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Disparities in Social Determinants of Health: What Can We Do?
Activity description
This activity consists of recorded presentations from the "30th Annual National Conference" held virtually Sept. 29–30, 2021.
How can health care practitioners (HCPs) improve equity in health care access, treatment and outcomes across the spectrum of individuals’ SDOH profiles? SDOH—which includes socioeconomic status, community context and environment, health literacy, level of access to quality health care and education, and exposure to discrimination and trauma—strongly impacts patients’ health, quality of life, outcomes, and risk exposure. Common issues that have emerged for HCPs include identifying disparities in SDOH, becoming educated about resources and tools that can improve patients’ access to care (e.g., is telemedicine an effective tool to enhance access?), coordinating with liaisons that can assist with patient navigation of health care and medical issues, and advocating for patients within the health care system. Importantly, facilitating health care team communication that provides an encompassing, holistic health care experience can improve outcomes and empower patients to participate in the health care process.
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This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education.
Commercial support
There was no commercial support for this activity.
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Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of case managers, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physicians, psychologists, social workers and other health care professionals who are interested in disparities related to social determinants of health.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Examine the influence of SDOH on patients’ health care utilization, outcomes and risk exposures.
- Identify aspects of patients’ individual SDOH profiles that may negatively impact their health and learn how to screen for and triage these concerns.
- Describe tools, resources, and health and professional/community services that can improve individuals’ navigation of the health care process and access to care.
- Discuss strategies that can improve communication and coordination within the health care team to provide better health care experiences for patients who undergo disparities in SDOH.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Please click here for the presentation handouts | 3.37 MB |
Faculty
Jeffrey Brenner, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
Camden, NJ
Planning Committee
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN
Matthew Cooper, MD
President Elect, UNOS
Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Medical Director, Transplant QAPI
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute;
Professor of Surgery
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Clinical Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN
Alan N. Langnas, DO, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director, Center of Transplantation
Chief, Section of Transplantation,
Department of Surgery
University of Nebraska Medical Center;
Director of Liver Transplantation
Nebraska Medicine
Omaha, NE
C. Fred LeMaistre, MD
Senior Vice President, Market Operations
Physician-in-Chief, Hematology
Sarah Cannon
Nashville, TN
Tina Rydland, PharmD
President
ArdentCare Solutions
Denver, CO
Crystal Wong, MD
President
Propoint Medical Writing
Wexford, PA
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, OptumHealth Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
Dr. Brenner has indicated that he is on an advisory board for Bristol Myers Squibb and owns stock/ownership interest in Abbvie.
The activity planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, OptumHealth Education is jointly 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 health care team.
Credit Designation Statements
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.0 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists/Pharmacy technicians
This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour(s) ([0.10] CEU) in states that recognize ACPE.
Attending the full program will earn 1.0 contact hour(s).
Unique Activity Number(s): JA0007123-0000-21-241-H04-P/T
Physicians
OptumHealth Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Case managers
The Commission for Case Manager Certification has approved this program for a maximum of 1.0 clock hour(s) for Certified Case Managers (CCM).
Dietitians
Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit=One CPEU).
If the ac
tivity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour=1 CPEU).
RD's and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Performance indicator selection is at the learner's discretion.
Psychologists and social workers
Participants must have attended the entire Web-based activity and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Partial credit is not available.
Psychologists
OptumHealth Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. OptumHealth Education maintains responsibility for this program. 1.0 CE hour.
Social Workers
| As a Jointly Accredited Organization, OptumHealth Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. OptumHealth Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 enduring continuing education credit. |
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacists
- 1.00 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
- 1.00 AMA - Physicians
- 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
- 1.00 APA - Psychologists
- 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
- 1.00 CCMC - General - Case Managers
- 1.00 CDR - Dietitians
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