This course seeks to provide clarity to new members of the HIV healthcare team on the importance of different parts of the initial visit as well as provide a model for other care teams that they may adopt for their patients with complex chronic and infectious conditions. This program was designed to improve team dynamic, communication, and understanding of roles.
Objectives:
1. Discuss and provide understanding for each team members role on and HIV care team
2. Review considerations when prescribing an initial medication regimen such as polypharmacy and
adherence barriers.
3. Provide considerations for analyzing patients' social services and case management needs
4. Review options for payor source navigation. Including insurance navigation and federal programs.
5. Discuss best practices on providing patient centered care for med reconciliation, adherence
counseling, and disease state education.
Accreditation:
In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing 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 healthcare team.
Medicine: VCU Health Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing: VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacy: This activity provides 1 ACPE contact hours (1 CEUs) of continuing education credit.
NOTE FOR PHARMACISTS: Upon closing of the online evaluation, VCU Health CE will upload the pharmacy-related continuing education information to CPE Monitor within 60 days. Per ACPE rules, VCU Health CE does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes. It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information [NABP ePID and DOB (in MMDD format)] in order to receive credit for participating in a CE activity.
