Medication Adherence and Barriers

Activity description

This activity is part of an education series that focuses on clinically relevant topics germane to care coordination and disease management in an effort to reduce (re)admissions and educate health care providers on how best to empower their patients.

Provided by
This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas.

Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.

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Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of nurses and other health care professionals (HCPs) who are interested in learning about medication adherence and barriers.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss the importance of daily adherence to medications for patients with chronic conditions.
  • Realize the barriers and solutions to improve medication adherence.
  • Recognize the simple tools and techniques to help patients stay adherent to their medications.
  • Identify non-complaint patients using data and lab results.
  • Appreciate the importance of collaborative efforts and a holistic approach to improve medication adherence.

Additional Information

Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
Activity opens: 
04/22/2021
Activity expires: 
04/22/2024
Rating: 
0

Presenter
Sonal Shah, PharmD 
Clinical Pharmacist  
UnitedHealthcare Community and State

Dr. Sonal Shah received her Doctorate in pharmacy (PharmD) from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1999. She has extensive experience working as a pharmacist in a variety of pharmacy settings including hospital and retail and as a clinical consultant pharmacist. She worked in New Jersey at CVS/Caremark for over 10 years, where she had multiple roles across the organization, including pharmacy manager, preceptor and trainer/coordinator. She worked as a clinical consultant pharmacist at Mercer County Children’s Medical Daycare for 3 years. She returned to the South since she enjoys the southern charm and hospitality and joined UnitedHealthcare in 2017 as a clinical pharmacist with Community Plan of Texas/Oklahoma. She has been a preceptor for over 10 years and her passion and enthusiasm to educate and improve patient care drove her to create an APPE Pharmacy Internship Program in collaboration with Texas Southern University. She serves as the program coordinator.

Activity planners
Sarah Chart, RN
Vice President
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Eden Prairie, MN

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.

All activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.

Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.

Accreditation statement
Joint Provider LogoIn support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by OptumHealth Education and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas. 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 statement

Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 1.00 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.

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 from which they wish to obtain credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC - Nurses
  • 1.00 Attendance - General Attendance
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