PQA hosts national forum on social determinants of health
The Pharmacy Quality Alliance is hosting a national forum to showcase emerging best practices to address the social determinants of health and the role of pharmacists in addressing them.
Caring for the Whole Patient: Leveraging Pharmacists to Address Social Determinants of Health takes place Nov. 19-20 in Arlington, Va., at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel.
The forum features presentations by national leaders from pharmacy, health plans, health systems and solutions providers, who are pioneering social determinants of health initiatives. They will address social determinants of health across different populations, in diverse care settings and the business case for paying to address social determinants of health. Confirmed speakers include:
- Amina Abubakar, Rx Clinic Pharmacy
- Haleta Belai, Centene
- Garth Graham, Aetna Foundation
- Angela Hagan, Humana
- Brooke Hudspeth, The Kroger Company
- Benjamin McNabb, Love Oak Pharmacy
- Nupur Mehta, CareMore Health System
- Lisa Mostovoy, BCBS Association
- Andrey Ostrovsky, Social Innovation Ventures
After the presentations, attendees and speakers will discuss through a series of Innovation Laboratories strategies for scaling social determinants of health solutions and leveraging pharmacists in their organizations' work. Efforts to address social determinants of health are on the rise across the U.S. health care system. As trusted providers embedded in the community, pharmacists are pivotal partners for screening, evaluation, services and connecting individuals with resources.
The forum is open to the public and individuals from PQA member organizations can attend at no cost. It takes place just prior to PQA’s annual Leadership Summit, which is November 20-21. PQA's social determinants of health efforts are focused on access to care and expanding pharmacist-provided care. PQA fosters partnerships that position pharmacists as indispensable patient partners and clinical care team members, and PQA leverages quality measurement to identify and address the factors that impact a patient’s ability to gain access to needed medications. Access is a major factor in medication adherence, and non-adherence costs the U.S. healthcare system $100 billion to $289 billion annually.
More information about the event can be found here.