Part 5: STRATEGIES to improve pharmacoequity in Black persons with CKD
Summary
In Part 5, we will present strategies to overcome the barriers presented in Part 1-4. These strategies include: multidisciplinary team-based care that can provide comprehensive medication management, or CMM; overcoming barriers to access medications; using a shared decision making, patient-centered model of care; and patient / caregiver tools to improve medication use.
Objectives
- Assemble and train a multidisciplinary team with well-defined roles
- Describe the importance and impact of hiring people that look like those in the community they serve for positions in the public eye (when possible)
- Incorporate a pharmacist on the multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive medication management utilizing AKHOMM resources
- Develop a process to address insurance, medication access and refill issues
- Create an environment for the shared decision-making process with the patient in the center
The following planners and presenters have disclosed a financial relationship with an ineligible company:
- Kenrik (Obidiugwa) Duru, MD, MS - Consultant, ExactCare Pharmacy
- Stephen Z. Fadem, M.D., FACP, FASN - Clinical Research, Joint Venture member, Ardelyx, Reata, DaVita
- Calvin Meaney, PharmD, BCPS - Speaker's Bureau [GSK], Consultant [GSK, Wolters-Kluwer (Lexicorp)]
- Wendy St. Peter, FCCP, FASN, FNKF - Consultant [GSK]
There are no conflicts of interest or financial relationships with an ineligible company that have been disclosed by the rest of the planners and presenters of this learning activity.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (OICPD). The OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for .75 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurses: Participants will be awarded .75 contact hours of credit for attendance in this module.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists: This activity is approved for .75 contact hours. UAN: JA4008105-9999-23-049-H01-P.
IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
