Micah Cost, PharmD, MS, Chief Executive Officer, Pharmacy Quality Alliance

There are several important policy issues that could impact pharmacists’ ability to positively affect the quality of care for patients through the use of pharmacy performance measures.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance's new benchmark evaluates adherence to medications for diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension.

New composite pharmacy adherence measure is a major step in developing standard pharmacy performance measures focused on improving patient care.

Pharmacy performance measures can support greater patient access to care and services through team-based care and to facilitate value-based contracts between pharmacists and payers.