Equity In Home Infusion


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Health equity has become a priority for many health care providers and organizations since the COVID-19 pandemic when inequities in care became undeniably clear. However, health equity is not a new issue – it has been a barrier to care for many patients over the years. This article reviews the social determinants of health, the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. SDoH can be grouped into 5 domains: social and community context, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, education access and quality, and economic stability. The authors use examples from health care research to illustrate specific SDoHs and discuss how the home and alternate site infusion care model may address them. 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define health equity, health disparities and social determinants of health related to home infusion.
  2. Describe current legislative initiatives in support of health equity and how they impact the home infusion industry.
  3. Recall examples of social determinants of health and develop methods to improve health equity.

Christina Ritchey, MS RD LD CNSC FASPEN

Clinical Program Manager

Optum Infusion Pharmacy

Home Parenteral Nutrition Workshop Take Off: A Pilot Program for Patient Support 

Christina Ritchey, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FASPEN is a Clinical Program Manager at Optum Infusion Pharmacy. She is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician, working in the home infusion industry since 2009. She has authored numerous abstracts and publications related to nutrition support, outcomes, health equity and literacy. Christina is the recipient of the 2021 NHIF Outstanding Abstract Award and 2022 ASPEN Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Trailblazer award. Christina serves on the NHIA Clinical Practice Committee and ASPEN Publications and Membership Committees. She is also the President of the Texas Alamo Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

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Eintou Ford, MS, PharmD

Pharmacy Manager

UNC Homecare Specialist

She has experience as a clinical infusion pharmacist and in research laboratories. Ford has served as a preceptor for several pharmacy college students and has numerous publications and speaking engagements to her credit. She serves on NHIA's Education Committee and is a member of ASHP and the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. Ford received her B.S. in Biology from Norfolk State Univerity, graduating cum laude, a M.S. in Biology from North Carolina Central University, and a Pharm.D. from Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Buies Creek, North Carolina.

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