Future Opportunities in Pharmacy Practice-HIPAA/Privacy Rules: Practice and Research

Faculty

Jimmi Hatton Kolpek, PharmD, SCCP, SCCM, BCNSP, CCRC
Interim Chair, Pharmacy Practice and Science Department
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science Department
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center

Needs Statement

Research is moving from the hospitals into the communities at a growing pace. Investigational drugs are administered in ambulatory settings and even in emergency situations outside of the hospital setting. Pharmacists remain the “drug expert” resource for their patients and understanding how these types of research activities affect their lives is an important and evolving component of pharmaceutical care. The more informed we are as a profession about how research works in the community, the better we can serve our patients. In addition, pharmacists may find opportunities to engage in research projects within their community as a collaborator with other health care providers in advancing treatment options. The pharmacist’s knowledge of drug safety, monitoring needs and potential drug interactions between prescribed drugs and investigational drugs is valuable to the outcome of clinical trials.

Target Audience

Pharmacists

Objectives

1. Review the HIPPA and the Privacy Rule and its impact on pharmacy practice and;
2. Discuss the impact of HIPPA and the Privacy Rule on pharmacists’ contributions to community outreach research efforts of the future.

Accreditation

Pharmacy
The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This activity has been assigned ACPE # 022-000-07-143-H04-P and will award up to 1.00 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognize ACPE providers.

Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity.

Statements of credit will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest and requesting credit online at conclusion of the activity. The College complies with the Criteria for Quality for continuing education programming.

Faculty Disclosure

Dr. Hatton reports no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests of healthcare products or services related to this activity.