Choose My Pharmacy® is the national standard for pharmacy quality.
Because all pharmacies are NOT the same.
Simply put -
Where you get your medications impacts your health. Some pharmacies prioritize dispensing medications quickly. Some pharmacies prioritize the right dose. And quality measures can help inform your pharmacy choice.
Choose My Pharmacy® is the only measurement system for community pharmacies.
What’s a measurement system?
It’s a report card.
It’s a collection of quality measures used to achieve a specific goal – improve quality, decrease cost, and/or inform choices. Medicare has measurement systems for all types of providers – except pharmacy (https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/). Choose My Pharmacy® addresses this gap.
These are the only quality measures developed and implemented to compare pharmacy to pharmacy using data available at the individual pharmacy. The core set of Seguridad Health Measures® is focused on patient safety.
For example, one measure evaluates pediatric weight. Why? Because, how can the right dose be dispensed for a weight-based antibiotic, if the pharmacy doesn’t know the weight? Or does the pharmacy ensure persons on bolus/mealtime insulin have access to the rescue medication glucagon to prevent hospitalizations due to dangerously low blood sugar?
Choose My Pharmacy® is comprised of nineteen (19) Seguridad Health Measures®
How and Who
How to use
Each individual pharmacy will receive a quarterly Choose My Pharmacy® report card with performance on the individual measures, overall score, and comparison to the network average.
Health plans, payors, boards of pharmacy, wholesalers, pharmacy services administration organizations, and others can license quality scores to support network design.
Who can implement Choose My Pharmacy® across their network:
Pharmacy Chains
Mass Merchandisers
Grocery Stores
Clinically Integrated Networks
Pharmacy Management Systems
Other Pharmacy Groups
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