Kmart Pharmacy implementing platform to track quality performance metrics

DURHAM, N.C. — Kmart pharmacies are implementing Pharmacy Quality Solutions' EQuIPP information-management platform to aid in the tracking of quality performance metrics and to enhance patient-centered care and clinical outcomes.



"We are excited at the opportunity to have our pharmacists fully understand the impact that they have on patient care by utilizing the EQuIPP platform," stated Phil Keough, president, Kmart Pharmacy. "Our pharmacists have a commitment to the highest standards of quality and look forward to partnering more closely with health plans that are seeking better quality for their members."



Through EQuIPP, Kmart pharmacies will be able to track their performance on numerous quality measures that are important to health plans. This includes triple-weighted quality measures for Medicare Part D plans, as well as medication adherence rates included in the new Quality Rating System for health insurance exchanges. Pharmacists can also identify patients with quality-related care gaps to support efforts to optimize the quality of services for their patients.



"Measuring performance is powerful in transforming the quality of the medication-use system, but only if pharmacies have access to standard dashboards that objectively reflect how they compare against meaningful quality measures," stated David Nau, president, Pharmacy Quality Solutions. "Our goal is to accelerate this transformation by making EQuIPP services broadly available so we can rapidly move from measurement to improvement."