NOTES Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative 1053 Am J Health-Syst Pharm—Vol 72 Jun 15, 2015 Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative task force report: Improving participation in a survey on hospital pharmacy practices in Texas ACHSAH PHILIP, MALLORY GESSNER-WHARTON, PATRICK BIRNEY, JOHN BLEE, AVANI DESAI, CHRISTY GORBACH, RUSOL KARRALLI, DIRK LORIMER, KYLE MUNCH, GIFT NWEKE, SHREYA PAREKH, MONICA PUEBLA, RODNEY COX, ELIZABETH PAIGE PITMAN, AND KEVIN W. GAREY ACHSAH PHILIP, PHARM.D., M.S., BCPS, is Clinical Informatics Pharmacist, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; at the time of writing she was Postgraduate Year 2 (PGY2)–M.S. in Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident, Harris Health System, Houston, TX. MALLORY GESSNER-WHARTON, PHARM.D., M.S., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Kingwood Medical Center, Kingwood, TX. PATRICK BIRNEY, PHARM.D., M.S., is PGY2– M.S. in Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston. JOHN BLEE, PHARM.D., M.S., BCPS, is Pharmacy Manager, Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, Sugar Land, TX. AVANI DESAI, PHARM.D., M.S., is PGY2–M.S. in Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston. CHRISTY GORBACH, PHARM.D., M.S., is Pharmacy Supervisor, Houston Meth- odist West Hospital. RUSOL KARRALLI, PHARM.D., M.S., is Manager, 340B Education and Compliance Support, Apexus, Washington, DC; at the time of writing he was PGY2–M.S. in Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident, Memorial Hermann System Pharmacy, Houston. DIRK LORIMER, PHARM.D., M.S., is PGY2–M.S. in Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident, Texas Children’s Hospi- tal, Houston. KYLE MUNCH, PHARM.D., M.S., is PGY2–M.S. in Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston. GIFT NWEKE, PHARM.D., M.S., is Corpo- rate Manager of Medication Use and Pharmacoeconomic Analysis, Purpose. Results of an initiative to increase participation in a survey on hospital phar- macy practices are reported. Methods. In an initiative led by pharmacy residents at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, a task force was cre- ated to boost the rate of response to the Hospital-Assessment Survey (HSA), an online benchmarking tool developed as part of the ASHP-sponsored Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI). Under the guidance of leaders from ASHP’s Texas af- fliate and state health-system pharmacy leaders, an 11-member team of residents targeted Texas hospitals that had not responded to the HSA as of December 2013 and used phone and e-mail methods to encourage survey participation. Data obtained from newly responding institu- tions were aggregated with previously collected data on Texas facilities and com- pared with national data. Results. During the 11-week initiative, 66 new HSA responses were received from Texas hospitals, raising the total number of respondents to 89 and boosting the overall participation rate from 4.3% to 16.7% (p < 0.001). Analysis of the survey data indicated broad similarities among small and large Texas hospitals with regard to six optimal practice characteristics. Pharmacy practice models and characteristics in Texas over- all were largely consistent with national statistics. Conclusion. The involvement of the PPMI task force was associated with a substantial increase in the survey response rate. The survey results indicated that, with a few exceptions, practice models and the use of optimal practices were similar at Texas hos- pitals of various sizes and between Texas hospitals overall and sampled hospitals nationwide. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2015; 72:1053-7 T he Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI) sponsored by ASHP and the ASHP Research and Education Foundation empha- sizes pharmacists’ accountability for patient outcomes, advanced roles for pharmacy technicians, and the use of technologies that improve medica- tion safety. 1 The practice environ- ment envisioned under the PPMI is one that encourages pharmacists to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers to manage com- plex therapy issues. The PPMI Hospital Self- Assessment (HSA) survey was cre- ated to assist hospitals in better un- derstanding and measuring pharmacy practices at the facility level and in relation to state and national bench- marks. The survey and associated PPMI National Dashboard goals and objectives were developed as part of the 147 recommendations that arose from the 2011 PPMI Summit. 2 The HSA questions, goals, and measures were then posted for public comment and edited accordingly. The PPMI HSA is a Web-based survey acces-