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Building Quality Improvement Skills for Quality Medication Use

A PQA & IHI Continuing Education Seminar 

 

PQA is partnering with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to offer an interactive seminar on applying improvement science principles to improving medication use quality and PQA’s measures. IHI has used improvement science for more than 30 years to advance health outcomes worldwide, and PQA is pleased to bring this expertise to our Annual Meeting attendees. 

In response to member organizations’ requests to expand PQA’s educational offerings in this area, faculty from PQA, IHI, Kaiser Permanente and Devoted Health will help attendees learn how to enhance medication use quality and ensure patient safety through quality improvement. Participants will discover the model for improvement, a simple yet powerful framework for planning, testing, and implementing changes that lead to better outcomes.  

Attendees will also explore real-world examples and case studies of how pharmacists and other healthcare professionals have applied the model for improvement to address various challenges and opportunities to improve quality medication use.  This session will be ACPE accredited for 3.5 contact hours (0.35 CEUs) of pharmacist CE credit. 

The session will be on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 11:00 am – 3:15 pm, and will be ACPE accredited for 3.5 contact hours (0.35 CEUs) of pharmacist CE credit.

Space is limited; individuals must select this session during 2024 PQA Annual Meeting registration. There is no additional fee for registration for this event. Those who indicate they would like to attend are committing to attend the entire session and will not be able to participate in the breakout sessions that will be held during this time. Once the session is full, interested participants will be added to a waitlist. Registrants of this seminar will be contacted before the meeting to re-confirm their participation.   

For additional information on this seminar, please email Education@PQAalliance.org.  

To prepare for this session, PQA and IHI invite you to utilize the courses and resources below: 

• PQA’s Quality Improvement Foundations – An online course that introduces the model for improvement and how to apply it to medication use quality 
• IHI Open School Course: QI 101: Introduction to Healthcare Improvement – An online course that introduces the science of improvement and its application in health and healthcare 
• IHI Resources: How to Improve: The Model for Improvement – A website describing the core methods of quality improvement and tools to apply throughout your improvement journey 
• IHI Insights: “Improvement is Fun” and other Surprises for Even Veteran Improvers – A recent IHI Insights Blog post about an experience in a quality improvement initiative 
• IHI’s Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit – Templates and examples of quality improvement tools 

1. Formulate the three fundamental questions that guide any quality improvement project. 
2. Implement plan-do-study-act cycles to test and improve your ideas for change. 
3. Assess the impact of your improvement efforts on patient outcomes and satisfaction. 

In support of improving patient care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

UAN: JA0004698-9999-24-039-L99-P

Live date expiration: June 28, 2024

Requirements: To receive continuing education credit, pharmacists must participate in the live event and complete the post-event evaluation. Credit requirements must be completed before the expiration date of the activity. Instructions for claiming credit will be sent at the conclusion of the event. Upon completion, credit will be transmitted electronically to the ACPE within 30 days.

Course Format: Live.

Financial Support: None.