After nearly a year of lockdowns, shutdowns, economic struggles, social distancing, quarantine, and social isolation, COVID-19 vaccinations are now within reach. However, this long sought-after remedy to the global pandemic does not arrive without significant logistical considerations and practice-based conundrums. COVID-19 has forced the unique merger of public health interventions within the context of traditional systems of medical care. A consequence of this merger is that healthcare entities are now left with more new questions versus clarity regarding a path forward. The logistics of vaccine deployment are hardly a straight and obvious path forward, and instead health systems have to now respond to key process-related questions connected to staffing, to economic cost, to emerging liability, to IT infrastructure builds, to supply chains and storage of the vaccine. Add to this providers have to overcome compromised mental health and entrenched distrust of healthcare. PCPs, FQHCs and other community-based programs will be on the frontlines managing these types of operational concerns to include how each will engage patients, especially those with vaccine hesitancy. This webinar aims to further identify and illuminate these logistical and practice-based challenges as we collectively enter this next COVID-related milestone of vaccine deployment.   

Speakers

Lee Westgate, MBA, MSW, LCSW-C
Brian Wharton MSN, RN, CPEN, CPST

Accreditation

CME: 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 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center.  The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 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.

Nursing: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This event is eligible for 1.5 credit hours.

Certificate of Attendance

Continuing Education credits issued for participation in CE activity may not apply toward license renewal in all states.  It is the responsibility of each participant to verify the requirements of their state licensing board(s).

Disclosure(s)

The staff and faculty involved with the planning of today’s event do not have any conflicts of interest to disclose. The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center does not endorse or recommend any commercial products, processes, or services. The representations and opinions expressed in this presentation are solely those of the author(s) and do not represent the views or policies of MA AETC, the University of Pittsburgh, or its funding agencies.

The speakers have no conflicts of interest to disclose.