Pharmacy Chain to Implement Pharmacist Access to EQuIPP at All
Locations in Support of Improving Patient Health Outcomes
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today that pharmacists across
its nearly 4,600 locations chainwide are now utilizing Pharmacy Quality
Solutions’ (PQS) EQuIPP, an information management platform that
provides access to performance data across key patient care quality
metrics, including those focused on medication adherence and appropriate
medication use. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain to provide
EQuIPP access to all pharmacists.
“Value-based healthcare is here to stay and that’s why it’s important
for Rite Aid to provide our pharmacists with the resources and tools
they need to deliver improved health outcomes for their patients,” said
Jocelyn Konrad, Rite Aid executive vice president of pharmacy. “Our
pharmacists are committed to providing excellent care to their
customers, and with EQuIPP, we’re empowering them to make an even
greater difference in the health and wellbeing of their customers and
succeed in today’s healthcare environment.”
Through EQuIPP, Rite Aid pharmacists will be able to review their
performance across key quality metrics, compare their performance
against benchmarks, and then identify areas for improvement in patient
care, health outcomes and health plan Star Ratings.
“We are excited to see Rite Aid provide their pharmacists with EQuIPP
access as part of the Company’s continued focus on improving patient
outcomes,” said Elliott M. Sogol, Pharmacy Quality Solutions vice
president of professional relations. “With an increased value being
placed on quality outcomes, having easy access to transparent and
accurate performance data is key and will help support Rite Aid’s
efforts towards best-in-class quality performance.”
Beyond EQuIPP, Rite Aid offers a number of programs to help customers
with medication adherence including medication therapy management; One
Trip Refill, a medication synchronization service; Prescription Advisor,
a compliance monitoring tool; automated courtesy refills and
prescription reminders via phone, text or email.
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) is one of the nation’s leading
drugstore chains with nearly 4,600 stores in 31 states and the District
of Columbia and fiscal 2015 annual revenues of $26.5 billion.
Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and press
releases, is available through the company’s website at www.riteaid.com.
Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) is a joint venture of the Pharmacy
Quality Alliance and CECity, a subsidiary of Premier Inc. Its primary
service, EQuIPP™, is a performance information management platform that
makes unbiased quality-related data available to health plans and
community pharmacy organizations. EQuIPP™ brings standardization to the
measurement of the quality of medication use and makes this information
accessible and easy to understand. For more information, go to www.pharmacyquality.com
or www.EQuIPP.org
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