CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Optimizing Shingles Vaccine Uptake

Episode Summary

Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, MACP, and Laura P. Hurley, MD, MPH, discuss the risk for and burden of shingles, current vaccine recommendations, best practices to improve shingles vaccine uptake, and what insurance-related concerns may need to be addressed.

Episode Notes

Using common case scenarios, Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, MACP, and Laura P. Hurley, MD, MPH, discuss strategies for optimizing shingles vaccine uptake, including:

• The pathophysiology of shingles to better understand risk and burden
• CDC guidelines and ACIP shingles vaccine recommendations, including considerations for those who are immunocompromised 
• Strategies for optimizing shingles vaccine uptake no matter the clinical setting
• How to address shingles vaccine‒related adverse events 
• Addressing insurance-related concerns 

Presenters:

Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, MACP
Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
School of Medicine
Little Rock, Arkansas

Laura P. Hurley, MD, MPH
General Internist and Health Services Researcher
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of General Internal Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Link to downloadable slides:
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Link to full program:
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