PittPharmacy_JoshuaThorpe_0414_0059PittPharmacy faculty member Joshua Thorpe, PhD, MPH, was named the associate director of Analytics and Research for the Veteran’s administration’s Performance Reporting and Outcomes Measurement to Improve the Standard of Care at End-of-life Center, PROMISE.

Thorpe will lead psychometric and predictive analytical projects aimed to improve prescribing and medical care quality/safety in veterans at the end-of-life, and increase family satisfaction with the end-of-life care delivered to our nation’s veterans.

Supported by the VA’s Comprehensive End-of-Life Care Initiative, the goals of the PROMISE Center are to: (1) identify and reduce unwanted variation in the quality of end-of-life care throughout the VA; and (2) define and disseminate processes of care (best practices) that contribute to improved outcomes for veterans, throughout the system, near the end of life and their families.

PROMISE is a National VA Center in collaboration between the National VA Hospice and Palliative Care and the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP).  CHERP is a national VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation co-located at the VISN4 hub VA Medical Centers in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

Joshua Thorpe is an  associate professor in the pharmacy and therapeutics department at the School of Pharmacy.

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