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4/14/26 - Medical Grand Rounds: Unpacking the Crisis: How Drug Shortages and Supply Chain Disruptions Impact Patient Care

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: 0.75

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

    • Assess the frequency of drug shortages.
    • Evaluate characteristics associated with drug shortages.
    • Describe how drug shortages can compromise patient care through treatment disruptions and adverse outcomes.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  1. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021;42:598-599
  2. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(4):e244246
  3. JAMA. 2024;332:1912-1922.

Authors:
Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS, FCCP — Professor & Associate Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Policy & Prescribing
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Research Health Scientist & Director
Center for Healthcare Evaluation, Research, and Promotion (CHERP), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Dr. Suda recieves grant/research support from AHRQ, NIH, and VA.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.