but the situation is improving. Today, drugs designed to treat rare diseases make up half of new drug approvals each year.
PQA has published a new report detailing technical recommendations for advancing health equity with PQA quality measures. Developed by the PQA Health Equity Technical Expert Panel (TEP), it provides key recommendations for PQA measure testing and use in quality programs.
PQA has appointed individuals from member organizations to serve on the 2025 PQA Measure Update Panel (MUP) and Quality Metrics Expert Panel (QMEP).
PQA has published more than 60 blogs this year, providing insights and updates on our work to improve medication use quality. As we close out 2024, here’s a look back at the top five blogs of the year.
This guest blog is one in a series by sponsors of the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit on how MedWatchers is using AI to empower better patient care. PQA does not endorse, recommend or favor any product, service or organization that is a sponsor.
As we near the end of 2024, it’s a great time to reflect on our accomplishments. We are wrapping up year four of Blueprint PQA 2025, PQA’s five-year strategic plan.
As we near the end of 2024, it’s a great time to reflect on our accomplishments. We are wrapping up year four of Blueprint PQA 2025, PQA’s five-year strategic plan.
This guest blog is one in a series by sponsors of the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit on why a large diverse clinical pharmacy network is so important to payer performance. PQA does not endorse, recommend or favor any product, service or organization that is a sponsor.
As a PQA MPH Practicum Program student this summer, I collaborated with the Performance Measurement and Research Team to learn about PQA’s various frameworks and initiatives. As a dual-degree student pursuing my Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Public Health (MPH), I found my background and interests to be greatly aligned with PQA. The practicum experience enriched my understanding of measure development through its iterative lifecycle and illuminated how PQA’s efforts positively impact pharmacy services like medication therapy management (MTM).
PQA is now is accepting self-nominations for the 2025 PQA Quality Shadowing Program. This program provides individuals from diverse groups the opportunity to observe PQA’s Quality Metrics Expert Panel or the Measure Update Panel.
PQA members gathered in Arlington, Va., November 7-8, 2024, for the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit. The summit focused on PQA's recent and ongoing work to develop standard pharmacy quality measures.
PQA members and health quality professionals gathered in Arlington, Va., on November 7 for PQA Convenes: Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease. This half-day event brought together health care quality experts, rare disease leaders and individuals with lived experience to discuss what constitutes high-quality rare disease medication use.
We are excited to host members next week at the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit and PQA Convenes: Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Va. This year's summit will focus on PQA's recent and ongoing work to develop standard pharmacy quality measures.
The PQA Quality Essentials Webinar series provides education on the fundamentals of quality measurement, which is important for effective measure implementation and performance, and information about where and how PQA quality measures are used.
Every patient deserves access to medications that are safe, effective and can help them achieve the best outcomes possible. As our understanding and ability to treat rare disease improves, PQA is eager to shine a light on the aspects of quality medication use that benefit patients and those who care for them.
PQA offers a competitive Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiential (APPE) Rotation for pharmacy students, which provides experiential learning opportunities in non-profit association management, medication use quality education, communications, research and performance measurement. PQA works with individual students to align their rotation experience with desired career goals and interests. Applications for the 2025-26 year are now being accepted. You can apply here. Visit our Student Programs page for more information.
PQA is developing a set of standard pharmacy performance measures that would be appropriate for pharmacy quality assessment. As part of this work, PQA has launched a proof-of-concept pilot using several PQA pharmacy measure concepts to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacies in improving adult immunization rates through value-based arrangements (VBA) with payers.
What an exciting year it has been for PQA! As we continue progress towards completion of our strategic plan, Blueprint PQA 2025, our team has been hard at work alongside our valued members to deliver meaningful improvements and drive positive change in quality medication use.
