Patient Safety Pharmacy Collaborative

Improving Individual Patient Care

As Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Oregon, Acumentra Health is convening and assisting local community teams participating in the national Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (also called Patient Safety Pharmacy Collaborative, or PSPC). The goal of QIO-supported PSPC participation is to engage clinical pharmacy services, medical practices, health plans, and other stakeholders in activities to reduce adverse drug events.

The Oregon PSPC project is part of the national PSPC, drawing on the knowledge of national and local leaders in drug safety. Oregon projects focus on improving medication safety for high-need patients managing multiple complex chronic conditions. Interventions incorporate evidence-based practices as well as best practices from the national PSPC. In addition to face-to-face and virtual meetings, support for the teams will include an array of collaboration and learning tools via the Healthcare Communities knowledge-sharing portal.

Between August 2011 and August 2014, Acumentra Health will charter and work with 5 community teams, synchronizing activities with the national PSPC. We are currently working with 3 teams, all focused on use of antipsychotic medications.

Overview of Oregon PSPC project (PDF)

Prescription Drug Safety Project

Oregon PSPC teams benefit from Acumentra Health's experience leading the Prescription Drug Safety Project from 2008 through 2011. The project supported Oregon Medicare Advantage plans in collaborative work to measure the incidence of potentially inappropriate medications and potential drug–drug interactions and share data with providers to address these risks.

Impact statement on the Patient Drug Safety Project

Resources

Clinical pharmacy services*

• The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Integrating Comprehensive Medication Management to Optimize Patient Outcomes (Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, 2010, PDF)
• Improving Patient and Health System Outcomes Through Advanced Pharmacy Practice: A Report to the U.S. Surgeon General 2011 (Office of the Chief Pharmacist, U.S. Public Health Service, 2011)
• IHI resources for CMS Partnership for Patients topics: Adverse Drug Events, including high-alert medication safety
• Guide to Clinical Pharmacy Services, including CPS Model diagram (Acumentra Health, 2013, PDF)
• What is Comprehensive Medication Management? (Acumentra Health, 2012, PDF)
• Clinical Pharmacy Services and Patient-Centered Medical Home (Acumentra Health, 2012, PDF)
• Paper tools for tracking adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events
• Medication Therapy Intervention & Safety Documentation Form (USC, version 8, 9/12/11, PDF)
• Medication Therapy Intervention & Safety Documentation Program: User Manual (USC, version 7.0, 4/6/12, PDF)
• Focus on High-Risk Patients Taking Antipsychotic Medications: Medication therapy review when patients pick up medications at the pharmacy; antipsychotic medications on the U.S. market (Acumentra Health, 2012)
• Comprehensive Medication Review (CMR) (Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care, video, 12:46)

PSPC Guiding Documents

• PSPC 5.0 Change Package (September 2012)
• PSPC 4.0 Change Package (October 2011)
• PSPC 4.0 Guide (October 2011)
• PSPC 3.0 Performance Story (National Performance Report, October 2010–September 2011)

Press for PSPC Oregon Teams

• Oregon clinics work to advance medication safety (Q-News, Acumentra Health, June 2012)
• PSPC 2.0 Awards and Honors: Performance Award for Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center–Hillsboro (October 2010)

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