title: Pharmacists: an important resource to improve core measure performance.
abstract: In 2001, the Quality Initiative from the Department of Health and Human Services resulted in the development of a set of core measures focused on five patient populations. Although not part of the original list of providers able to document core measures involving medications, pharmacists were added to the list in November 2007. Within the set of core measures, there are 22 of 44 (50%) that are medication related. The authors' purpose is to describe the role of a pharmacist in meeting core measurements and provide an example of how a pharmacist is utilized at our institution.
authors.affiliation: a Methodist University Hospital , Memphis , Tennessee.
authors.forename: Carrie S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Oliphant
authors.forename: Jennifer D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Twilla
mesh_terms: D016519:Hospitals, Religious; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010595:Pharmacists; D024382:Professional Role; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013714:Tennessee; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services