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Summary: This presentation will present a multidisciplinary approach to transitions of care with an emphasis on incorporating the role of a pharmacist. The discussion will include assisting transitioning patients and residents from hospital to home, hospital to nursing facilities, and nursing facilities to the home. Medication changes are frequent within each setting and unfortunately, changes are often lost in transition. Pharmacists can provide a skill set that helps ensure an optimal medication regimen. The current pandemic has brought special challenges to identifying medication concerns and techniques to work in this environment will also be discussed.
Objectives:
1. Review a model for Transition of Care incorporated in one hospital system and its evolution over time.
2. Discuss the benefits of an interdisciplinary team including nurses, social workers, community health workers, dieticians, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians in providing care through transitioning to different settings.
3. Describe intervention settings and benefits of each including telephonic, hospital visit, attend physician visit, and home visits.
4. List obstacles encountered in ensuring optimal medication management and ways to tackle such obstacles.
5. Detail challenges encountered with recent pandemic and tools and skills incorporated to ensure the optimal impact on patient care.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) and the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC). ABQAURP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABQAURP is an approved provider of continuing education for nurses. This activity is designated for 1.0 contact hours through the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # 50-94.
BIO: Tricia resides in Frederick County, Maryland, and is currently employed with Frederick Regional Health System as a pharmacist with community physicians and other providers through the Frederick Integrated Health Network. She received her Bachelors of Science in Pharmacy and her Doctor of Pharmacy from Purdue University and is a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist as well as Certified Care Professional. Her experience includes many years working in the long term care environment as well as working in a federal funded community health center, retail and hospital practice.
*This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) and the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC). ABQAURP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABQAURP is an approved provider of continuing education for nurses. This activity is designated for 1.0 contact hours through the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # 50-94.