View the PSPC Pinnacle Award Video
The Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative was honored with the Pinnacle Award for Voluntary Health Agencies, Non-profit Organizations, Associations, Government Agencies and Public/Private Partnerships. This video describes PSPC's push toward empowering pharmacies to improve patient care and assist patients and their caregivers in achieving better outcomes from their medications.

Patient Safety & Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC)
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have joined together in a national quality improvement effort to improve health outcomes and patient safety by curbing adverse drug events in seniors, a major source of potentially preventable patient harm. 

Community teams are being formed now.
Multi-disciplinary teams will work across settings supporting high risk patients. These teams will include representation from pharmacy, hospital, nursing home, primary care and patient advocacy settings. Read more about the collaborative HERE or to join, go to: www.healthcarecommunities.org/FAQs.aspx?id=4294975085
or send an email to: cgatlin@eqhs.org.

Read an invitation to join from HRSA's Regional Administrator.

Please visit the American Geriatric Society's webpage for the
AGS Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (2012)

Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections in the Hospital Setting

Reducing Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes

Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting & Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting

Hospital Discharge Appeals

Provider Success Stories

2012 Louisiana Quality Summit & Awards Wrap-up
PLUS Award Winners