CME Snack

Population-Based Health in Practice: Addressing Health-Related Social Needs for Veteran Patients

Launch Date
12/14/2023
Credit Amount
0.5
Credit Expires
12/14/2025
This activity is part of a series

Faculty

Maia Carter, MD, MPH, FACHE
Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician
Public Sector
Maia Carter, MD, MPH, FACHE

Dr. Maia Carter is a board-certified internal medicine physician. Since 2011, she has worked in the public sector, first in Northern California and then Las Vegas.  She has led Primary Care Clinics across 8 unique locations in Southern Nevada. Dr. Carter is a leader in Virtual Care and works to help primary care teams implement virtual tools.

Dr. Carter is formerly an assistant professor at UNLV School of Medicine where she taught internal medicine resident physicians for several years. She is a board member and Fellow of the American College of HealthCare Executive (ACHE) Organization.  She is currently President- Elect and co-chairs the Diversity Equity and Inclusion ACHE Committee.

Dr. Carter is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan.  She attended Michigan State University and achieved a bachelor’s degree in Physiology in 2000.  She also was the recipient of the Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize for compassion and humanity.  She completed medical school and graduate school at The George Washington University graduating in 2005 with both a Medical Degree and a master’s degree in Public Health. She completed an Internal Medicine residency program at Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, California. Upon graduation in 2008, she completed a preventive cardiology fellowship at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City Missouri.

She enjoys circuit training exercise, dancing and spending time with her 2 daughters.

Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH, FACP
Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH, FACP

Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH, FACP, is a board-certified internal medicine physician and professor of medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, and her master’s in public health from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Washington completed a primary care internal medicine residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)-San Francisco General Hospital as well as the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program fellowship at UCLA and the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship.

Dr. Washington’s research has focused on the health care needs of groups that are marginalized or that are experiencing disproportionate disadvantages, particularly women, racial/ethnic minorities, veterans, and people with lower incomes. Dr. Washington is nationally recognized for her scholarly work on health care access, quality, and equity for these population groups and communities, and she has received numerous awards for her work.

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Statement of Need

Patients who are also Veterans present with a variety of complex health-related social needs (HRSN) that make accessing, receiving, and benefiting from clinical care challenging. An increasing number of veterans are now homeless, substance use disorders and suicide attempts are common among these patients, and there is a significant lack of access to critical mental health services, especially among young military veterans.  When examined intersectionally, Veteran patients who are also from racial/ethnic underserved communities and/or identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community are at even greater risk of adverse health outcomes. Patient perspectives bear this out, with Black and Hispanic men and women reporting worse self-rated health, greater Veterans’ Administration (VA) healthcare utilization, and more combat exposure than their White counterparts.

In this CMEO Snack, expert faculty will meet to discuss the unique needs of Veteran patients as well as practical strategies that can be integrated into clinical practice (such as cultural humility) to mitigate disparities in treatment and outcomes for this patient population.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the unique health-related social needs of Veteran patients and their impact on clinical care practices
  • Incorporate strategies into clinical practice to address the health-related social needs of Veteran patients and improve cultural humility

Financial Support

This program is supported by an independent medical education grant from CVS Health.

Target Audience

Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physician associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and other applicable health care clinicians

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.

Interprofessional (IPCE) 0.5

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit for learning and change.

Physicians (ACCME) 0.5

CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses (ANCC) 0.5

This activity is designated for 0.50 contact hours.

Pharmacists/Pharmacy Tech (ACPE) 0.5

This application-based activity is approved for 0.50 contact hours ( 0.05 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit ( JA0007185-0000-23-137-H01-T ).

Pharmacists (ACPE) 0.5

This application-based activity is approved for 0.50 contact hours ( 0.05 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit ( JA0007185-0000-23-137-H01-P ).

PAs (AAPA) 0.5

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CDR CPEU

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ABIM MOC 0.5

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 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.

MIPS Improvement Activity

Completion of this accredited CME activity meets the expectations of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program (IA_PSPA_28) for the Merit-based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.

Royal College MOC

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Disclosure Declaration

Dr. Carter reports no financial relationships to disclose.

Dr. Washington reports no financial relationships to disclose.

 

The following individuals have no financial relationships to disclose:

Marlon (Tony) Graham, MD (Peer Reviewer)
Michael Franks, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC (Peer Reviewer)
Morgan Stockberger, MD (Planning Committee)
Jessica Whelan, DNP, APRN, FPMHNP-BC, RN-BC (Planning Committee)
Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (Planning Committee)
Sandra Caballero, PharmD (Planning Committee)
Sharon Tordoff (Planning Committee)

Obtaining Credit

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Population-Based Health in Practice: Addressing Health-Related Social Needs for Veteran Patients
Event Date: 12/14/2023
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