Transitions of Care for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: The Role of Health-System and Community Pharmacists in Adherence to Antiplatelet Therapy
This activity is supported by educational grants from Daiichi Sankyo, Inc; Lilly USA, LLC; and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Faculty
Danielle Candelario, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Clinical Pharmacist
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Timothy Reilly, PharmD, BCPS, CGP, FASCP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Clinical Pharmacist
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro
Plainsboro, New Jersey
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After participating in this activity, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of hospital-to-community care transitions and the clinical, economic, and social impact of high hospital readmission rates.
- Describe processes that have demonstrated improvement of care transitions between inpatient and ambulatory settings.
- Identify the importance of oral antiplatelets in the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and the role of adherence in improving outcomes in this patient population.
- Define a change in practice that pharmacists can implement to have an impact on the transition of care in patients with ACS.
Target audience: Pharmacists, specialty pharmacists, health-system pharmacists
Type of activity: Knowledge
Release date: September 5, 2014
Expiration date: September 5, 2016
Estimated time to complete activity: 2.0 hours
Fee: Free
Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 2.0 contact hours (0.2 CEUs) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-14-078-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through September 5, 2016.
