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Understanding and Addressing Healthcare Disparities
Health disparities refer to the differences in health and health care between groups of people. Health disparities disproportionately affect the morbidity and mortality of diseases according to someone's race, culture, environment, sex, age, socioeconomic status, etc. This online CME program will provide an insight into the definition of health disparities, the causes and methods to address them. The speaker will define the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services standards (CLAS) as outlined by the National Office of Minority Health. Also they will discuss how to use CLAS as a way to improve cultural competency and therefore reducing health disparities

Primary Cares: A Performance Improvement Initiative for Chronic Antiplatelet Therapy
"Primary Cares: A Performance Improvement Initiative for Chronic Antiplatelet Therapy" is an educational initiative that utilizes national experts in cardiology and primary care to educate primary care healthcare providers about the importance of adherence related to chronic antiplatelet therapy. This performance improvement (PI) initiative closes the educational and performance gaps that are associated with nonadherence at the provider level. This national initiative will improve chronic antiplatelet therapy adherence by combining three important aspects: 1) physician and ancillary provider education on antiplatelet therapy, 2) patient education regarding antiplatelet therapy and the importance of adherence, and 3) a participant-specific performance improvement plan that incorporates self-assessment data into the way they monitor patient adherence.

Achieving Guidelines-Based Care: Preventing Venous Thromboembolism in Orthopedic Surgery Patients
This on-demand webcast features a live keynote address from the Former Surgeon General of the United States, Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, highlighting his Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism. Faculty will review the interaction among federal agencies in developing venous thromboembolism (VTE) guidelines and provide insight into how regulatory changes such as ?never events? affect clinical practice, compare and contrast VTE guidelines, discuss risk-benefit profiles of current anticoagulation agents, introduce emerging anticoagulants, and present strategies for optimal VTE prophylaxis via interactive case discussions.

Mastering Valuable Hands On Procedures
Family physicians, FNPs and PAs often see patients with conditions that require the performance of a minor office procedure. Too often, many patients are referred out of the practice. Learn the benefits of adding these simple procedures to your practice. This CME online program will demonstrate the indications and contraindications for joint and soft-tissue injections and aspirations. Also the program will address the common techniques used to perform skin biopsies.

Fundamentals of Healthcare Epidemiology: Essentials for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adapted their Training Course in Healthcare Epidemiology to a one-day curriculum. The following activity consists of recordings from training courses that took place in March and October 2009. The curriculum includes case studies supplemented with lectures and seminars covering fundamental aspects of healthcare epidemiology, including: * Outbreak Investigation & Management * Prevention Strategies for Healthcare-Associated Infections: A review of the SHEA-IDSA Compendium * Environmental Hygiene & Disinfection and Sterilization * Isolation Precautions * Epidemiology & Surveillance * Antimicrobial Stewardship * California Mandates for Infection Control and Public Reporting

Welchol On-demand National Webcasts

This program consists of two on-demand webcasts:
1. Efficacy and Safety of Colesevelam Hydrochloride in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Inadequate Glycemic Control on Insulin-Based Therapy, presented by Dr. Ronald B. Goldberg; and
2. Type 2 Diabetes and Primary Hyperlipidemia in the Modern Era: Crossroads of Two Cardiovascular Risk Factors, presented by Dr. Yehuda Handelsman

REMS: What Do You Need to Know as a Prescriber? Experiences With the First Opioid REMS Program
Program Goals: Explain the evolution of REMS and provide the Company?s and Clinician?s perspectives ? Provide an overview of the implications of REMS programs for Clinicians, Patients, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers ? Review the key elements of the first opioid REMS Program, including the education materials, prescriber enrollment, patient counseling, and prescription process .

XIAFLEX(TM) Training Webcast
To learn more about XIAFLEX(R) (collagenase clostridium histolyticum), please register for an upcoming training Webcast.

The VON U EXPERIENCE: Case-Based Learning Outside the Box
Two interactive case-based webcasts hosted by Dr. Garrett Bergman, Senior Director of Medical Affairs at CSL Behring. Participants may engage with presenters and colleagues via polling and case review. Questions will be addressed throughout the program and may be submitted online or over the telephone.

XIAFLEX(R) Xpert Insights Webcast
Each program will last approximately 45 minutes and will be presented by faculty experienced in the administration of XIAFLEX. See the program schedule and faculty list for additional details.

An Advance in Multimodal Analgesic Therapy
As an NP or PA with high patient contact, you are in a unique position to help treat moderate to severe acute pain in your patients and to address their concerns regarding efficacy and side effects of acute pain medications. This 40-minute program will provide information that may help you to more effectively manage moderate to severe acute pain in your patients, while also addressing their concerns about side effects resulting from opioid analgesic medications.

Gout and Hyperuricemia: A Nephrology Perspective ON-DEMAND WEBCAST

Prebiotics in Infant Nutrition: Facts and Emerging Evidence
An educational overview of prebiotics hosted by two distinguished global key opinion leaders.