Instilling Vaccine Confidence in Patients

The PQS Quality Corner Show talks with Jon​athan Little, PharmD, Research and Innovation Project Management Specialist at APhA Foundation and Tana N. Kaefer, PharmD,  Director of Clinical Services at Bremo Pharmacies about instilling vaccine confidence in pharmacy patients. 

In this episode, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, asks Little and Kaefer about key deterrents to vaccine confidence that pharmacists can address. Little and Kaefer also provide first hand examples of how they handle patient communications.

Project IMPACT: Vaccine Confidence was funded in part by a collaborative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — CoAg number 1 NU50CK000576-01-00. The CDC is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Contents of this podcast do not necessarily represent the CDC or HHS and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.

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Chapters

• 1:32 Introduction
• 6:00 What is Vaccine Confidence?
• 9:49 Determining Where the Patient is on the Scale of Vaccine Confidence
• 14:36 The Dos and Don’ts of Having this Patient Conversation
• 20:29 Patients who are Just Going to Say No
• 23:18 Conclusion