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Quality Professionals Gathered at the 2024 PQA Leadership Summit

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” – Micah Cost, PQA CEO Lynn Pezzullo, PQA Vice President of Quality Innovation, provided an overview of pharmacy measures before kicking off the panel sessions, which centered on three key PQA efforts: blood pressure and hemoglobin A1C improvement and control, specialty pharmacy turnaround time, and immunization assessment and gap closure.

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Five for Friday September 22: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality

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As a pharmacist by training, Kirby believes the retail health sector is uniquely positioned at the intersection of health care and community to improve day-to-day health outcomes and revolutionize how we approach research and patient care. The data can also show short term results.

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Pharmacy Measures and Policy Considerations for Pharmacy Practice

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PQA is developing a set of standard pharmacy performance measures suitable for assessing pharmacy performance and for use in value-based arrangements (VBAs). Policy Considerations to Improve Quality through Pharmacy 1. Immunization Authority – PQA has prioritized pharmacy performance measure concepts related to immunizations.