| BENEFITS OF AN API STRATEGY FOR VALUE BASED HEALTHCARE | | | | Massive changes in healthcare delivery, regulation, and payment make access to data, connectivity and integration more important than ever. Join this webinar to learn how Red Hat® integration technologies and standards-based hardware from Intel® provide healthcare business value beyond tradi... | | |
| INFORMATION-SHARING BY HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIONS: MANAGING ANTITRUST RISK | | | | This CLE webinar will provide guidance for healthcare counsel on antitrust violations that can arise when competitors share information either related to a partnership through a joint venture, ACO or merger. The panel will offer insights and guidance on the limitations of exchanging information and ... | | |
| CMS FINAL MACRA RULE | | | | This topic will present a summary of MACRA's background, the policy objectives, and the requirements expressed in the final rule. It will examine the changes to the existing Medicare reimbursement programs and provider practice decision-making surrounding Merit-Based Payment Incentive System (MI... | | |
| EXPLORING BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES WITH RIDESHARING | | | | During this webinar, discover how Allscripts, Ascension, Sutter Health, and Lyft have partnered to minimize missed appointments and no-shows while lowering costs and increasing patient satisfaction. Examine insights gleaned from analyzing why patients, particularly those with chronic conditions, hav... | | |
| HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS: MAXIMIZING ROI FROM AZURE INVESTMENTS | | | | Microsoft and CitiusTech will walk you through the issues healthcare organizations typically face in their cloud journey, including HIPAA security, ROI, governance, lack of expertise etc., and present some best practices on how to address these issues with Microsoft Azure. In addition to real-life c... | | |
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| SECURING HEALTHCARE PAYMENTS WITH PCI-VALIDATED POINT-TO-POINT ENCRYPTION | | | | Healthcare data breaches show no signs of slowing. 2017 was a record year for data breaches, with 374 reported in the healthcare sector, compromising over 5 million patient records. At an average cost of $380 per record for healthcare organizations, a breach can be financially devastating while also... | | |
| TRANSFORM THE DIGITAL PATIENT EXPERIENCE WITH CRM | | | | Join Salesforce experts to hear how leading healthcare organizations are using customer relationship management (CRM) to connect with patients and providers in a whole new way. Learn how NYU Langone Health is using Salesforce Health Cloud to support a first-of-its-kind clinical affairs patient acces... | | |
| DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: THE INDUSTRY’S NEXT MEDICAL MIRACLE | | | | Mobile clinic services. Remote consulting. Automated Workflows. Telehealth. Internet of Things. Look behind the scenes of high-quality patient care and you’ll likely see digital technologies both as an enabler of transformation—and a catalyst for patient safety and security risks. How ca... | | |
| CREATING CLINICAL VALUE: 4 STEPS TO DRIVE CHANGE AND IMPROVE CARE | | | | Over the last 10-15 years, hospitals and health systems have spent millions of dollars to implement EHR systems. Yet, despite the investment in technologies promising bottom line improvements and greater efficiencies, many organizations have not seen their cost of care decrease or efficiency improve... | | |
| NURSING INFORMATICS 101: DEVELOPING AN ENGAGED NURSING INFORMATICS CULTURE | | | | What are nurse informaticists and why do they hold such importance in the healthcare setting? As the mediators between patient care and health IT, these clinicians are vital for the successful delivery of care. Whether you are in the beginning stages of your nursing career or seasoned in the field, ... | | |
| IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY | | | | With 3.7 million medical devices in use today, medical device management has risen as a major healthcare concern. Effective management is hampered by information silos, limited budgets for medical device security, and the failure to capture critical data. HIMSS and Unisys conducted a joint survey to... | | |
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| IMPROVING PATIENT SATISFACTION THROUGH DATA ANALYTICS AND AGGREGATION | | | | Many of America’s most successful enterprises have learned that they live in a data economy and that using advanced analytics to monetize their data assets is the best way to achieve peak business health. Whether non-profit or for-profit, healthcare enterprises that learn how to use the full c... | | |
| ETHICAL HEALTH INFORMATICS | | | | The health care and health information systems are complex and there are many ethical problems that professionals must deal with at work. This topic is important for health information management (HIM and HIT), health informatics, public health, and healthcare professionals, including physicians and... | | |
| HIPAA RISK ASSESSMENT | | | | Gain a better understanding of how to discuss and describe HIPAA Risk Assessments. Although many HIPAA covered entities and business associates are familiar with the Security Rule but all-too-often, these entities have deficient risk assessments for a myriad reason including that they are outdated, ... | | |
| HIPAA SECURITY BREACH RESPONSE PLAN | | | | Many covered entities and business associates who are required to comply with HIPAA as well as other federal and state law requirements protecting the privacy and security of patient information still misunderstand when an incident rises to the level of a Breach and what the required responses are. ... | | |
| HEALTHCARE 2022: HOW MOBILE TECHNOLOGY WILL ELEVATE FUTURE PATIENT CARE | | | | Hospitals around the globe are investing in mobile computers and it’s redefining the way healthcare is delivered. Zebra commissioned three global research studies focused on nurse managers, IT executives and recently hospitalized patients to better understand the role of technology in acute ca... | | |
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| KEY WAYS TO IMPROVE THE PATIENT FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE | | | | This webinar will discuss a recent study on the state of consumer engagement and how consumers are engaging differently with hospitals and health systems on their financial responsibility. In addition, attendees will learn key ways that outsourcing the management of patient collections can help heal... | | |
| BEYOND THE HYPE: A PRIMER ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTHCARE | | | | What is a blockchain? More importantly, what can it do for healthcare, and why does it matter? Learn why everyone is talking about this next-generation technology and how to identify the right use cases for your organization in this introductory session for financial professionals. Experts from Chan... | | |
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| ENGAGING IN THE JOURNEY OF VALUE-BASED HEALTHCARE | | | | This session will build off the February session on the drivers of the total cost of care by highlighting the economics that influences healthcare today and how the transition to more value-based focus is necessary to bend the curve of healthcare costs and deliver more affordable and sustainable hea... | | |
| EMERGING IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON HEALTHCARE IT
| | | | Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are having a profound impact on how insights are generated from healthcare data. Commercial efforts like IBM Watson and Google’s TensorFlow application have enabled new possibilities for generating value from clinical big data.... | | |
| OVERCOME THE IT SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING HEALTHCARE | | | | Attacks on medical devices and medical infrastructure are increasing much faster than cyber-attacks overall because the market value of medical information is 10 to 20 times that of other personal or financial information. The attack surface is huge and growing. Join our webinar and learn from two e... | | |
| ADVANCING NURSING INFORMATICS: FROM LEARNER TO LEADER | | | | Nursing informatics (NI) is the gateway between IT, patient care and the interprofessional clinical team. As a broad specialty ranging from NI specialists to chief nursing informatics officers (CNIOs), it is important that careers in this field are recognized and valued in all healthcare settings. T... | | |
| STRESS REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR TEENS | | | | This rapid-fire, Edu-training and practical content will focus on the most central issues in understanding, preventing and mitigating stress reactions in teens. The focus will be on providing evidence-based and cost-effective strategies for (1) promoting resilience and (2) limiting the toxic impact ... | | |
| STORE, PROTECT AND OPTIMIZE YOUR HEALTHCARE DATA | | | | US healthcare reform, increasing patient expectations, exponential data growth, and the threat of cyber-attacks are forcing healthcare providers to re-evaluate their data management strategies. Healthcare providers are responding to these demands by leveraging Amazon’s AWS Cloud to enforce lif... | | |
| PATIENT-CENTERED COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL HOSPITAL | | | | Join this webinar and hear from Humber River Hospital and Avaya on the importance of patient-centered communication in the digital hospital to deliver the high-quality care, outcomes and experiences patients expect and deserve. During this webinar, you’ll learn about: The communication challen... | | |
| ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS AUDIT TRAILS | | | | Gain an understanding of the audit trails that are involved within electronic medical records for liability reasons. All who are involved in medical malpractice litigation (lawyers, health care risk managers, claims professionals, medical licensing agents) know how important the record is in evaluat... | | |
| CONSUMERISM IN HEALTHCARE REVOLUTIONIZING PROVIDER MODELS | | | | Consumerism in healthcare, driven by trends toward high deductible insurance plans, is rapidly changing the IT, revenue cycle and operating requirements of healthcare Providers. Focusing on new IT solutions addressing consumer engagement, private payments, consumer data access and marketing/advertis... | | |
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| HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY AND TAX REFORM | | | | This CLE/CPE webinar will provide guidance to healthcare counsel on the impact of tax reform on the healthcare industry. The first major tax reform legislation since the 1980s dramatically changes the U.S. tax system. The changes in the tax law will have significant implications for the healthcare i... | | |
| DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN HEALTHCARE | | | | We are entering an era of digital transformation in healthcare that is fueled by the convergence and unprecedented adoption of technologies that focus on Mobile, Cloud, Big Data, and the Internet of Things. This translates to more cloud and hybrid deployments of IT infrastructure. The ne... | | |
| BEST PRACTICES FOR HEALTHCARE BUSINESS SPEND MANAGEMENT | | | | The healthcare business structure presents very limited avenues for cost control. With two of the largest areas of spend (labor and pharmaceuticals) being essential components of quality patient care, it can be very challenging to maximize the value of every dollar spent. In addressing this issue, m... | | |
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| EMERGING DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT C. DIFFICILE INFECTION CONTROL | | | | Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a highly problematic healthcare-associated infection that is easily spread and often results in poor outcomes and high costs. Furthermore, the epidemiology of C. diff is changing, with increases in both incidence and severity in recent years. According to CDC, C. d... | | |
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| NURSES RESPONSIBILITY TO SELF-PROTECTION: REPORTING HIGH RISK SITUATIONS | | | | Although all nurses attend orientation programs and continuing nursing education in their practice setting, learning is not enough. Nurses are often exposed to wide variations in practice and unstandardized care in real life, and sometimes are asked to perform tasks that may seem reasonable given th... | | |
| UPDATE TO HEALTHCARE BACKGROUND SCREENING AND HOW TO REDUCE HIRING RISK | | | | Employer liability begins long before an employee's first day on the job. One of the most precarious, litigious and misunderstood components of the employee life-cycle is the proper and ever-changing background screening process, especially in healthcare screening. Here is your opportunity to ge... | | |
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| POST-ANESTHESIA PATIENT CARE | | | | Most people think that morbid and lethal events associated with anesthesia only occur in the operating room. In fact, nearly 25% of those events happen in the recovery room, and many of them go on to become lawsuits. The crucial factors associated with bad outcomes can be separated into anesthetic a... | | |
| FINDING A SOLUTION TO HEALTHCARE’S PATIENT MATCHING PROBLEM
| | | | Patient matching errors can cause unnecessary harm to individuals trying to access care by hindering effective care coordination and utilization of care services. A multitude of common problems ranging from incorrect and missing information to variation in data standardization and formatting makes t... | | |
| BEST PRACTICES IN PREVENTING CREDENTIAL PHISHING IN HEALTHCARE
| | | | Email attacks and phishing attacks are not going away any time soon. According to the 2017 HIMSS Healthcare IT Cybersecurity Study, almost 90% of all U.S. respondents report that phishing, and education about phishing, represent their top vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement. Join us fo... | | |
| REAL-TIME PROCESS CONTROL FOR HEALTHY, HIGH-PURITY WATER SYSTEMS
| | | | Current water testing methods pose a risk to products because, oftentimes, the results are not available at the time the water is used. This webcast will discuss current regulations and the implementation of a new class of instrumentation, online water bioburden analyzers (OWBAs), on high-purity wat... | | |
| HEART FAILURE: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE FROM PROGNOSIS TO MANAGEMENT
| | | | We are in the midst of a heart failure pandemic. There have been advances in medical and device therapy for patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. In vitro diagnostic testing has been important in establishing prognosis as well as a guide to management.&nbs... | | |
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| SOFTWARE TESTING AND COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS | | | This is a recording of a webinar: Addressing the Software Testing & Compliance Challenges For Healthcare Providers with the Move to Cloud Computing. The webinar covers:
- The Needs of the Healthcare Industry
- Why does the Cloud Change Everything?
- Overview of the Inflectra... | | |
| ADVANCED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME ON HEALTH INNOVATION
| | | | The Advanced Management Programme in Health Innovation Management (AMP-HIM) will be delivered by Imperial College Business School, IESE Business School and Copenhagen Business Schools. The programme allows seasoned professionals to engage in intense debate with top-tier colleagues and faculty member... | | |
| HEALTHCARE SIMULATION WEBINAR
| | | | The Healthcare Simulation Webinar Series are free, live webinar series focused on advancement in Healthcare Simulation and on the challenges and trends associated with Simulation in the clinical setting. Each webinar was facilitated by Director of California Simulation Alliance (CSA) at the Californ... | | |
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| UNDERSTANDING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN RURAL AMERICA
| | | | Did you know rural racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to have a usual source of care? These and other unique health challenges experienced by rural racial and ethnic populations are often overlooked in conversations on rural health. The recent MMWR report, Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities ... | | |
| TAKING A MULTI-CHANNEL APPROACH TO PATIENT ACCESS
| | | | Patients typically interact with a health system through more than one entry point, so developing an integrated patient access strategy is essential for delivering a consistent experience across channels and matching patients with providers in an optimal way. In this webinar, patient access leaders ... | | |
| LIMITATIONS AND BENEFITS OF IMMUNOFIXATION | | | | Monoclonal Gammopathies (MG) are characterized by chromosomal aberration of B-cells or plasma cells resulting in benign or malignant proliferation of the affected clone. The product of such clone, a monoclonal protein, is an essential laboratory marker for the detection, identification and classific... | | |
| TELEHEALTH-ON-DEMAND-WEBINARS | | | | Although telehealth has been around for years, patients aren't always aware of the array of virtual services available to them. In short: It's up to health systems to make telehealth capabilities known. A number of health systems are no longer looking to merely implement telehealth solutions... | | |
| MULTIPARAMETER CELL CYCLE ANALYSIS
| | | | Most cell cycle assays amount to counting cells and/or measuring DNA content and deconvolving the resulting histogram into G1, S, G2+M, or G1, S, G2, and M. Considerable effort has been put to correlating DNA content with RNA, protein, or specific epitopes to determine or discover additional c... | | |
| MULTIPARAMETER CELL CYCLE ANALYSIS
| | | | Most cell cycle assays amount to counting cells and/or measuring DNA content and deconvolving the resulting histogram into G1, S, G2+M, or G1, S, G2, and M. Considerable effort has been put to correlating DNA content with RNA, protein, or specific epitopes to determine or discover additional c... | | |
| FLOW CYTOMETRIC APPROACH TO PROBIOTIC CELL COUNTING AND ANALYSIS
| | | | The complexity of the manufacturing process of probiotic supplements, along with increased demand and strict criteria for quality, potency and safety, in accordance to FDA regulations, necessitates that manufacturers continue to improve production processes that increase productivity and efficiency.... | | |
| MOSAIC COMMUNITY MICROBIOME CHALLENGE: STRAINS
| | | | Join the Mosaic Community Challenge: Strains, which is open through Feb. 28, 2018. Take part in a community effort to advance computational data analyses capabilities while also testing and refining your tools and applications. DNAnexus together with the Janssen Human Microbiome Institute is hosting... | | |
| ER AND URGENT CARE MISTAKES TO AVOID
| | | | During the holiday season, approximately 15,000 people will visit the Emergency Room or an urgent care clinic after being injured while putting up holiday decorations. Still others will become ill while visiting relatives and need to see a doctor. In this November 2016 webinar, Dr. Eric Bricker will... | | |
| ACCURATE ANTIBODY MOLECULAR MODELING ENABLES EPITOPE DETERMINATION
| | | | The importance of antibody discovery and engineering for pharmaceutical development has grown significantly over the past two decades. During the past few years, modeling tools for antibody discovery and engineering have been developed, taking advantage of the structural knowledge existing in the pr... | | |
| THE MYSTERIES OF HEALTHCARE PRICING REVEALED
| | | | In this webinar, Dr. Bricker will explain the complex origins of 1) physician professional fees; 2) insulin price inflation and 3) the 5+ different types of cardiac stress tests and how they impact employer health plan costs. | | |
| THE REINVENTION OF HEALTHCARE TALENT MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
| | | | In this webinar replay, David Wilkins, chief marketing officer for HealthcareSource, shares insights on modern approaches to help you reinvent your healthcare organization’s HR approach to improve quality of hire. He will also highlight examples of forward-thinking hospitals who are succeeding... | | |
| PRESCRIPTION COST ROUNDUP - SUCCESS & FAILURES ADDRESSING DRUG INFLATION
| | | | Can Make Specialty Pharmacy Drugs More Affordable Why Healthcare Doesn't Deliver in a Click & Ship World Best Practices for Creating Health Plan Moments of Magic How Essilor Doubled Healthcare Plan Utilization in 12 Months Prescription Cost Roundup - Success & Failures Addressing Drug In... | | |
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| HEALTHCARE TALENT MANAGEMENT TRENDS FOR 2018
| | | | There’s no doubt that 2018 is a challenging time to be in healthcare talent management. The talent gaps have made it extremely difficult to recruit and retain talent for leadership and individual contributor roles alike. As we head into the new year, some key trends are taking shape to address... | | |
| IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING COMPETENCIES IN THE MODERN HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE | | | | The modern health care environment is dynamic and patient-centric. In order to provide the kind of high-quality care needed in today’s health care environment, your workforce not only needs to possess a distinctive set of competencies, but also must continually improve and develop their compet... | | |
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| WHY HEALTHCARE DOESN'T DELIVER IN A CLICK & SHIP WORLD
| | | | Employees are used to being able to purchase items on the Internet with a few clicks of a mouse and have them arrive on their doorstep the next day. Unfortunately, shopping for healthcare is more complicated and the tools and services that many companies offer don't give employees the “Ama... | | |
| PRECISION MEDICINE MOVED CLOSER TO MAINSTREAM
| | | | The past year highlighted the many aspects of precision medicine, showed that there are more emerging, and recognized oft-mentioned obstacles, such as high costs as well as clinical, financial, technological and cultural concerns. Major health systems like Geisinger and the Cleveland Clinic broadene... | | |
| HOW COMPANIES CAN MAKE SPECIALTY PHARMACY DRUGS MORE AFFORDABLE | | | | Most employers spend nearly 20 percent of their overall healthcare budget on prescriptions -- and for the second straight year, employers ranked specialty pharmacy as the main cause of health plan cost increases, according to a recent survey by the National Business Group on Health. In this webinar,... | | |
| WHY HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION IS ESSENTIAL TO LOWERING HEALTHCARE COSTS
| | | | Healthcare is complicated and employers need a solution that not only removes the healthcare hassle for their employees but also lowers healthcare costs. In this month’s webinar, Dr. Eric Bricker, Compass’ Chief Medical Officer, will discuss factors employers should consider when selecti... | | |
| THE MYSTERIES OF HEALTHCARE PRICING REVEALED | | | | In this webinar, Dr. Bricker will explain the complex origins of 1) physician professional fees; 2) insulin price inflation and 3) the 5+ different types of cardiac stress tests and how they impact employer health plan costs. | | |
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| BEST PRACTICES FOR CREATING HEALTH PLAN MOMENTS OF MAGIC | | | | A Health Plan Moment of Truth occurs any time an employee interacts with an employer’s health plan. To create amazing health plan experiences, Human Resources staff need to turn Health Plan Moments of Truth into Moments of Magic. | | |
| WHY HEALTHCARE DOESN'T DELIVER IN A CLICK & SHIP WORLD | | | | Employees are used to being able to purchase items on the Internet with a few clicks of a mouse and have them arrive on their doorstep the next day. Unfortunately, shopping for healthcare is more complicated - and the tools and services that many companies offer don't give employees the “A... | | |
| HOW COMPANIES CAN MAKE SPECIALTY PHARMACY DRUGS MORE AFFORDABLE | | | | Most employers spend nearly 20 percent of their overall healthcare budget on prescriptions - and for the second straight year, employers ranked specialty pharmacy as the main cause of health plan cost increases, according to a recent survey by the National Business Group on Health. | | |
| TOP POINTS OF CONFUSION IN EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLANS | | | | Our Compass Health Pro team has looked at thousands of benefit plans in our system and has identified the top areas that lead to employee confusion with health benefits. In this webinar, Dr. Eric Bricker, Compass Chief Medical Officer, discusses Common health benefits confusion points, Steps employe... | | |
| WHY HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION IS ESSENTIAL TO LOWERING HEALTHCARE COSTS | | | | Healthcare is complicated - and employers need a solution that not only removes the health care hassle for their employees but also lowers healthcare costs. In this month’s webinar, Dr. Eric Bricker, Compass’ Chief Medical Officer, will discuss factors employers should consider when sele... | | |
| POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT FROM THE HOME HEALTH PERSPECTIVE | | | | During this webinar, you will learn from a Home Health collaboration with an insurer to improve the health of the underserved and non-homebound population (ideal for Medicaid patient populations) and explore strategies and interventions to successfully reduce hospital admissions and Emergency Depart... | | |
| REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURAL COMPETENCE | | | | Explore cultural competency and what it means to be a culturally competent organization – both legal (e.g., Joint Commission, CLAS Standards, Title IV) and social implications (e.g., improving patient experience). Discover which organizational areas are key to improving patient outcomes ... | | |
| THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF CAREGIVING: WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW NOW | | | | The goal of this presentation is to take your current caregiver role to a more positive, enriched and life-changing experience. We will explore the challenges we face as professional and family caregivers and help you put them in a perspective that is comfortable and enlightening. | | |
| UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS: A MANAGED CARE PERSPECTIVE | | | | One method of defining underserved populations is the seven-point definition used in the current "Index for Primary Care Shortage," which categorizes underserved populations based on characteristics including race, ethnicity, geography, and health outcomes. | | |
| HOSPITAL DISCHARGE & RURAL TRANSITIONS PLANNING | | | | During this webinar, you’ll learn how an enhanced discharge and rural transitions model incorporate the patient’s perspective and build on community strengths to support a patient’s transition back home and back into the natural systems of support. | | |
| LONG-TERM NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA | | | | This educational webinar will provide information and data on how a traumatic event(s) in a person’s life, even as a child, can have chronic lasting effects with development and functioning. Participants will learn the sources of potential trauma and complex trauma for individuals served in he... | | |
| EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR THE HOME HEALTH PATIENT WITH HEART FAILURE | | | | This webinar will provide detailed interdisciplinary information and resources to facilitate accurate exercise prescription and dosing in the home health setting for the patient with heart failure. A clinical decision-making guide will assist in the determination of course of care – restorativ... | | |
| THE MILLION HEARTS TOOLBOX FOR HYPERTENSION CONTROL & BEYOND | | | | During this webinar, evidence-based tools and resources for hypertension control including a comprehensive quality improvement change package, standardized treatment protocols, and self-measured blood pressure monitoring will be highlighted. Related cardiovascular disease prevention tools will be in... | | |
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| MAINTENANCE THERAPY FOR HOME HEALTH PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE | | | | During this free webinar, guest experts Dee Kornetti & Cindy Krafft of Kornetti & Krafft Health Care Solutions will share clear and concise information about the do’s & don’ts of the home health maintenance therapy provision specifically regarding the heart failure population... | | |
| TREATING THE WHOLE PATIENT, NOT JUST THE DISEASE | | | | All About You! Primarily serves a high-risk, underserved patient population and has developed an innovative model that addresses patient non-adherence in order to improve outcomes. During this free, 1-hour webinar appropriate for agency leadership and clinicians, you’ll learn more about the fo... | | |
| MEALS ON WHEELS: DELIVERING HEALTH, INDEPENDENCE, AND FOOD | | | | This educational webinar presented by the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign (HHQI) will discuss emerging research on the homebound older adult population, healthcare usage trends, as well as ways in which Meals on Wheels America and member programs are working innovatively to support... | | |
| CREATING DEMENTIA CAPABLE SYSTEMS OF HEALTHCARE | | | | This educational webinar will discuss ways your organization and clinicians can improve the care of dementia patients in the community setting. Debra Cherry, BA, MA, Ph.D., Executive Vice President of Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles, will share how to use components from a Dementia Cal MediCon... | | |
| TRANSFORM YOUR PRACTICE WITH SPEECH-ENABLED EHR | | | | Dr. Ravi will demonstrate how he uses Medics FlowText from ADS with Dragon Medical for the seamless, automated inputting of text into the patient’s record as part of dictating the report, and how this capability has greatly increased productivity at his practice. | | |
| COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN IMPLEMENTING AN EHR | | | | Implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system in any practice can be daunting, but pitfalls can be avoided by knowing the mistakes made by others before you! Michael A. Zegar, the Central Jersey Director at New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC), has personally ... | | |
| THE BIGGEST THREAT TO YOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE | | | | Hacking for ransom is a growing cyber threat to local healthcare providers. Ransomware is a type of software that hackers use to hold data hostage by blocking access to files unless business owners agree to pay the ransom. | | |
| CLOUD SERVICES IN HEALTHCARE | | | | A recent HIMSS Analytics survey of cloud adoption in healthcare automation found that 83% of IT executives report they are using cloud services today with another 9.3% planning to do so in the future. | | |
| BEST PRACTICES FOR COLLECTING PATIENT PAYMENTS | | | | Watch this free on-demand webinar, "Best Practices for Collecting Patient Payments." The webinar is hosted by Ben Buchanan, TSYS Director, Health Relationship Management. Ben has led Healthcare Relationship and Product Management for more than 8 years, helping practices increase patient re... | | |
| 9 WAYS TO PREVENT A RANSOMWARE ATTACK TO YOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE | | | | More and more, ransomware has emerged as a major threat to healthcare. Watch this brief 30-minute educational webinar, presented by Fernando Sosa, Managing Partner & HIPAA-certified technology consultant at HaonTech.com, LLC / WorryFreeMD, to learn everything you need to know to keep your practi... | | |
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| PHYSICIAN TRANSITION PLANS | | | | One of your physicians wants to go part-time or take less call. What should you do? Best-selling author and national healthcare consultant Deborah Walker Keegan, Ph.D., FACMPE shares strategies to help you develop a transition plan now. | | |
| INNOVATIVE STAFFING FOR THE MEDICAL PRACTICE | | | | Create the right care team for your medical practice – one that is current with today’s delivery system and optimizes provider productivity, efficiency, practice profitability, staff recruitment and patient value. | | |
| TWENTY TIPS FOR MEDICAL PRACTICE COMPLIANCE | | | | With compliance plans made mandatory in the coming years under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, practice administrators know that having a compliance plan is essential but most wonder what to include. | | |
| THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL ON PATIENT HEALTH | | | | This webinar will assist practices in understanding the impact of alcohol on the health of the populations they serve and will provide practical, currently utilized steps to offering alcohol screening and brief intervention as a routine preventive health service. | | |
| DEALING WITH THE DISRUPTIVE PHYSICIAN | | | | Have you ever dealt with a disruptive physician in a medical practice? We understand it can be a delicate topic, so we asked the experts for their professional and legal perspective and they have spoken. Attend this webinar to develop a comprehensive prevention plan and to establish a culture of coo... | | |
| THE PERILS AND PITFALLS OF VALUE-BASED CONTRACTING | | | | Whether it’s bundled payments, shared savings agreements or capitation plans, value-based contracts are becoming more and more the norm. This session will include practical tips to help evaluate and negotiate these newer reimbursement models. | | |
| TOOLS AND TACTICS TO IMPLEMENT TEAM-BASED CARE | | | | You might feel like you’re on a hamster wheel every day and can’t seem to get off of it. Everyone on your team is exhausted, overworked and burned out. What if everyone broke out of their personal silos and worked together to more cohesively and collaboratively support patient care toget... | | |
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| FOUR WAYS TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE PATIENT RETENTION | | | | Attracting and retaining patients is an ongoing challenge for all medical practices, especially large practices. A recent Solutionreach industry study shows that organizations with more than 10 locations struggle meet acceptable patient satisfaction and retention levels. | | |
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| THE ECONOMIC & PRODUCTIVITY IMPACT OF IT SECURITY ON HEALTHCARE | | | | Dr. Ponemon discusses the impact that the use of pagers and other outdated communication technologies has on doctor productivity and a hospital’s bottom line-according to the study, outdated communication systems waste clinicians time and lengthen patient discharge times, cumulatively costing ... | | |
| THE CIO'S GUIDE TO SECURE TEXTING IN HEALTHCARE | | | | Clinicians are increasingly communicating sensitive patient information via mobile devices, including text messages and photos. As an IT leader, you know that the risks associated with unencrypted texting are significant given the climate of rising enforcement of HIPAA and HITECH mandates. | | |
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| SECURE COMMUNICATIONS AND CARE COORDINATION IN HEALTHCARE | | | | The fast-paced, communication-intensive environment of healthcare, combined with a highly mobile clinical workforce, lends itself to the use of text messaging to facilitate communication among care team members. Communication and collaboration solutions enable clinicians to exchange PHI securely and... | | |
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| SECURE PHI AND ENSURE CLINICIAN PRODUCTIVITY USING LEAN | | | | Watch this webinar to hear Kristi Roose,Information Technology Director, Mahaska Health Partnership and Dan Nikkel, Continuous Improvement Director, Mahaska Health Partnership discuss how to: Apply Lean practices to measure waste, ensure clinician productivity and secure PHI, Calculate the ROI of se... | | |
| HOW THE INTERNET OF HEALTHCARE THINGS WILL REVOLUTIONIZE PATIENT CARE | | | | As healthcare transitions from a fee for service to a pay for performance model to improve patient engagement and outcomes, the future of care delivery for organizations centers on a network of IP connected computers, sensors, and devices in which doctors, nurses, and patients can securely share inf... | | |
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| PROTECTING HEALTH INFORMATION: THINKING BEYOND CYBERSECURITY | | | | Within each health care organization lies a treasure trove of sensitive data: protected health information PHI, personally identifiable information PII, social security numbers, financial account information and much more. Without the proper security measures in place, cybercriminals gain access to ... | | |
| NAHAM PATIENT IDENTITY INTEGRITY TOOLKIT WEBINAR | | | | The National Association of Healthcare Access Management NAHAM Patient Identity Integrity PII Toolkit offers patient access professionals ideas and best practices around managing and maintaining integrity of patient identity and patient information. | | |
| ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING OF OPIOIDS NOW MANDATED IN MAINE | | | | View this webinar recording to hear from Dr. Sean Kelly, emergency physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and Chief Medical Officer at Imprivata, as he outlines what healthcare organizations need to know in order to effectively move to ePrescribing of opioids by the July 2017 de... | | |
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| INTRODUCTION TO IMPRIVATA PATIENTSECURE | | | | Introduction to Imprivata PatientSecure: Biometric patient identification for improved patient safety and revenue cycle throughout. Many hospitals today rely on manual and unreliable patient identification at registration and check-in, causing the risk of adverse events from patient misidentificatio... | | |
| IMPROVING PATIENT IDENTIFICATION AND SAFETY THROUGH PALM VEIN BIOMETRICS | | | | Many hospitals today are still unable to positively identify patients, as they rely on manual processes and tools, such as photo IDs, oral demographic data, or social security numbers. This can create patient identification errors that jeopardize patient safety, impede patient engagement, and result... | | |
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| IMPROVING PATIENT IDENTITY MANAGEMENT & REDUCING FRAUD | | | | The journey to improved patient identity management begins with secure and accurate positive patient identification, which impacts integrity of patient health records, risk for identity theft and fraud, and revenue cycle performance. | | |
| BIOMETRIC PATIENT IDENTIFICATION FOR IMPROVED REVENUE CYCLE PERFORMANCE | | | | Revenue cycle professionals are challenged with improving the patient experience and reducing operating costs while complying with strict industry regulations. The beginning point for achieving these goals is positive patient identification. Join your revenue cycle and patient access peers for an ex... | | |
| BETTER CARE THROUGH BETTER COMMUNICATION | | | | As clinical mobility continues to increase, the efficient communication and collaboration among physicians, nurses, and other providers is critical to the delivery of quality patient care. In this environment, healthcare organizations must find a way to balance the clinical need for better, faster c... | | |
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| BEST PRACTICES FOR REAL-WORLD CLINICAL COMMUNICATION | | | | Effective and secure internal communication is critical in caring for patients. As health care organizations move to pay for performance models, they need to enable providers to communicate efficiently and securely across the entire continuum of care. | | |
| 4 STEPS TO COMBAT PHISHING ATTACKS IN HEALTHCARE | | | | Phishing has emerged as the top security threat facing healthcare organizations, yet many organizations are not prepared to defend against these attacks. This webinar outlines four steps that you can take to help safeguard your environment against phishing attacks. | | |
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| 2016 NATIONAL PATIENT MISIDENTIFICATION REPORT | | | | In their just released 2016 National Patient Misidentification Report, the Ponemon Institute finds that patient misidentification can result in severe medical errors, denied medical claims, and costly clean-up of duplicate and overlaid medical records. | | |
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| REDUCING PATIENT MISIDENTIFICATION ERRORS THROUGH THE USE OF BIOMETRICS | | | | Patient misidentification can lead to medical errors, patient harm, and costly inefficiencies for provider organizations. According to a recent survey of over 100 patient safety, quality, and nursing professionals conducted by Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, medical errors, such as a medica... | | |
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| IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY AND PHYSICIAN SATISFACTION WITH EPCS | | | | Attend this webinar, to hear Cambridge Health Alliance’s Arthur Ream III, Director of IT Applications and CISO, discuss the strategies CHA used to successfully integrate Imprivata Confirm ID with Epic, to meet DEA requirements for electronic prescribing of controlled substances while driving p... | | |
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| COMBAT TRAUMA AND ADDICTION | | | | Thousands of veterans who have been exposed to hostile war zones are returning. The exposure impacts them emotionally, physically and behaviorally, therefore making it tough for them to adjust to civilian life and to cope effectively. | | |
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| A PRIMER ON ATTACHMENT, TRAUMA, AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS | | | | This free webinar will explore the inter-relationship of childhood attachment deficits and adult substance abuse and behavioral health disorders. Attachment disorders can profoundly affect the undeveloped limbic system of the brain, thus altering normal development and paving the way for later addic... | | |
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| HEALING THE ADDICTED BRAIN - CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE AND BRAIN NEUROCHEMISTRY | | | | Findings from decades of NIH research on alcoholism and addiction rarely find their way into clinical addiction treatment programs. Consequently, this sessions purpose is to provide accurate, scientifically excellent information about alcohol and drug addiction treatment which can allow addicts to c... | | |
| THE USE OF EMDR THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION | | | | Unfortunately, many individuals with substance use disorders also have experienced one or more traumas. Treatment for these co-occurring disorders should be integrated and the use of EMDR can be helpful for some people. This free webinar will give an overview of the 8 phases of the Eye Movement Dese... | | |
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| TRAUMA SENSITIVE MINDFULNESS PRACTICE AS RECOVERY MAINTENANCE | | | | The field of western psychology and addiction treatment is moving towards a more holistic approach to illness, intervention, and recovery. The merging of this process with eastern culture influenced therapies is changing the way the field views clinician, client, evidenced-based practice, current an... | | |
| UNDERSTANDING CANNABIS USE AND RELATED DISORDERS | | | | Cannabis, also referred to as marijuana, weed, or pot, reefer, or grass, has a long history of use around the world, today in the United States being no exception. With the exception of alcohol, it is currently the nations most widely used psychoactive drug among adults and juveniles alike. This web... | | |
| ADDICTION & HIV AND OTHER BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS | | | | There are inherent risks specific to illicit drug use. Drug and alcohol abuse can increase an individual’s susceptibility to contract an infectious disease, including STDs and blood borne illnesses. Bloodborne infectious diseases of concern include HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B and C which can be p... | | |
| CLINICAL SKILLS FOR GROUP EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE | | | | This free webinar will teach participants how to utilize fundamental group techniques to enhance the group experience of clients. This webinar explores current evidence-based practices and their fidelity measures, Process Group Therapy vs. Psychoeducational EBPs, and instructs participants on skills... | | |
| GAMBLING DISORDER: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES | | | | Most people with a gambling disorder don't seek professional treatment but a majority are in treatment for co-occurring addictive and psychological disorders. It is, therefore, vital for all mental health and addiction professionals to know how to screen and assess for a gambling disorder. This ... | | |
| CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ETHICALLY AWARE CLINICIAN | | | | The danger of any professional code of ethics is that it might recognize and enforce only the moral values and standards of conduct of the group in power. A truly fair and culturally inclusive code of ethics does more than reflect the cultural perspective of those who wrote the code. This workshop w... | | |
| INTERVENTIONS WITH EATING DISORDERS | | | | This webinar will review clinical features of Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia, and Anorexia. Family dynamics will be discussed as they relate to the relating of the family types. Since Eating Disorders have a strong clinical component, some issues around this will be discussed, such as attachment dis... | | |
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| COUNSELING CLIENTS WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS | | | | This free webinar will introduce the learner to the ideas and concepts behind both diagnosing and treating people with co-occurring disorders. Through understanding both the assessment and diagnosis of substance use dependency as well as mental health disorders, the learner will be better able to pr... | | |
| CLINICAL SUPERVISION 201 - ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND OTHER CHALLENGES | | | | Let's take it to the next level and stretch your clinical supervision muscle. Join us to learn about various challenges encountered when providing clinical supervision, such as ethical, legal and organizational issues and time management. This webinar will also outline the process of monit... | | |
| HEROIN IS MY FATHER, BOOZE IS MY MOTHER: ADDICTION AS AN ATTACHMENT DISORDER | | | | This webinar will explore the inter-relationship of childhood attachment deficits and adult behavioral health disorders. Attachment disorders can profoundly affect the undeveloped limbic system of the brain, thus altering normal development and paving the way for later addictive disorders. The negle... | | |
| EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND TRAUMA FOR OLDER ADULTS | | | | The growth rate for Americans over the age of 60 is expected to grow at a rate of 65% over the next five years. The prevalence of substance use disorders and trauma among adults age 40 and older is also growing at a very fast rate. Older adults who complete 30 days or less in an inpatient/residentia... | | |
| COUNSELING AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS | | | | In this free webinar, participants will be introduced to tools that will enable them to work more effectively with chemically dependent African Americans with substance use disorders. A partial list of topics includes: 7 Strategies for Engaging African Americans in Addictions Treatment within the Fi... | | |
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| COUNSELING ADOLESCENT AND MINORITY CLIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS | | | | It is has been repeatedly proven that a lack of cultural competency can and will lead to poorer outcomes in the provision of services to minority populations. This may be especially true of adolescent and transition aged 16-25 clients who may operate more singularly from the world views and perspect... | | |
| ACCESS GRANTED - BUILDING A THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH ADOLESCENTS | | | | Adolescents with substance use disorders are a special population with special needs. Building a therapeutic alliance with them can be difficult and challenging. This webinar provides a skill- and metaphor-based method for conceptualizing the therapeutic alliance with adolescents. ... | | |
| ATTENTION DEFICIT-HYPERACTIVE DISORDER: ADDICTION’S PERFECT STORM | | | | According to the Centers for Disease Control (2015), 9.5% of all children ages 3-17 are diagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactive Disorder by 2015. These 6 million children will grow into teens and adults, many of whom will have no ongoing professional support. While much of the publicity around ... | | |
| HOW TO AVOID A DATA BREACH IN HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS | | | | 5 ways to secure your voice and messaging apps. The billion-dollar healthcare industry, gives providers a huge opportunity to boost revenue by offering enhanced applications with real-time voice and messaging capabilities. But to take advantage of this opportunity, it’s essential that healthca... | | |
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| PREVENTING HARM: ADDRESSING AND PREVENTING OPIOID ADDICTION AND OVERDOSES | | | | Opioid and prescription drug addiction and overdose are nationwide public health concerns, particularly for young people. Statistics indicate that 9 out of 10 people with addiction started using substances before they turned 18 years old and that nearly half of young people who inject heroin report ... | | |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF MATERNAL IMMUNIZATION | | | | Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions to increase Influenza and Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) immunization rates for pregnant women is a key goal of the New York State Prevention Agenda. Implementation of immunization programs as part of routin... | | |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE: RECOGNIZE AND REPORT! | | | | Local health departments are tasked with developing response strategies to prevent and control infectious disease outbreaks. During an outbreak, the support and collective effort of many health care partners, including local providers, is essential for an expedient response that is consistent ... | | |
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| TUMOR-SIZE-BASED MEASUREMENTS AS ENDPOINTS IN CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS | | | | Given the expected direct cytotoxicity of chemotherapy, tumor shrinkage has been used as a proxy for anticancer activity since the early days of clinical cancer research. Despite the differing modes of action of some targeted and immunotherapeutic agents, tumor responses are still widely used in onc... | | |
| CYBERSECURITY THREATS IN HEALTHCARE | | | | The webinar addressed the challenges in healthcare cyber security especially after the healthcare industry has moved from paper-based records to more digital information transferred electronically; the fact that increased the risk of unauthorized disclosure of protected health information. During th... | | |
| CYBERSECURITY OF MEDICAL DEVICES
| | | | On October 21, 2014, the National Cybersecurity Institute (NCI) hosted a webinar on “Cybersecurity of Medical Devices.” The webinar discussed the impact that cybersecurity practices have on medical devices, the regulatory pressures and patient safety concerns, the contributions of IT dep... | | |
| CYBERSECURITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PROFESSIONALS | | | | The growing impact of cybersecurity in healthcare, which includes focusing within these organizations on protecting patient information, is highly relevant to the practice of nursing. Nursing professionals have always been central to the quality and safe provision of healthcare since the beginnings ... | | |
| INFORMATION RISK MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE: AT ANY COST…REALLY?
| | | | On April 8, 2015, the National Cybersecurity Institute (NCI) hosted a webinar entitled “Information Risk Management in Healthcare: At any cost… really?” Recent data breaches and the high visibility around the changes in the threat, from internal to external, has generated a g... | | |
| CYBERSECURITY AND HEALTHCARE | | | | On July 13, 2015, the National Cybersecurity Institute (NCI) hosted a webinar entitled “Cybersecurity and Healthcare”. With the numerous data breaches in health care over the last several years, it almost appears that a patient having any expectation of privacy and security of their... | | |
| SECURITY OF HEALTHCARE DATA IN THE CLOUD | | | | In recent years cloud computing has emerged as a way for healthcare organization to optimize their IT spending. Cloud computing has far reaching impact on the processing and storage of healthcare data. This model has a significant impact on data security as well as HIPAA compliance. | | |
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| WHAT ALL NURSES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS | | | | With increased knowledge about treatment and prevention of diabetic foot ulcers, nurses can have a more positive impact on their patients. Diabetes affects over 25 million Americans (over 8% of the population). Approximately 15% of those people with diabetes will develop a foot ulcer. Of those ... | | |
| VIRTUAL HOME CARE: REMOTE MONITORING OF PATIENTS | | | | Provide post-discharge support in the patient’s home by implementing a remote patient monitoring program. After discharging from the hospital, patients with chronic diseases are landing back in the hospital. Almost 75% of hospitals faced a 30-day readmissions penalty in 2016, with 38 hosp... | | |
| UNDERSTANDING, DOCUMENTING AND IMPROVING CARE FOR LGBT PATIENTS | | | | Understanding the unique health care needs of LGBT patients is the first step to improving the quality of their care. Although many medical practices want to better serve LGBT patients, few have the systems in place to meet - or even document - the unique needs of these patients. Even when good poli... | | |
| UNDERSTANDING THE PSYCH PATIENT AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM | | | | Gain a better understanding of how to hear, discern, communicate, and ultimately care for psych patients. Sometimes caring just isn't enough to help psych patients--they need skilled conversations in different ways. Instead of using tools such as stethoscopes and information from x-rays, etc., y... | | |
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| THE WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW OF EDUCATING PATIENTS WITH DIABETES | | | | Have you ever wondered if you are getting through to your patients with diabetes? Are they learning all they can to stay safe and healthy? Are you teaching the most recent concepts in a way that sticks? This on-demand webinar will arm you with how to stay current in the field of diabetes care a... | | |
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| TEXAS MEDICAL RECORDS LAW | | | | Understand the laws that govern medical records in Texas to stay compliant and minimize legal risks.Medical providers and health plans, vendors, and others who regularly retain medical or health records are subjected to complex and conflicting requirements regarding the maintenance, retention, confi... | | |
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| RECOGNIZING AND ADDRESSING PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS | | | | The United States, with all of its resources, ranks 49th in industrialized countries for a safe birth. Although pregnancy is considered a normal physiological event, complications may develop that effect maternal or fetal health, or both. | | |
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| PRIVACY AND SECURITY ISSUES IN CLOUD COMPUTING IN HEALTH CARE | | | | Drawn by the vast computing power, lower costs, and the ability to rapidly adopt IT infrastructure, the health care industry has been migrating to the cloud for its electronic health record, personal health records, research, and business applications. | | |
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| PATIENT PAYMENT LIABILITY TRENDS AND COLLECTION SOLUTIONS | | | | Understand the newest trends for patient payment liability and learn new strategies to increase point of service collections. The health care industry has gone through tremendous changes due to the creation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). | | |
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| NEW YORK MEDICAL RECORDS LAW | | | | Understand the laws that govern medical records in New York to stay compliant and minimize legal risks.In the digital age, the law governing medical records has readily evolved as electronic medical records and systems have now become the norm in medical practices and establishments. | | |
| MENTAL HEALTH RECORD COMPLIANCE | | | | Mental health providers are subject to many restrictions on how they can deal with patient records. As a health care provider, you are generally subject to the HIPAA medical record privacy and security requirements. | | |
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| MEDICATION ERRORS: BEST PRACTICES FOR PREVENTION | | | | A recent study conducted by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that adverse drug events account for nearly 100,000 hospital admissions each year for adults 65 years of age or older. | | |
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| MEDICARE BILLING AND CODING UPDATE | | | | Make sure your organization is ready for any changes that may arise within the realm of Medicare billing and coding. Many practices are unaware of changes to the Medicare billing and coding guidelines until they begin receiving denials or start receiving less reimbursement for services. | | |
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| MEDICAL RECORD RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION | | | | Protect your organization from legal hardships concerning patient medical record privacy, security and management requirements.This topic is intended to be an overview of the general legal concepts applicable to medical records and destruction. | | |
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| MEDICAL PRIVACY RIGHTS OF MINORS | | | | As a health care provider, don’t get caught in the middle. Gain an understanding of the rights of minors to medical privacy.Medical providers, schools, treatment facilities and others who come into contact with medical or health records are often subjected to complex and conflicting requiremen... | | |
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| MANAGED CARE CONTRACTING AND FEE SCHEDULE REVIEW | | | | Gain an understanding of how to manage fee scheduling and considerations in managed care contract negotiations.The modern health care reimbursement system is complex, nuanced and constantly changing. | | |
| MAKING REVISIONS TO CLOSED MEDICAL RECORDS | | | | Are the changes you’re making to closed medical records even legal? Stay in compliance to save your organization time, money, and energy.Medical records contain some of the most sensitive and personal information that exists about individuals in modern society, and some closed records may need... | | |
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| MAINTAIN PATIENT SAFETY WITH CHANGE-OF-SHIFT REPORTING AT THE BEDSIDE | | | | Change-of-shift increases the risk to patient safety. Learn effective patient hand-off to improve safety and accountability. In the clinical arena, the change-of-shift is a vulnerable period. The goal of this topic is to outline the benefits of bedside shift reporting during the change-of-shift peri... | | |
| LYME DISEASE: A CLINICIAN'S QUANDARY | | | | Lyme disease is the most common vector borne disease in the United States; unfortunately the diagnosis is frequently missed. Many times Lyme patients are misdiagnosed with incurable illnesses such as Lupus, Fibromyalgia or Multiple Sclerosis. | | |
| LIMITING THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL ERRORS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM LITIGATION | | | | Learn the most common medical errors seen in litigation and how to reduce your organization’s risk of error.More than 15 years after the IOM (Institute of Medicine) report on medical errors and the start of the patient safety movement in the U.S., there are still more than 200,000 deaths annua... | | |
| LEGAL RISKS FOR CYBER INTRUSIONS OF HEALTHCARE DATA | | | | Learn the legal risks associated with cyber-attacks and how to protect your patients’ private medical information.Covered entities under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) are under constant attack by cyber criminals who want Electronic Health Records (EHR) sto... | | |
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| INTERNET ADDICTION TREATMENT STRATEGIES | | | | The Internet is both a blessing and a curse in modern society. While it offers people instant access to information and networking, it also ushers in the potential for the addiction trap, especially because it is easy to access. | | |
| IMPLEMENTING AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM | | | | Nobody has ever said their EHR implementation was easy. In fact, many EHR implementations fail before they even begin. Whether you will be implementing your first EHR or in the process of replacing the one you have, you are sure to find valuable insight in this OnDemand Webinar. | | |
| IMPACT OF HEALTH CARE REFORM ON HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS | | | | Health care providers face multiple challenges and are presented with numerous opportunities brought about by the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care Reconciliation Act, commonly referred to as health care reform or ACA. | | |
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| GETTING MORE FROM MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT WITH CHILDREN | | | | This on-demand webinar will present techniques to help mental health clinicians use interview-based assessment with children more effectively. It assumes prior practice in mental status exams or other forms of mental health interviewing. | | |
| GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE PEER REVIEW FOR HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES | | | | Understand the peer review process and how it is used to ensure critical information remains protected from discovery. Most medical institutions believe that the confidential review of a negative patient experience or event for purposes of quality improvement will be protected from discovery in a su... | | |
| FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TRENDS IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY | | | | New funding, new tools, and a heightened focus on the health care industry by civil and criminal law enforcement authorities means that investigations are not what they used to be. Learn more about what areas enforcement authorities are focusing on, where the big and small cases are being brought, h... | | |
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| DON'T POST THAT! SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES FOR NURSES | | | | Don’t let social media jeopardize your career - learn how to avoid privacy/confidentiality violations when using social media.The use of social media and other electronic communication is expanding exponentially as the number of social media outlets, platforms and applications available contin... | | |
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| DIAGNOSING AND TREATING POSTPARTUM MOOD DISORDERS | | | | Perinatal depression occurs in up to 20 percent of antenatal and postpartum women with deleterious consequences to the woman, infant and family. Untreated maternal mood disorders can lead to chronic depression, behavioral and learning disturbances for the child. | | |
| DEVELOPING A SMARTPHONE POLICY FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS | | | | Learn policy recommendations for the use of a personal mobile device and how to comply with HIPAA/HITECH regulations.Healthcare providers are increasingly using their personally owned mobile devices to connect to their information network and conduct work remotely. | | |
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| DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PATIENTS | | | | Growing health care demands nationally exacerbate the challenges in excellent communication among providers and between providers and patients. The cost of higher patient acuity, fewer resources, and frustrated health care consumers can lead to difficult moments for providers and patients alike. | | |
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| CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENT: USING METRICS TO EVALUATE YOUR PROGRAM | | | | The conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is said not to affect a health care facility’s case mix and or reimbursement in any appreciable way, not more than .5%. Is this really the case? There are particular diagnosis codes that are coded very differently in ICD-10, which will affect case mix and re... | | |
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| CALIFORNIA MEDICAL RECORDS LAW | | | | Understand the laws that govern medical records in California to stay compliant and minimize legal risks.The privacy of individually identifiable health information is integral to patient care and the practice of health information management. In addition to the federal Health Insurance Portability ... | | |
| BEST PRACTICES IN POSITIVE PATIENT ID PROGRAMS | | | | The major challenges of the present health care system of the United States are to provide quality care, increase patient safety and cut rising health care cost. The use of health information technology has over time proven effective in alleviating these challenges. One of the major issues in the ri... | | |
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| ASSESSING AND PREVENTING PATIENT FALLS | | | | Falls are a leading cause of extended hospital stays, poor patient outcomes, and high cost of health care. Falls are also highly preventable. This program will cover informative topics related to patient falls that are useful to administrators, educators, doctors, nurses and nursing assistants alike... | | |
| ACCURATE MEDICATION HISTORY - WE ALL CONTRIBUTE! | | | | Since 1999 with the publication of To Err is Human, health care has wrestled with providing safer patient care in our hospitals. One the most prominent causes of patient harm continues to be medication error. As healthcare providers we have the obligation to do our utmost to prevent any harm related... | | |
| A NEW DSM-5 "ALTERNATIVE MODEL" FOR THE PERSONALITY DISORDERS | | | | You will learn the most recent findings about the prevalence of personality disorders, their causes, and how to identify and treat patients with these disorders. There will be special emphasis on borderline personality disorder, the personality disorder most frequently encountered in mental health t... | | |
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| "SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS" NOVEMBER 2013 | | | | Our November 21, 2013 Webinar focuses on a number of surgical interventions for Parkinson's disease including deep brain stimulation and stem cell therapies. | | |
| "PARKINSON'S DISEASE: WHAT ELSE GOES WRONG?" FEBRUARY 2014 | | | | A woman with Parkinson's disease recounts her experience with autonomic symptoms such as orthostatic hypotension and constipation. Our expert panelists provide perspective on why these symptoms may be associated with PD and what researchers are doing to develop better treatments. | | |
| "PARKINSON'S AND OTHER MOVEMENT DISORDERS" MARCH 2014 | | | | Alexander, diagnosed with Lewy body dementia (LBD), talks about his symptoms and road to diagnosis. Our expert panelists discuss LBD, Parkinson's disease and other disorders — MSA, PSP, essential tremor, ALS and multiple sclerosis — and how understanding the biology of one can help d... | | |
| "IS PARKINSON'S ONE DISEASE OR MANY?" APRIL 2014 | | | | Two people with Parkinson's discuss their varied symptoms and roads to diagnosis. MJFF CEO Todd Sherer, PhD, and Zoltan Mari, MD, of Johns Hopkins University talk about how learning more about the different "types" of Parkinson's can help guide research to better treatments. | | |
| "TAKING INVENTORY OF PARKINSON'S AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASES" MAY 2014 | | | | A man with Alzheimer's shares his perspective on life with the disease. James Leverenz, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, and Mark Frasier, PhD, of The Michael J. Fox Foundation discuss the clinical and biological overlaps of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and how research across diagnostic... | | |
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| “DYSTONIA IN PARKINSON’S AND BEYOND” OCTOBER 2014 | | | | One person with primary dystonia and one with dystonia and Parkinson’s disease discuss their experiences. Our expert talks about what we know about dystonia and how doctors treat this movement disorder. Learn more about our webinar series at www.michaeljfox.org/webinars. | | |
| "HOW STOPPING A STICKY PROTEIN MAY CURE PARKINSON’S" NOVEMBER 2014 | | | | Researchers discuss what we know about the protein alpha-synuclein that clumps in the brain cells of all people with Parkinson’s and how scientists are designing drugs against this therapeutic target. Learn more about our webinar series at www.michaeljfox.org/webinars. | | |
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