Overview

“Caring for the Complex Patient: Managing Patients with Diabetes, Heart Failure, and Chronic Kidney Disease,” focuses on gaps in medical treatment for patients with certain complex conditions, barriers to guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT), and best practices to optimize GDMT. 

Target Audience

Pharmacists in all practice settings, and pharmacy technicians.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, pharmacists will be able to:

• Explain how to assess for gaps in medical treatment for the complex patient with Diabetes, Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Describe barriers which preclude patients from achieving Guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) such as socioeconomic, adverse effects, pill burden etc.
• Outline how to develop a plan to optimize medication therapy, weighing patient-specific risks and benefits.
• Review the emerging role of SGLT-2 inhibitors for use in heart failure beyond comorbid diabetes management.
• Discuss best practices to optimize guideline directed therapy for heart failure patients across the care continuum.

Upon completion of this educational activity, pharmacy technicians will be able to:

• Identify complex patients with Diabetes, Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney disease based on review of a medication list.
• Identify select antihyperglycemic agents newly being prescribed for patients without diabetes mellitus type 2.

Evaluation

All participants will have the opportunity to review the educational sessions and speakers and to identify future educational needs.

Statement of Disclosure

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education, The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy requires that program faculty disclose any relationship (e.g., shareholder, recipient of research grant, consultant or member of an advisory committee) that the faculty may have with commercial companies whose products or services may be mentioned in their presentations. Such disclosure will be made at the start of the program.

Speakers

Joseph Bizier, PharmD, BCACP

Coastal Medical

Ralph J. Riello III, PharmD, BCPS

Yale New Haven Hospital

Kelley Sanzen, PharmD, PAHM, CDOE

Brown Medicine, Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension

CE Credit

Requirements for Credit

Attendance and completion of online program evaluations are required to earn credit. No partial credit is available for this program. Evaluations must be completed at www.uripharmacycpd.org within 60 days.

Pharmacy

 The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This knowledge-based program will provide 1.0 Contact Hour (0.1 CEU) for pharmacists. UAN: 0060-9999-23-058-H01-P 1.0 Contact Hour (0.1 CEUs)  0060-9999-23-058-H01-T 1.0 Contact Hour (0.1 CEUs)   Release Date: June 6, 2023  Expiration: June 6, 2026

Registration

• Login or create an account in URI’s learning management and CE reporting system using your email address and professional license number. Complete all required account set up fields to ensure accurate CE reporting.
• Select “Available Online Activities” to find the educational activity.
• Select “Take Post-Test” and proceed to secure online payment (Visa, MC, AMEX, Discover or Electronic Checks accepted).
• No code is needed. Evaluation will be available after payment is made. 

REGISTRATION FEE and REFUND POLICY 

Home study registration fee:

• RIPA Members: Free
• Non-members $7

•  PDF presentations will be available for download.
• Refunds are not available for this program.
• Students: Students without a professional license number should enter their college student ID number when creating an account in the learning management system.  Enrolled URI students receive complimentary registration.