INFLUENCE ON DRUG USE AND PHARMACY QUALITY Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program, 5th Edition

1. Distinguish between the voluntary accreditation agencies in terms of their scope of hospital and managed care accreditation services. 2. Assess the impact of accreditation changes and key initiatives (in the late 1980s and early 1990s) on the evolution of continuous quality improvement and outcomes management. 3. Assess how the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards and accreditation process has impacted pharmacy and drug use quality initiatives. 4. Design a quality improvement initiative based on JCAHO standards and other performance improvement initiatives. 5. Assess the impact that National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation has on the quality of health care and pharmacy services. 6. Construct a project that addresses an NCQA standard or a Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set indicator. 7. Evaluate the impact that standards of accreditation agencies and other organizations have on the pharmacist’s evolving role in quality improvement.