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ForwardCellular Therapy Pharmacist Justification and Implementation
August 13, 2024
Cellular therapy is growing at an exponential rate. Cellular therapies include CAR-T, gene therapy, TIL cells and possibly bispecifics. These therapies come with challenges such as REMS programs, high cost, and patient management. Clinical pharmacists acting as specialists in this area can help optimize patient care and financial outcomes for the health care system. Financial justification for positions and metrics for success will be discussed by the panel, as well as successful examples of position implementation and lessons learned.
Target Audience
- Healthcare Executives
- Pharmacists
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe financial improvements that can be achieved by implementation of a cellular therapy pharmacist position
- Define metrics that may be used to track success of a cellular therapy pharmacist position
- List different models that can be used to cover cellular therapy patients by a clinical pharmacist
FACULTY & PLANNERS
Faculty
John Cameron Crowe, PharmD, MSHA
Infusion Pharmacy Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mary Golf, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
Northwestern Medicine
Mary Mably, RPh, BCOP
Pharmacy Oncology Service Line Manager
UW Health
Sam Martinez, PharmD, BCOP
Pharmacy Manager, Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego Health
Kelsea Seago, PharmD, BCOP
Lead Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
WVU Medicine
Scott Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA
Director of Pharmacy, Cancer Care
Mayo Clinic
Planning Committee
Mital Desai, PharmD
Director Pharmacy Networks
Vizient, Inc.
John Cameron Crowe, PharmD, MSHA
Infusion Pharmacy Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mary Golf, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
Northwestern Medicine
Mary Mably, RPh, BCOP
Pharmacy Oncology Service Line Manager
UW Health
Sam Martinez, PharmD, BCOP
Pharmacy Manager, Moores Cancer Center
UC San Diego Health
Kelsea Seago, PharmD, BCOP
Lead Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
WVU Medicine
Scott Soefje, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA
Director of Pharmacy, Cancer Care
Mayo Clinic
DISCLOSURE
As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
Disclosure Statements
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Statement of Content Validity
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
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Pharmacists (CPE)
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Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-24-086-L99-P
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Available Credit
- 1.00 ACHE
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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