Bio-Conflict-Of-Interest-Form - Baromedical Nurses Association (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

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 Nurse Planner has an actual or potential conflict of interest, he or she should

recuse himself or herself from the role as 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.

Commercial Interest Organizations are ineligible for accreditation.

An organization is NOT a Commercial Interest Organization* if it is:

A government entity;

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A non-profit (503(c)) organization;

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A provider of clinical services directly to patients, including but not limited to hospitals,

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health care agencies and independent health care practitioners;

An entity the sole purpose of which is to improve or support the delivery of health care to

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patients, including but not limited to providers or developers of electronic health

information systems, database systems, and quality improvement systems;

A non-healthcare related entity whose primary mission is not producing, marketing or

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selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients.

Liability insurance providers

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Health insurance providers

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Group medical practices

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Acute care hospitals (for profit and not for profit)

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Rehabilitation centers (for profit and not for profit)

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Nursing homes (for profit and not for profit)

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Blood banks

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Diagnostic laboratories

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(*Reference: Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards of

Commercial Support, August 2007 ( ) - ANCC’s definition is intended to ensure

compliance with Food and Drug Administration Guidance on Industry-Supported Scientific and

Educational Activities and consistency with the ACCME definition)

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.

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Relationships with any commercial interest of the individual’s spouse/partner may be relevant

relationships and must be reported, evaluated, and resolved.

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