Strategies for Health Care Providers to Mitigate Cancer Care Disparities: A Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion

Strategies for Health Care Providers to Mitigate Cancer Care Disparities: A Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion

Moderator

Leigh M. Boehmer, PharmD, BCOP
Medical Director
Association of Community Cancer Centers
Rockville, Maryland

Faculty Panel

Cardinale B. Smith, MD, PhD
Chief Quality Officer, Cancer Services
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology and Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Emily Mackler, PharmD, BCOP
Director, Clinical Quality Initiatives
Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Guadalupe Palos, DrPH, LMSW, RN
Manager, Clinical Protocol Administration
Survivorship Programs and Ambulatory Operations
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Medical Writer

Julianna Merten, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Chimeric Medical Communications, LLC
St. Ansgar, Iowa
 
Program Description
A multitude of barriers to optimal cancer care are experienced throughout the health care system in the United States. Often, such disparities in cancer incidence, diagnosis, and outcomes can be preventable, but are the results of social and economic inequities. Through careful examination of patients’ cultural beliefs, socioeconomic status, insurance type and access to insurance, as well as genetic or biologic differences in disease presentation and progression, health care professionals across the cancer care continuum have opportunities to impact social determinants of health. Physicians, nurses, and pharmacists practicing on the oncology care team each serve distinct, key roles in addressing cancer care disparities and closing gaps in patient outcomes. In this panel discussion, multiple perspectives from oncology care professionals will be represented to share and promote strategies for mitigation of identified disparities.

Target audience: Health-system, managed care, oncology, retail, and specialty pharmacists
Type of activity: Application
Release date: December 23, 2020
Expiration date: December 23, 2021
Fee: Free

Educational Objectives
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate various types of disparities and their impact on cancer care
• Compare the experience of nurses, pharmacists, and physicians in cancer care disparities
• Provide solutions to cancer care disparities based on specific drivers of inequity

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-20-401-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through December 23, 2021.


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Physicians’ Education Resource®, LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physicians’ Education Resource®, LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #16669, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Instructions for Completing the Activity and Receiving CPE Credit
To receive CPE credit, participants must complete the pretest, view the webcast in its entirety, complete the posttest, and complete the online activity evaluation. After successful completion of the online activity evaluation, you can submit your credit to CPE Monitor. You may view your credit within 48 hours at www.mycpemonitor.net. All participants must request credit before the activity expiration date. CE credit will not be issued after this date.
 

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Disclosures

Emily Mackler, PharmD, BCOP, has the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:

• Research Support: AstraZeneca
• Consultant: Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) technical panel on PROS

The following contributors have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:

Faculty
Leigh M. Boehmer, PharmD, BCOP
Guadalupe Palos, DrPH, LMSW, RN
Cardinale B. Smith, MD, PhD

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ Planning Staff – Jim Palatine, RPh, MBA; Maryjo Dixon, RPh; Amy H. Seung, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA; Kelly McCormick; Susan Pordon; and Brianna Winters have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Medical Writing Support

Julianna Merten, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Anonymous peer reviewers were used as part of content validation and conflict resolution. The peer reviewers have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Educational Disclaimer
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