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Exploring the Essential Features of “Martha Ndung’u – Innovative Cost-Conscious Prescriptive Decisions in Chronic Disease Treatment”
Speaker: Martha Ndung’u, PharmD
Duration: 2 Hours
Format: Audio and Video
Copyright: Mar 21, 2024
Media Type: Digital Seminar
Description
Be inspired to make positive changes in underserved and low-income healthcare, promoting cost-conscious decisions without sacrificing quality care. Martha Ndung’u, PharmD will share her expertise and passion for innovative cost-conscious prescriptive strategies, databases and tools for cost analysis, drug formulary selection, and real-world successes. You will be empowered with the knowledge and skills to make cost-conscious decisions in chronic disease treatment.
Speaker
Dr. Ndung’u is originally from Kenya and a love for helping others and science led her to pursue a career in pharmacy. She is especially passionate about public health and closing health disparity gaps in under-served communities.
She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy with an emphasis in global health from the University of Pittsburgh. While getting her doctorate, she also completed a public health fellowship focusing on providing health education at the Allegheny County Jail. She then completed a PGY-1 primary care residency at Touro University in partnership with the FQHC Lifelong Medical Care.
Her research ranges from global health, looking at the Namibian health care system and the self-care approach of patients with diabetes in Honduras, to local, assessing public healthcare perceptions among sub-Saharan African immigrants and medication access in minority populations in the United States. During the pandemic, she also did scholarly work in the scholarship of teaching and learning earning her the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ New Practitioner Achievement Award.
Dr. Ndung’u is currently an assistant professor of global health and health equity for the Grace Lamsam Program for the Underserved in the Department of Pharmacy & Therapeutics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She co-directs the Global Health Area of Concentration and co-directs pharmacy operations at the Birmingham Free Clinic where she also helps coordinate their PGY-2 residency in global health.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Martha Ndung’u has employment relationships with University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Martha Ndung’u is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American College of Clinical Pharmacists, and the National Pharmaceutical Association.
Objectives
- Explore the economic impact of chronic diseases and their management in underserved and low-income patients.
- Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of treatment options for chronic diseases.
- Discover innovative approaches to managing chronic diseases on a limited budget.
- Acquire practical tools and resources for making cost-conscious decisions in treatment.
Outline
Economic Impact of Chronic Diseases
- The burden of chronic diseases
- Significance of underserved and low-income healthcare
- Cost breakdown of managing chronic diseases
- Pharmacoequity: The challenges of cost-effective care
Cost-Effective Analysis
- Principles of cost-effectiveness analysis
- Case studies: Comparing treatment options
- Identifying high-value interventions
Innovative Strategies for Cost-Conscious Care
- Leveraging technology and community partnerships
- Collaborative care models
- Patient education and self-management
Real-World Success Stories
- Showcase cost-conscious programs
- Lessons learned from global healthcare initiatives
Practical Tools and Resources
- Accessible databases and tools for cost analysis
- Drug formulary selection and utilization
- Patient-centered decision-making
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