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ForwardLocked Out & Shut Down: Pharmacy Strategies for Cybersecurity & Downtime
King of Prussia, PA US
May 14, 2025
Cyberattacks, which usually involve stealing or destroying data, have been steadily increasing. In 2022 alone, the US Department of Health and Human Services identified 707 health care data breaches that exposed over 51.9 million patient records. This education session will provide information from two clients who have experience cyberattacks. Pharmacies must continue to deliver patient care when electronic health records are not available.
Target Audience
- Healthcare Executives
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Summarize the current state of cyber-attacks in the healthcare environment
- Identify the areas of pharmacy operation that need to be assessed after a cyber event
- Identify the important aspects of post event recovery
At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to:
- Summarize the current state of cyber-attacks in the healthcare environment
- Identify the areas of pharmacy operation that need to be assessed after a cyber event
- Identify the important aspects of post event recovery
At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacy technicians should be able to:
- Summarize the current state of cyber-attacks in the healthcare environment
- Identify the areas of pharmacy operation that need to be assessed after a cyber event
- Identify the important aspects of post event recovery
Sheraton Valley Forge King of Prussia
480 Gulph Road
King of Prussia, PA
19406
United States
FACULTY & PLANNERS
Faculty
Ken Bevenour, RPh, MBA
COO and Pharmacy VP
Capital Health
Lucinda Scheuren, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Planners
Brook DesRivieres, PharmD, MS, LSSGB, FACHE
Pharmacy Executive IV
Vizient, Inc.
Madalene Klocke
Project Manager
Pharmacy Aggregation Groups
Vizient, Inc.
Samantha Gordon, MS
CE Programs Manager
Vizient, Inc.
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education
Vizient, Inc.
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
Relevant Financial Relationships
Vizient, Inc., Jointly Accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education, defines companies to be ineligible as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
Ken Bevenour, RPh, MBA, speaker for this educational activity, is [nature of relationship(s)] for Hika Pharmaceuticals.
All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.
All others in a position to control content for this educational activity have no 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.
FDA Off-Label Use
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Designation Statement(s)
Pharmacists (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours for pharmacists.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-060-L04-P
Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours for pharmacy technicians.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-060-L04-T
Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
By attending the Locked Out & Shut Down: Pharmacy Strategies for Cybersecurity & Downtime offered by Vizient, Inc., participants may earn up to 1.0 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for ACHE Qualifying Education hours should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification. Participants are responsible for maintaining a record of their ACHE Qualifying Education hours. To self-report, participants should log into their MyACHE account and select ACHE Qualifying Education Credit.
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACHE
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
- 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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Required Hardware/software
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