Presenter One: Disclosure of Conflict of Interest
The potential for conflicts of interest (COI) exists when an individual has the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity and has a financial relationship with a commercial interest,* the products or services of which are pertinent to the content of the educational activity. The NRE Nurse Planner is responsible for evaluating the presence or absence of conflicts of interest and
resolving any identified actual or potential conflicts of interest during the planning and implementation phases of an educational activity. If the NRE Nurse Planner has an actual or potential conflict of interest, he or she should recuse himself or herself from the role of Nurse Planner for the educational activity.
*Commercial interest, as defined by ANCC, is any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients, or an entity that is owned or controlled by an entity that produces, markets, resells, or distributes healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients. (Please reference the Content Integrity Standards for further
clarity.)
All individuals who have the ability to control or influence the content of an educational activity must disclose all relevant relationships** with any commercial interest, including but not limited to members of the Planning Committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers. Relevant
relationships must be disclosed to the learners during the time when the relationship is in effect and for 12 months afterward. All information disclosed must be shared with the participants/learners prior to the start of the educational activity.
**Relevant relationships, as defined by ANCC, are relationships with a commercial interest if the products or services of the commercial interest are related to the content of the educational activity.
• Relationships with any commercial interest of the individual’s spouse/partner may be relevantrelationships and must be reported, evaluated, and resolved.
• Evidence of a relevant relationship with a commercial interest may include but is not limited to receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (stock and stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds), grants, contracts, or other financial benefit directly or indirectly from the commercial interest.
• Financial benefits may be associated with employment, management positions, independent contractor relationships, other contractual relationships, consulting, speaking, teaching, membership on an advisory committee or review panel, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received or expected from the commercial interest.
For more information visit:
The UCLA Health Office of Compliance http://compliance.uclahealth.org/default.cfm
UCLA Health Conflict of Interest Policy HS 9009
http://www.mednet.ucla.edu/Policies/pdf/enterprise/HS9009.PDF
**The Disclosure of Conflict of Interest form is available here.