Turning the Tide on Patient Engagement, Treatment Adherence, and Continuity of Care in Schizophrenia: The Role of Long-Acting Injectables in Optimizing Outcomes

CMEO Webcast

Premiere Date: Thursday, December 30, 2021

This activity offers CE credit for:

All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Credit Expiration Date: Friday, December 30, 2022
Note: Credit Is No Longer Available

Faculty

Statement of Need

Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating condition that comes with a variety of clinical challenges, including developing patient-centered goals of therapy, navigating social determinants of health (SDOH) that impact access and optimal outcomes, and maintaining long-term, effective therapy. Long-acting injectables (LAIs) are ideal alternatives to oral antipsychotics (OAPs) that are often accompanied by adherence issues. Despite their benefit, LAIs are not routinely presented to patients and caregivers/family as a treatment option, contributing to the underutilization of LAIs in schizophrenia management. To facilitate personalized, optimal, long-term management of schizophrenia, clinicians must identify best practices to incorporate patients and caregivers/family in treatment planning and overcome barriers to the underutilization of LAIs. In addition, to foster long-term management as well as facilitate patient support and augment adherence, strategies to incorporate telemedicine should also be considered.

This CME Outfitters webcast features a collaboration with the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) regarding best practices for incorporating telemedicine in psychiatric management, and will focus on shared decision-making, patient education, and utilizing telemedicine to assist in treatment adherence and supporting patients with schizophrenia.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to:

• Engage in shared decision-making (SDM) strategies with patients with schizophrenia and their caregivers/family to develop patient-centered goals of treatment.
• Educate patients with schizophrenia about the safety and efficacy of LAIs in reducing symptom burden, restoring function, and improving quality of life (QoL).
• Evaluate the impact of continued telemedicine in assisting treatment adherence and supporting patients with schizophrenia.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Lundbeck.

Target Audience

Physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists specializing in psychiatry

Credit Information

Jointly Accredited Provider

In support of improving patient care, CME Outfitters, LLC, 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.

Physicians (ACCME):
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material 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.

Nurses (ANCC):
This activity is designated for 1.5 contact hour.

Note to Nurse Practitioners:
Nurse practitioners can apply for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). AANP will accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from Jointly Accredited Organizations. Nurse practitioners can also apply for credit through their state boards.

California Residents:
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. CME Outfitters LLC’s provider number is CEP15510.

Pharmacists (ACPE):
This application-based activity is approved for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit (JA0007185-0000-21-091-H01-P).

PAs (AAPA):
CME Outfitters, LLC, has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 12/30/2022. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

ABIM MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.5 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Royal College MOC:
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

MIPS Improvement Activity:
This activity counts towards MIPS Improvement Activity requirements under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.

Disclosure Declaration

It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this CE activity. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and attempted to resolve any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that these relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.

Dr. Correll reports that he receives grants and research support from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A, Inc. He reports that he is a consultant for AbbVie Inc.; Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Alkermes; Allergan; Angelini Pharma Inc.; Aristo Pharma; Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.; Damitsa; Gedeon Richter; Hikma Pharmaceuticals; IntraCellular Therapies; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc./ Johnson & Johnson; LB Pharmaceuticals.; Lundbeck; Medavante-ProPhase, Inc; MedinCell; Merck & Co., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation; Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.; Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Recordati; Rovi; Servier; Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.; Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.; and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; and Viatris Inc. He reports that his royalties are up to date.

Dr. Velligan reports that she receives grants from Alkermes and Biogen, Inc. She reports that she is on the speakers bureau for Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Inc. She reports that she is a consultant for Alkermes, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Lyndra Therapeutics, Inc.; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.; and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Dr. Yellowlees reports that he is a consultant for HIMS Inc.

Michael Franks, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC (peer reviewer) has no disclosures to report.

Marlon (Tony) Graham, MD (peer reviewer) has no disclosures to report.

Kashemi D. Rorie, PhD (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.

Evan Luberger (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.

Jan Perez (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.

Sharon Tordoff (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.

Disclosures were obtained from the CME Outfitters, LLC staff: No disclosures to report.

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