title: Performance Improvement in 503A Compounding Pharmacies: A PLAN FOR ASSESSMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND SUSTAINED SUCCESS.
abstract: Performance improvement is the continual effort to objectively assess current performance and then restructure the practices that support it to more closely achieve desired performance. A plan for performance improvement, unlike other approaches to correcting problems in job fulfillment, is a systematic method used to first find the root causes of areas of concern and then apply corrections to remedy those deficits. Implementing a performance improvement plan that can be easily adapted to ensure compliance with evolving and increasingly complex state and federal regulations is crucial to a successful compounding practice. In this article, we discuss the need for performance improvement in 503A compounding pharmacies, list the steps necessary to develop such a plan, and present three case reports of performance improvement plans in differing compounding settings.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pritchett
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mixon
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007885:Legislation, Pharmacy; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000592:standards; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations