The Pharmacy Quality Alliance hosted the “Social Determinants of Health Forum: Exploring Medication Access and Quality” November 14-15, 2018, in Alexandria, Va. This multi-stakeholder forum discussed new opportunities for improving care by targeting patients’ unmet social needs and the importance of engaging patients and communities to inform quality measurement. 

To help forum participants identify opportunities to improve medication access and inform quality measurement, PQA presented a conceptual framework of the patient medication access journey. That framework is described in the presentation by Matthew Pickering, PharmD, PQA's Director of Research and Quality Strategies. A full report featuring the framework will be released in the near future.

Forum Agenda, Program and Presentations

• Agenda
• Complete Forum Program
• The True Fall & Harvest of the Haves and Have Nots: A SDH Perspective, presentation by Renaisa Anthony, MD, MPH, Physician & Founder, W3CProductions
• A BOLD GOAL: Addressing Social Determinants & Improving Health in an Aging Population, presentation by Amit Parulekar, MS, MBA, Corporate Strategy Lead, Office of Population Health, Humana
• Access to Care: Defining the Medication Access Patient Journey, presentation by Matthew Pickering, PharmD, RPh, Director, Research & Quality Strategies, Pharmacy Quality Alliance
• How Do We Measure a State of Equitable Opportunity?, presentation by Philip Alberti, PhD, Senior Director, Health Equity Research and Policy, Association of American Medical Colleges

 If you have questions or feedback about the forum, please contact us at [email protected].  

The forum was made possible by the generous support of: