Taking the Pain out of Pain Management Through the Optimal Use of Health IT
Provided by
University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy & School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education,
Center for Quantitative Medicine
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Time: 12:30-2:00PM
Location: WebEx Live Event. Register Here
Presenters:
- Thomas Agresta M.D., MBI, Director of Clinical Informatics - UConn Health
- Marghie Giuliano, R.Ph., CEO - Giuliano Consulting LLC
- Rodrick Marriot, PharmD, Director - CT Dept. of Consumer Protection, Drug Control Division
- Paul Matthews, Chief Technology Officer/Chief Information Security Officer - OCHIN
- Staci Carney, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer - OCHIN
- Edwin Lomotan, MD, Chief of Clinical Informatics - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
1) Define the current situation with opioid prescribing in Connecticut and regionally.
2) Describe the current statutory requirements for prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) access in Connecticut funding opportunities.
3) Explain the various integration methods of the PDMP into the electronic health record (EHR) and assess each method.
4) Describe lessons learned through a pilot project of CDS (clinical decision support) Connect for pain management.
5) Discuss the opportunities supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to deploy clinical decision support for pain management that is easier to adopt, use, and maintain.
Accreditation: The University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a Provider of Continuing Pharmacy Education and will award 0.15 CEU’s (1.5 contact hours) to pharmacists in attendance who complete an evaluation form; ACPE 0009-9999-21-001-L08-P. CE Statements of Credit will be electronically uploaded to the CPE Monitor system within 24 hours of submission via the learning management system.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. All faculty members participating in CPE activities provided by the University Of Connecticut School of Pharmacy are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.
Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content. Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speakers, Dr. Carney, Dr. Lomotan, Dr. Marriott, Mr. Matthews, and Ms. Giuliano have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.
Dr. Jeffery has a financial interest/arrangement with CVS Health that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of his role as an activity planner. The following safeguard(s) have been put in place to avoid the insertion of commercial bias into the content: The activity director will restrict the planner’s involvement to areas outside the area of conflict.
Dr. Carney, Dr. Lomotan, Dr. Marriott, Dr. Agresta, Mr. Matthews, and Ms. Giuliano will not be discussing the off-labeled use of any product. This CME and CPE activity has no commercial support associated with it.
Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.
Funding for this webinar is provided by a grant from the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy, which did not influence the content of the program.
For more information, contact: Ryan Tran at rytran@uchc.edu