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HealthTrust presents…”The Multidisciplinary lmpact of Drug Shortages in an Acute Care Setting“

As the number and scope of drug shortages continue to increase, acute care settings are facing challenges in ensuring medications and IVFs are available for patients while minimizing financial impact. These shortages may cause disruption in work flow process at all links in the distribution chain including supply chain, nursing, administration, providers and pharmacy. Establishing infrastructures can mitigate the effects of drug shortages and success may be found through teamwork by assessing options and determining the ability to rapidly change. Communication with the healthcare team is vital to ensuring optimal patient care and financial resourcefulness.

 Learning Objectives for pharmacists & supply chain professionals  |  At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the impact of drug shortages on a multidisciplinary team.
2. Identify management strategies to mitigate the clinical, operational, and financial outcomes.
3. Assess the state of their current practice to determine potential gaps.

 Learning Objectives for pharmacist technicians  |  At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Define the drug shortage landscape and the impact that it is has on the acute care setting.
2. Recall strategies to help minimize the impact of drug shortages on the acute care setting.

Presenters:

Sondra Davis, PharmD, BCPS  |  Director of Pharmacy  |  Medical City Arlington

Katie Reynolds, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, BCIDP |  PGY-1 Residency Program Director  |  Medical City Arlington

Target Audience: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians & Supply Chain Professionals

Continuing Education Information:  1.0 contact hours approved for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. 1 CPE approved for Supply Chain. Belmont University College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The ACPE Universal Activity Numbers for this activity are 0863-9999-19-087-L04-P and 0863-9999-19-087-L04-T. The activity is approved for 1 hour (.1 CEUs) of continuing education credit to pharmacists and pharmacist technicians who attend the webinar and complete the online evaluation. AHRMM will offer 1 CPE for those who attend the session.

Note about CE credit: If you plan to obtain credit, stay until the end of the presentation to receive the verification code you will need to obtain your continuing education credit. A reminder that CE credit is individual. No group credit is available. Each person must register for this session and attend the webinar for 40 minutes or longer in order to receive an email after the event with instructions on how to apply for continuing education credit. Please do not share the code or forward the email you receive to others who did not actually attend the program. If they are not able to be verified on our webinar provider reports and registration list they will not receive credit. Also, please note: If you are joining only by phone, you will not be eligible for credit. You must also log in and join the visual portion of the webinar to be part of our CE provider-required reporting.

Effective June 1, 2019: Belmont College of Pharmacy will no longer issue paper/electronic statements of credit for CE activities. ACPE (our accrediting body) policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor at www.nabp.net.

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