This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care summarizes proceedings from a roundtable meeting that was conducted to identify quality gaps around transitions of care and explore ways to improve transitions of care, particularly for patients with or at risk for thromboembolic disease.
Please see page S80 in this publication for faculty disclosure information.
This publication was prepared by James Borwick and Kara Guarini, MS, on behalf of The American Journal of Managed Care.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
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Participating faculty received an honorarium for their attendance at the roundtable meeting and for providing their perspectives.
Faculty
Gary M. Owens, MD—Moderator
President
Gary Owens Associates
Ocean View, Delaware
Claudia Fine, MSW, MPH
Chief of Professional Services
Humana Cares/SeniorBridge
Humana
New York, New York
Darrell W. Harrington, MD
Associate Medical Director, Education
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine,
Los Angeles, California
Alan K. Jacobson, MD, FACC
Director of Anticoagulation Services
Cardiology Section
VA Loma Linda HealthCare System
Loma Linda, California
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California
Geno J. Merli, MD
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Co-Director
Jefferson Vascular Center
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edith Nutescu, PharmD, FCCP
Clinical Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy
Co-Director, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacoeconomic Research
College of Pharmacy
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Clinical Director, Antithrombosis Clinic
Co-Director, Pharmacogenomics Service
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
Chicago, Illinois
Kenneth L. Schaecher, MD, FACP, CPC
Medical Director
SelectHealth
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, BSN, CDONA/LTC, FACDONA
Director
Clinical Affairs
AMDA — Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine
Columbia, Maryland
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Assistant Vice President
Medical Director
Baptist Health Medical Group
Coral Gables, Florida
Albert L. Waldo, MD
The Walter H. Pritchard Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
Faculty Disclosures
These faculty report relationships with the following organizations:
Claudia Fine, MSW, MPH
Employment/stock ownership: Humana
Darrell W. Harrington, MD
Grants: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer
Honoraria: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Alan K. Jacobson, MD, FACC
Consultant/paid advisory board: Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Pfizer
Honoraria/lecture fees: Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Pfizer
Geno J. Merli, MD
Consultant/grants: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, sanofi-aventis
Research support: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Portola Pharmaceuticals, sanofi-aventis
Edith Nutescu, PharmD, FCCP
Consultant/paid advisory board/grants: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Consultant/paid advisory board: American Regent, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Novo Nordisk
Lecture fees: American Regent, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Creative Educational Concepts, Inc, Forest, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer
Albert L. Waldo, MD
Consultant: AtriCure, Biosense Webster, Biotronik, CardioInsight, ChanRx, Daiichi Sankyo, Gilead Sciences, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, St. Jude Medical, Inc
Researcher: Gilead Sciences
Speaker: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis
Gary M. Owens, MD; Kenneth L. Schaecher, MD, FACP, CPC; and Jacqueline Vance, RNC, BSN, CDONA/LTC, FACDONA, report no relationship or financial interest with any entity that would pose a conflict of interest with the subject matter of this supplement.
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