Integrative Medicine Alert addresses healing-oriented approaches to health and wellness, addressing mind, body, and spirit, which are growing exponentially in the United States. Integrative Medicine Alert, an 8-page monthly publication, is dedicated to providing physicians and other clinicians with evidence-based, clinically sound information on integrative medicine.

Physician authors review recent clinical data supporting or refuting the use of integrative therapies and provide subscribers with a quick explanation of how popular therapies are supposed to work, potential beneficial uses, and possible dangers. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Integrative Medicine Alert.

Integrative Medicine Alert Covers:

• Nutrition and diet
• Exercise and movement therapies
• Acupuncture and manipulative therapies
• Mind-body medicine and spirituality
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Integrative Medicine Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to Integrative Medicine Alert Include:

• 12 issues per year
• Earn up to 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ or 24 AOA Category 2-B credits per year.

Awards:

• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1999  

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Suhani Bora, MD
Director of Integrative Health, Integrative Medicine Fellowship Director
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Lawrence, MA

Peer Reviewer:

Eugene C. Lee, MD, CYT
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine
Chilcago, IL

Editorial Advisory Board:

Robert Bonakdar, MD, FAAFP, FACN
Director of Pain Management
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
La Jolla, CA

Donald Brown, ND
Managing Director
Natural Product Research Consultants
Seattle

Russell H. Greenfield, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ

David Kiefer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona

Patricia Lebensohn, MD
Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Medical Director, Commitment to Underserved People Program
The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson

David Rakel, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Founder and Director
University of Wisconsin Integrative Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI

Nancy Selfridge, MD
Professor
Clinical Foundations Department
Ross University School of Medicine
Barbados, West Indies

Craig Schneider, MD
Director of Integrative Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Present evidence-based clinical analyses of commonly used alternative therapies;
• Make informed, evidence-based recommendations to clinicians about whether to consider using such therapies in practice;
• Describe and critique the objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of useful, current, peer-reviewed clinical studies in alternative medicine as published in the scientific literature.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for physicians and researchers interested in complementary and integrative medicine.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 annually). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2 AOA Category 2-B credits (24 per year).

Expiration:

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians participate in this CME activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Now in its 40th year of publication, Clinical Cardiology Alert provides clinicians with unbiased expert physician commentary on the most current topics in cardiovascular research. Every month, this time-saving publication examines studies from leading peer-reviewed journals and highlights the most relevant information for cardiologists. Each 8-page issue includes 5 peer-reviewed abstracts of studies and provides valuable commentary added by distinguished experts at leading medical schools. These noteworthy reviews save readers valuable time. Our physician editors and writers do the reading for you!

Subscribers can earn up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue (24 credits per year), 2 nursing contact hours per issue (24 per year), and 2 American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points (24 per year). Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Clinical Cardiology Alert.

Clinical Cardiology Alert Covers:

• Atrial fibrillation
• Myocardial infarction
• ICD safety
• Preventive cardiology
• Pharmacologic approaches to CVD
• And much more ...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Clinical Cardiology Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to Clinical Cardiology Alert Include:

• 12 issues
• 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue, 24 credits per year; 2 nursing contact hours per issue, 24 per year; 2 American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points, 24 per year

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Michael H. Crawford, MD 
Professor of Medicine
Lucy Stern Chair in Cardiology
University of California
San Francisco

Peer Reviewer:

Susan Zhao, MD
Director, Adult Echocardiography Laboratory
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Nurse Planner:

Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, PhD, ACNP-BC, RN, PHN, FAHA
Associate Professor
Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing

Editorial Advisory Board:

Jamie L. W. Kennedy, MD, FACC
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco

Joshua D. Moss, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Division of Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco

Jeffrey Zimmet, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Discuss the most current information related to cardiac illness and the treatment of cardiac disease.
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages, as well as possible complications, of interventions to treat cardiac illness.
• Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and cost-effectiveness of new and traditional diagnostic tests in the treatment of cardiac illness.
• Discuss current data regarding outpatient care of cardiac patients.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for cardiologists.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

2 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (24 per year).

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

In each peer-reviewed issue of Case Management Advisor, you'll find concise, usable information that will help you provide the highest quality of care across the entire case management continuum in the most cost-effective way.
Case Management Advisor is a monthly newsletter offering nursing contact hours and stories that are critical to case managers in the community.

Whether you’re an independent case manager or work in a physician office, health plan, or other office, CMA brings up-to-date practical advice and information on ways case managers can manage the care of patients with chronic conditions and keep them healthy and out of the hospital.

Case Management Advisor Covers:

• Care management for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
• How the Affordable Care Act and new CMS rules affect the ways in which CMs manage beneficiary care
• Ethical and legal issues
• Managing case loads
• Professional development
• Workers' comp/disability management
• Elder care/end-of-life issues
• Disease management/wellness/prevention
• Occupational health
• Behavioral health
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Case Management Advisor.

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to Case Management Advisor Include:

• 12 issues annually
• Continuing nursing education credits from
  • the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • the California Board of Registered Nursing
  • the Commission for Case Manager Certification

Faculty

Nurse Planner:

Toni G. Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN
Partner and Consultant
Case Management Concepts, LLC
North Bellmore, NY

Continuing Education Information

Objectives:

• Identify clinical, legal, legislative, regulatory, financial, and social issues relevant to case management.
• Explain how the clinical, legal, legislative, regulatory, financial, and social issues relevant to case management affect case managers and clients.
• Describe practical ways to solve problems that case managers encounter in their daily case management activities.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for nurses and nurse practitioners who work in case management environments.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion

This activity is approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification clock hours that will vary per issue but will amount to ~12 per year.

Expiration

This activity in effect for 24 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Nurses participate in this CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Subscribers can earn up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue (24 credits per year), 2 nursing contact hour per issue (24 per year), and 2 Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points per issue (24 per year).

Critical Care Alert Covers:

• ICU admission and care
• Intubation
• Mechanical ventilation
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Hospital medicine
• Pain management

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Critical Care Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to Critical Care Alert Include:

• 12 Issues
• 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue, 24 credits per year
• 2 nursing contact hour per issue, 24 per year
• 2 American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points per issue, 24 per year

Awards:

2016 - Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA), Third Place, Best Instructional Reporting, "Ventilator Withdrawal in Anticipation of Death: An Intersection of Critical Care and Palliative Care" (Published September 2015)

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Betty Tran, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago

Peer Reviewer:

Elaine Chen, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Section of Palliative Medicine
Rush University Medical Center

Nurse Planner:

Jane Guttendorf, DNP, RN, CRNP, ACNPBC, CCRN
Assistant Professor
Acute Care & Tertiary Care
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

Editorial Advisory Board:

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Cody J. Benthin, MD
Staff Physician
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Northwest Permanente
Portland, OR

Arnaldo Lopez Ruiz, MD
Attending Physician
Division of Critical Care
AdventHealth Medical Group
AdventHealth, Orlando, FL

Samuel Nadler, MD, PhD
Critical Care
Pulmonary Medicine
The Polyclinic Madison Center
Seattle

Alexander Niven, MD
Senior Associate Consultant
Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Kathryn Radigan, MD, MSc
Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago

Trushil Shah, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern

Vibhu Sharma, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado
Denver

Editor Emeritus:

David J. Pierson, MD
Professor Emeritus
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• identify relevant topics in the practice of critical care medicine;
• utilize recommendations from current clinical guidelines;
• manage common critically ill patient and ICU administration scenarios. 

Target Audience:

This educational activity is intended for critical care physicians and nurses.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation:

The Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

2 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (24 per year).

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP13791 for 2 contact hours (24 per year).

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Expiration:

This activity is in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Contraceptive Technology Update keeps its readers abreast of the latest developments and research on birth control methods, sexually transmitted infections, and other trends reproductive healthcare. Additionally, Contraceptive Technology Update delivers cutting-edge information on what facilities need to do in light of changes due to the Affordable Care Act.

Contraceptive Technology Update takes you a step beyond research and development and tells you in an easy-to-read format what news means for your day-to-day practice. You’ll have the answers before your patients come with the questions. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Contraceptive Technology Update.

Contraceptive Technology Update Covers:

• Information on emerging contraceptives
• New research on established methods such as long-acting reversible contraceptives
• Developments in treating sexually transmitted infections
• Latest information on women’s health
• Free resources, handouts, and training information
• And much more ...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Contraceptive Technology Update.

Benefits of Subscribing to Contraceptive Technology Update Include:

• 12 issues
• 1.5 nursing contact hours and 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™
• Free annual Contraceptive Survey report
• Free supplement: STI Quarterly
• Free sources of information and handouts for your patients

Faculty:

Consulting Editor:

Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH
Senior Author
Contraceptive Technology
Professor Emeritus, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta

Nurse Planner:

Jeanine Mikek, MSN, RN, CEN
Maternal Child Health Educator, Labor & Delivery, Mother Baby
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit & Pediatrics
IU Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN

Editorial Advisory Board:

David F. Archer, MD
Professor, OB/ GYN
The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine
The Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Adjunct Professor, Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Linda Dominguez, RNC, WHNP
Clinical Consultant
Southwest Women’s Health
Albuquerque, NM

Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD
Professor, Associate Chairman
University of Florida Research Foundation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL

Anita L. Nelson, MD
Professor, OB-GYN
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

David Turok, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City

Susan Wysocki, WHNP-BC, FAANP
President & CEO
iWomansHealth
Washington, DC

Objectives:

• Identify clinical, legal, or scientific issues related to development and provisions of contraceptive technology or other reproductive services;
• Describe how those issues affect services and patient care;
• Integrate practical solutions to problems and information into daily practices, according to advice from nationally recognized family planning experts.
• Provide practical information that is evidence-based to help clinicians deliver contraceptives sensitively and effectively.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians who work in family planning clinics and OB/GYN practices.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

ED Management keeps emergency department directors, administrators, physicians, and nurse supervisors on top of developments in the business and management of emergency medical care in a concise, easy-to-read format.

These glimpses into the hospital will help you manage your ED in a manner that is efficient, compliant, safe, and which generates high satisfaction for staff and patients, and provides positive clinical outcomes. This practical, authoritative publication covers the issues that affect you most, such as improving patient flow, new federal regulations, cost savings, and accreditation details. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from ED Management.

ED Management Covers:

• Reducing delays, improving patient flow, and reducing overcrowding
• Improving staff and patient satisfaction
• Complying with federal regulations, such as EMTALA and reimbursement changes
• Managing risks and improving patient safety
• Obtaining benchmarking/best practices from your peers.

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from ED Management.

Benefits of Subscribing to ED Management Include:

• 12 Issues per year
• 1.25 nursing contact hours for each issue and a maximum of 15 hours annually
• 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue and a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ annually
• Quarterly supplement ED Accreditation Update covers compliance with Joint Commission standards

Awards Won by ED Management:

• 2019 - Best Interpretive or Analytical Reporting: Healthcare/Regulatory/Education, Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) - "Emergency Providers Play a Pivotal Role in Suicide Prevention" (Published August 2018)

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Robert Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP
President
Bitterman Health Law Consulting Group

Nurse Planner:

Nicole Huff, MBA, MSN, RN, CEN
Director, Emergency and Trauma Services
Gunnison Valley Health
Gunnison, CO

Editorial Advisory Board:

Nancy Auer, MD, FACEP
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Swedish Health Services
Seattle

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Adjunct Professor, Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Larry Bedard, MD, FACEP
Senior Partner
California Emergency Physicians
President
Bedard and Associates
Sausalito, CA

Richard Bukata, MD
Medical Director, ED
San Gabriel (CA) Valley Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

Diana S. Contino, RN, MBA, FAEN
Executive Director, Accountable Care Organization
Memorial Care Health System
Fountain Valley, CA

Caral Edelberg, CPC, CPMA, CAC, CCS-P, CHC
President
Edelberg Compliance Associates
Baton Rouge, LA

Gregory L. Henry, MD, FACEP
Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Risk Management Consultant
Emergency Physicians Medical Group
Chief Executive Officer, Medical Practice
Risk Assessment Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI

Marty Karpiel, MPA, FACHE, FHFMA
Emergency Services Consultant
Karpiel Consulting Group Inc.
Long Beach, CA

Thom A. Mayer, MD, FACEP
Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA

Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Vice Chairman, Academic Affairs
Interim Section Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Residency Director
Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

Robert B. Takla, MD, FACEP
Medical Director and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Detroit

Michael J. Williams, MPA/HAS
President
The Abaris Group
Walnut Creek, CA

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• apply new information about various approaches to ED management;
• discuss how developments in the regulatory arena apply to the ED setting;
• implement managerial procedures suggested by your peers in the publication.

Target Audience:

This educational activity is designed for emergency physicians, ED nurses, and other clinicians.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (15 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.25 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (15 per year).

California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

Expiration:

This CME activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

ED Legal Letter covers emergency medicine from the perspective of risk management and malpractice prevention. Each monthly issue reviews legal issues relating to emergency medicine practice and offers specific recommendations for reducing risk in the ED.

ED Legal Letter is guidance and advice from professionals, including MD/JDs, who understand both sides of extremely complex issues related to business, medicine, and the law. This is practical advice that is clearly and succinctly written, designed to give insight into running EDs safely and effectively. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from ED Legal Letter.

ED Legal Letter Covers:

• Malpractice prevention
• Risk management
• Proper documentation
• And much more ...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from ED Legal Letter.

Benefits of Subscribing to ED Legal Letter Include:

• 12 issues a year
• 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per issue; 18 annually
• 1.5 nursing contact hours per issue; 18 annually

Awards Won by ED Legal Letter:

• Third place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2004
• First place, Best Single Topic Health Newsletter, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1997

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP
Director and Professor
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Institute for Health and Society
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee

Nurse Planner:

Michelle Myers Glower, MSN, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNEcl
Clinical Instructor
Keiser University
Sarasota, FL

Editorial Advisory Board:

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Adjunct Professor, Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Robert A. Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP
President
Bitterman Health Law Consulting Group, Inc.
Harbor Springs, MI

Melanie Heniff, MD, JD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAAP 
Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis

Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD
Chief Medical Officer
TeamHealth
Knoxville, TN

Jonathan D. Lawrence, MD, JD, FACEP
Emergency Physician
St. Mary Medical Center
Long Beach, CA

William M. McDonnell, MD, JD, FAAP
Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska
Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Vice Chairman, Academic Affairs
Interim Section Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Residency Director
Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

Gregory P. Moore, MD, JD
Attending Physician
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix

William Sullivan, DO, JD, FACEP
Attending Physician, St. Margaret’s Hospital
Spring Valley, IL
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL
Law Office of William Sullivan, Frankfort, IL

Ken Zafren, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine
Stanford (CA) University Medical Center

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• identify legal issues related to emergency medicine practice;
• explain how the legal issues related to emergency medicine practice affect nurses, physicians, legal counsel, management, and patients;
• integrate practical solutions to reduce risk into daily practice.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for emergency physicians and nurses.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

Expiration:

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Hospital Access Management is devoted solely to new information and trends in patient access and financial services. Hospital Access Management shares tactics from patient access leaders nationwide on staffing, technology, collections, and training. With decreasing reimbursement and increasing workloads, we keep patient access and revenue cycle professionals a step ahead of the curve. As your staff take on increasing responsibility for collections, our experts will help you excel.

With a subscription, we include a quarterly supplement, HIPAA Regulatory Alert, free with your subscription, as well as an annual index that allows you to look up topics quickly. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Hospital Access Management. 

Hospital Access Management Covers:

• Admissions/Registration
• Collections
• Customer service
• Training/Education
• Technology
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Hospital Access Management.

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to Hospital Access Management Include:

• 12 Issues
• A quarterly supplement: HIPAA Regulatory Alert
• Ideas to save your hospital hundreds of thousands of dollars
• Contact information for sources quoted in the newsletter
• Special theme issues on topics such as technology

Editorial Advisory Board:

Pamela Carlisle, MHA, FHAM
Director
Revenue Cycle Management
Genesis Healthcare System

Patti Consolver, FHAM, CHAM
Senior Director
Patient Access
Texas Health Resources
Arlington, TX

Michelle Fox, DBA, MHA, CHAM
Director
Revenue Operations/Patient Access
Health First
Rockledge, FL

Peter A. Kraus, CHAM, CPAR, FHAM
Business Analyst
Revenue Cycle Operations
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta

Catherine M. Pallozzi, CHAM, CCS
Director
Patient Access
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY

Craig Pergrem, MBA
Senior Director
Pre-Service/Patient Access
Novant Health
Winston-Salem, NC

Brenda Sauer, RN, MA, CHAM, FHAM
Director
Patient Access
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York

John Woerly, RHIA, CHAM, FHAM
Revenue Cycle Consultant
Indianapolis

Tap into the peer-reviewed resource that brings together case managers and directors of case management nationwide to share strategies, insights, successes, and failures from inside the hospital walls and beyond. Hospital Case Management is a monthly newsletter that will give you an in-depth look at how your peers have attacked the development, implementation, and adaptation of case management programs.

Earn continuing nursing education credits while preparing your facility for the rigors of an inspection and stay in touch with the latest regulatory developments in case management. Hospital Case Management talks to the thought leaders in this important aspect of hospital administration and gives you the best of their thinking so that your hospital is always at its best.

Hospital Case Management Covers:

• Tips and techniques for discharge and transition planning
• Advice for decreasing costs, managing length of stay, improving documentation, streamlining systems, and improving patient care
• Preventing readmissions
• Management of caseloads and staffing
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from  Hospital Case Management.

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to Hospital Case Management Include:

• 12 issues annually
• Case Management Insider, written by case managers for case managers, a 4-page supplement published 8 times a year
• Continuing education credits from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation, the California Board of Registered Nursing, and the Commission for Case Manager Certification.

Awards won by Hospital Case Management:

• Third place, Best Interpretative or Analytical Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2013

Faculty

Consulting Editor:

Toni G. Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN,
Partner and Consultant,
Case Management Concepts, LLC,
North Bellmore, NY

Objectives:

• Identify the particular clinical, administrative or regulatory issues related to the profession of case management;
• Describe how the clinical, administrative or regulatory issues particular to the profession of case management affect patients, case managers, hospitals or the healthcare industry at large; and
• Discuss solutions to the problems facing case managers based on independent recommendations from clinicians at individual institutions or other authorities.

Target Audience

This education activity is intended for nurses and nurse practitioners in the hospital case management environment.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion

This activity is approved by the Commission for Case Manager Certification clock hours that will vary per issue but will amount to ~12 per year.

Expiration

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions For Participation

Nurses participate in this CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Hospital Employee Health has been the practical, go-to source for employee health professionals for decades. Every peer-reviewed issue gives you tips, strategies and program profiles to help you protect healthcare workers. 

You’ve got their back; we’ve got yours.

Hospital Employee Health is on the leading edge of employee health developments that may affect your program – from new regulatory actions by OSHA to the latest guidelines on COVID-19, MERS, Ebola, and other emerging infections that threaten healthcare workers providing patient care. These outbreaks have put a bright light on employee health, as both nurses and regulators demand safeguards against illness and injury.

Preventing a single back injury by reading some of our recent articles on safe patient handling would more than pay for your Hospital Employee Health subscription.

Hospital Employee Health Covers:

• How to prepare for surprise visits by CMS inspectors conducting surveys that include many employee health provisions such as vaccination levels and PPE training.
• OSHA's proposed infectious disease rule to protect healthcare workers.
• How to adopt sample training policies for respirator fit testing, needle safety devices, workplace violence, and hazardous materials.
• Knowing what The Joint Commission is looking for in accreditation surveys.
• Learning how to improve employee compliance in TB skin testing, standard precautions, and immunizations.
• How employee health professionals reduce occupational exposures to infectious diseases.
• Make the business case for safe patient lifting equipment by showing how days lost to injuries undercut the bottom line.
• Key changes and revisions to the employee health guidelines currently being updated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from  Hospital Employee Health.

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to Hospital Employee Health Include:

• A one-year subscription includes 12 issues per year
• 15 nursing contact hours annually 

Faculty

Nurse Planner:

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Adjunct Professor, Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Objectives:

• Identify particular clinical, administrative, or regulatory issues related to the care of hospital employees;
• Describe how the clinical, administrative, and regulatory issues particular to the care of hospital employees affect healthcare workers, hospitals, or the healthcare industry at large; and
• Cite solutions to the problems faced in the care of hospital employees based on expert guidelines from relevant regulatory bodies, or the independent recommendations of other employee health professionals.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for hospital employee health professionals.

Accreditation & Credit Designation

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

1.25 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion

Expiration

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions for Participation

Nurses participate in this CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Hospital Infection Control & Prevention is the most respected, award-winning source of news and commentary on preventing healthcare-associated infections. 2016 winner of Specialized Information Publishing Association's (SIPA) First-Place Awards for "Best Blog or Commentary" for HICprevent and "Best Health Care/Regulatory/Education Newsletter or Ezine [non-daily] 

From A to Z – the first cases of AIDS in the early 1980s to the latest Zoonotic infections such as Zika, SARS, MERS and Ebola – Hospital Infection Control & Prevention has provided key insights and take-home tips from both leading authorities and grassroots practitioners. We alert and inform infection preventionists with peer-reviewed breaking news, in-depth analysis, and precise compliance information on the latest guidelines, accreditation standards, and state and federal regulations. Infection prevention programs are in the national spotlight as never before, as patient advocacy groups and federal agencies turn up the pressure to prevent healthcare associated infections.

Hospital Infection Control & Prevention Covers:

• Regulations on antibiotic stewardship
• Emerging antibiotic-resistant superbug bacteria like CREs.
• OSHA’s proposed infectious disease rule to protect healthcare workers
• What Joint Commission surveyors are looking for in accreditation surveys
• Compliance improvement strategies for the latest CDC guidelines and recommendations, CMS regulations and OSHA requirements
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.

Benefits of Subscribing to Hospital Infection Control & Prevention Include:

• 12 issues per year.
• Earn up to 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 18 American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points, and 18 nursing contact hours annually with your subscription. 
• Periodic special sections on Joint Commission infection control issues and the IP’s role in antibiotic stewardship.
• For breaking news and thought-provoking posts check out the HICprevent blog

Previous Awards:

• Honorable Mention for Best Interview or Profile of Someone in Your Industry, SIPA, 2018
• Third place, Best Blog or Commentary, SIPA, 2017
• First place, Best Blog or Commentary, SIPA, 2016
• First place, Best Health Care/Regulatory/Education Newsletter or eZine (Non-Daily), 2016, SIPA
• First place, Best Analytical Reporting, SIPA, 2015
• Second place, Best Education Newsletter, SIPA, 2015
• First place, Best Healthcare/Medical/Fitness Newsletter or Ezine, SIPA, 2014
• First place, Newsletter Journalism, National Press Club, 2012
• Second place, Best Interpretive or Analytical Reporting, SIPA, 2011
• Honorable mention, Best Interpretive/Analytical Reporting, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2001
• Third place, Best Interpretive or Analytical Reporting, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1997
• First place, Best Investigative Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1987

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Patrick Joseph, MD
Chief of Epidemiology
San Ramon (CA) Regional Medical Center
President, California Infection Control Consultants.

Nurse Planner:

Patti Grant, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, FAPIC
Director, Infection Prevention/Quality
Methodist Hospital for Surgery
Addison, TX

Editorial Advisory Board:

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Allison McGeer, MD
Professor
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Director, Infection Control
Microbiologist
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto

William Schaffner, MD
Chairman
Department of Preventive Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN

Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC
Director
Infection Prevention
Greenville Health System
Greenville, SC

Katherine West, BSN, MSEd, CIC
Infection Control Consultant
Infection Control/Emerging Concepts
Manassas, VA 

Objectives:

• Identify the clinical, legal, or educational issues encountered by infection preventionists and epidemiologists;
• Describe the effect of infection control and prevention issues on nurses, hospitals, or the healthcare industry in general; and
• Cite solutions to the problems encountered by infection preventionists based on guidelines from the relevant regulatory authorities, and/or independent recommendations from clinicians at individual institutions.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for infection preventionists, healthcare epidemiologists, and infectious disease physicians.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Expiration:

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Alert: Hospital Peer Review now awards nursing contact hours, but please be aware that the January and February 2018 issues do not offer that particular credit. Subscribers can still earn credits from more current issues or by rereading past issues that offer credit and taking the online test with a passing score.

For more than 40 years, Hospital Peer Review has provided the latest news, techniques, and protocols for quality managers across the country. Hospital Peer Review gives you peer-reviewed practical news and advice on how to help your hospital meet the accreditation and credentialing demands of today's ever-changing healthcare market.

A one-year subscription price includes 12 issues per year. Earn up to 15 nursing contact hours annually with your subscription. 

Hospital Peer Review Covers:

• The latest updates on what The Joint Commission surveyors are looking for in facilities just like yours;
• How to comply most effectively with The Joint Commission standards and CMS regulations;
• Tips and techniques from your peers to help you prepare for your next survey;
• Cost-saving performance improvement ideas to help boost your facility's bottom line;
• Efficient and effective techniques to improve discharge and transitional planning.
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Hospital Peer Review.

Benefits of Subscribing to Hospital Peer Review Include:

• 12 issues
• 15 contact hours annually
• Accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing

Awards won by Hospital Peer Review:

• Honorable mention, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1995
• Best Investigative Reporting, Newsletter Association of America, 1980

Faculty:

Nurse Planner:

Nicole Huff, MBA, MSN, RN, CEN
Director, Emergency and Trauma Services
Gunnison Valley Health
Gunnison, CO

Consulting Editor:

Patrice Spath, MA, RHIT
Consultant, Health Care Quality
Brown-Spath & Associates
Forest Grove, OR

Editorial Advisory Board:

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Professor of Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Claire M. Davis, RN, MHA, CPHQ, FNAHQ
Director of Quality
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown, CT

Susan Mellott, PhD, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ
CEO/Healthcare Consultant
Mellott & Associates
Houston

Objectives:

• Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and performance outcomes.
• Describe how clinical, legal, or educational issues related to quality improvement and performance outcomes affect nurses, healthcare workers, hospitals, or the healthcare industry in general.
• Cite solutions to the problems associated with quality improvement and performance outcomes based on guidelines from relevant authorities and/or independent recommendations from clinicians at individual institutions.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for hospital-based quality professionals.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

1.25 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Alert: Healthcare Risk Management now awards AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, but please be aware that the January and February 2018 issues do not offer that particular credit. Subscribers can still earn credits from more current issues or by rereading past issues that offer credit and taking the online test with a passing score.

Healthcare Risk Management is written about legal and patient safety issues for healthcare risk managers, lawyers, physicians, and other clinicians and managers. With verdicts growing higher and malpractice premiums increasing, this venerable newsletter, staffed with several national risk management leaders, helps you avoid lawsuits at your facility.

In addition to the concise, 12-page monthly newsletter, you’ll receive the four-page Legal Review & Commentary, a monthly supplement with legal analysis of two recent cases involving hospitals and physicians.You’ll also receive a quarterly HIPAA Regulatory Alert so you can stay in compliance. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Healthcare Risk Management.

Healthcare Risk Management Covers:

• Specific tips for improving patient safety      
• Recent developments in patient confidentiality and privacy
• Advice on how to conduct a root-cause analysis
• Tips on how to reduce incidents such as patient falls
• Information on what must be included in informed consent
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Healthcare Risk Management.

Benefits of Subscribing to Healthcare Risk Management Include:

• 12 Monthly Issues
• 18 Nursing Continuing Education Credits & AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ annually
• Monthly Legal Review and Commentary supplement
• Million-dollar Lessons From Legal Cases
• Free Resources and Sources’ Contact Information Listed

Awards:

• 2015, Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA), first place, Best Health Care/Nutrition/Fitness or Analytical Reporting
• Three-time winner of Best Analytical or Interpretive Reporting, from SIPA
• Two-time winner of Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in journalism, from Society of Professional Journalists
• Two-time Harrison L. Rogers Jr., MD, Award of Excellence in Medical Journalism
• Jesse H. Neal Award finalist from the Association of Business Information and Media companies

Faculty:

Physician Reviewer:

Arnold Mackles, MD, MBA, LHRM
President
Innovative Healthcare Compliance Group
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Nurse Planner:

John C. Metcalfe, JD, FASHRM
Principal
J.C. Metcalfe & Associates
Los Alamitos

Editorial Advisory Board:

Leilani Kicklighter, RN, ARM, MBA, CPHRM, LHRM
Patient Safety & Risk Management Consultant
The Kicklighter Group
Tamarac, FL

John C. Metcalfe, JD, FASHRM, VP
Risk and Insurance Management Services
MemorialCare Health System
Fountain Valley, CA

William J. Naber, MD, JD, CHC
Medical Director, UR/CM/CDI
Medical Center & West Chester Hospital
Physician Liaison
UC Physicians Compliance Department, Associate Professor
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati

Grena Porto, RN, ARM, CPHRM
Vice President, Risk Management
ESIS ProCLaim Practice Leader, HealthCare
ESIS Health, Safety and Environmental
Hockessin, DE

Stephen Trosty, JD, MHA, CPHRM, ARM
Risk Management Consultant, Patient Safety Consultant
Haslett, MI

Michael Zuckerman, JD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Academic Director, Master of Science
Risk Management & Insurance
Department of Risk, Insurance & Healthcare Management
Fox School of Business and Management
Temple University
Philadelphia

Objectives:

• Describe the legal, clinical, financial, and managerial issues pertinent to risk management;
• Explain the effect of risk management issues on patients, physicians, nurses, legal counsel, and management;
• Identify solutions to risk management problems in healthcare for hospital personnel to use in overcoming the challenges they encounter in daily practice.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for healthcare risk managers, healthcare lawyers, physicians, and other managers and clinicians who work in hospitals and other healthcare settings.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Each 12-page issue of Infectious Disease Alert includes 6-8 abstracts of current literature combined with expert physician commentary. Coverage includes hospital epidemiology, microbiology, travel medicine, HIV and AIDS. Updates, a monthly feature, delivers the latest developments in infectious diseases in brief form.

A 1-year subscription includes 12 issues per year. Earn up to 36 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ annually with your subscription. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from  Infectious Disease Alert.

Infectious Disease Alert Covers:

• Hospital epidemiology
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Infections in immunocompromised hosts
• Antibiotic formulary reviews
• Microbiology
• Travel Medicine
• HIV and AIDS
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from  Infectious Disease Alert.

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to Infectious Disease Alert Include:

• 12 Issues per year
• 36 AMA PRA Category I Credits ^™

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, FIDSA,
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Stanford University;
Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases,
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.

Co-Editor:

Joseph F. John, Jr., MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA,
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, SC.

Objectives:

• Discuss the diagnosis of infectious diseases;
• Explain current data regarding the use of new antibiotics for commonly diagnosed diseases and new uses for traditional drugs;
• Discuss the latest information regarding risks, benefits, and cost-effectiveness of new and traditional diagnostic tests; and
• Discuss new information regarding how infectious diseases are transmitted and how such information can lead to the development of new therapies.

Target Audience:

This CME activity is intended for the infectious disease specialist.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (36 annually). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Physicians participate in this CME activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Now in its 43rd year of publication, Internal Medicine Alert provides clinicians with unbiased expert physician commentary on the most current developments in internal medicine. Twice a month, this time-saving publication examines studies from leading peer-reviewed journals and highlights the most relevant studies for internists and primary care practitioners.

Each 8-page issue includes 4-5 peer-reviewed abstracts of studies and provides valuable commentary added by distinguished experts at leading medical schools. These noteworthy reviews save readers valuable time. Our physician writers do the reading for you!

Internal Medicine Alert includes the following features:

• "ECG Review," written by Ken Grauer, MD, provides quick, practical lessons in ECG interpretation
• "Pharmacology Update," written by William T. Elliott, MD, FACP, and James Chan, PharmD, PhD, provides unbiased expert advice on the latest FDA-approved drugs

Subscribers can earn up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue (48 per year), 1 American Academy of Family Physicians Prescribed credits per issue (24 per year), 2 American Osteopathic Association Category 2-B credits per issue (48 per year), and 2 American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification points per issue (48 per year). Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Internal Medicine Alert.

Internal Medicine Alert Covers:

• Cardiovascular disease
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Obesity
• Sleep disorders
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Internal Medicine Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to Internal Medicine Alert Include:

• 24 issues annually
• Acceptable for up to 24 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians
• Earn up to 48 American Osteopathic Association Category 2-B credits annually
• 2 American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points (up to 48 annually)

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Stephen A. Brunton, MD 
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy
Roseman University of Health Sciences
Salt Lake City 

Peer Reviewer:

Gerald Roberts, MD 
Senior Attending Physician
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
NS/LIJ Health Care System
New Hyde Park, NY

Editorial Advisory Board:

James Chan, PharmD, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of California
San Francisco

William T. Elliott, MD, FACP
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California
San Francisco

David Fiore, MD
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Nevada
Reno

Ken Grauer, MD 
Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville

Seema Gupta, MD, MSPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Health
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Marshall University
Huntington, WV

Martin S. Lipsky, MD 
Chancellor
South Jordan Campus
Roseman University of Health Sciences
South Jordan, UT

Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH 
Core Faculty
Eisenhower Health Family Medicine Residency Program
Eisenhower Health Center
La Quinta, CA
Clinical Professor
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

Allan J. Wilke, MD, MA
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine
Western Michigan University School of Medicine
Kalamazoo

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Describe new findings in the differential diagnosis and treatment of various diseases.
• Describe the advantages, disadvantages, and controversies surrounding the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• Identify cost-effective treatment regimens.
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of new disease screening procedures.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for the internist/family physician.

Accreditation:

Relias LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (48 per year). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2 AOA Category 2-B credits (48 per year). This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

This Enduring Material activity, Internal Medicine Alert, has been reviewed and is acceptable for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Term of approval begins 01/15/2018. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Approved for 2 AAFP Prescribed credits.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. 

Instructions For Participation:

 Physicians participate in this CME activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Each month, IRB Advisor addresses the topics that affect you most, including current regulatory activities, informed consent, and administrative and management issues. Each peer-reviewed issue is meticulously written with objective and unbiased coverage bringing you case studies, expert analysis, and practical advice in a concise, easy-to-read format.

IRB Advisor provides you with comprehensive, practical, and authoritative information that will help you find and follow best practices, stay in step with new regulatory guidance, and keep current on hot topics in the HRP world. IRB members, administrators, and staff can benefit from expert analysis and practical advice on IRB topics in each issue.

IRB Advisor Covers:

• Informed consent issues
• Regulatory matters and guidance
• IRB administrative best practices
• Current events in human research protections
• Ways in which technology is changing the IRB and research landscape
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from IRB Advisor.

Reader Review(s):

The Concordia University IRB has found IRB Advisor to be an extremely valuable resource, and it is an integral component of our continuing education program.  We review the current issue at each meeting.  As a smaller institution that conducts human subject research, having ready access to the thoughts and actions of compliance professionals is important.  Learning about changes to research regulations, ramifications of decisions other IRBs have made, and potential pitfalls to avoid based on experiences of other IRBs has enabled us to become a better IRB.  Thank you IRB Advisor!

-  Rev. Kevin E. Voss, D.V.M., Ph.D., F.C.A.
-  Don W. Korte, Jr., PhD, D.A.B.T., FCA

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to IRB Advisor Include:

• 12 issues per year
• 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ and 18 nursing contact hours annually

Faculty

Physician Editor:

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Director and Professor
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Institute for Health and Society
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee

Nurse Planner:

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Adjunct Professor, Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Continuing Education Information

Objectives:

1. Establish clinical trial programs using accepted ethical principles for human subject protection;
2. Apply the mandated regulatory safeguards for patient recruitment, follow-up and reporting of findings for human subject research;
3. Comply with the necessary educational requirements regarding informed consent and human subject research.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for clinical trial research physicians and nurses.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

Expiration

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Making medical ethics decisions, concerns about patient confidentiality, consent, competency, potential liability, treatment costs, and family wishes often are compounded by the conflicting demands of the government, the judiciary, healthcare providers, and patients. 

Medical Ethics Advisor focuses on these issues so you can understand how biological, legal, financial, and moral viewpoints interrelate and shape the decision-making you encounter in your practice. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Medical Ethics Advisor.

Medical Ethics Advisor Covers:

• Palliative care and end-of-life care and decision-making
• Ethical consults and ethical decision-making in the hospital setting
• Ethical and moral issues that physicians and nurses face
• Organizing ethics committees and facilitating communication between committee members and hospital staff
• Ethics in research and in emerging technologies such as genetic testing
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from  Medical Ethics Advisor.

Faculty

Physician Editor:

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Director and Professor
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Institute for Health and Society
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee

Nurse Planner:

Susan Solverson, BSN, RN, CMSRN,
Grafton, WI

Editorial Advisory Board:

John D. Banja, PhD
Professor, Department 
of Rehabilitation Medicine
Medical Ethicist, Center for Ethics
Emory University
Atlanta

J. Vincent Guss, Jr., DMin, BCC
Clinical Ethicist/Bioethics Professor
Georgetown University 
School of Medicine
Washington, DC

Marc D. Hiller, DrPH 
Associate Professor
Department of Health 
Management and Policy
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH

Paul B. Hofmann, DrPH 
President
Hofmann Healthcare Group
Moraga, CA

Objectives:

• Discuss new developments in regulation and healthcare system approaches to bioethical issues applicable to specific healthcare systems; 
• Explain the implications of new developments in bioethics as they relate to all aspects of patient care and healthcare delivery in institutional settings;
• Discuss the effect of bioethics on patients, their families, physicians, and society.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for acute care physicians, chiefs of medicine, hospital administrators, nurse managers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, members of ethics committees, and chaplains.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.5 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

This CE activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Expiration

This activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions For Participation

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Subscribers can earn up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue (24 credits per year). Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Neurology Alert.

Neurology Alert Covers:

• Stroke
• Epilepsy
• Movement disorders
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Parkinson’s disease
• Traumatic brain injury
• Multiple sclerosis
• Headache and migraine
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Neurology Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to Neurology Alert Include:

• 12 issues
• 2 CME credits per issue, 24 credits per year

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Matthew E. Fink, MD
Louise and Gertrude Feil Professor in Clinical Neurology
Chairman of Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical College
Neurologist-in-Chief
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Peer Reviewer:

M. Flint Beal, MD
Anne Parrish Titzell Professor
Department of Neurology and
Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Editorial Advisory Board:

John J. Caronna, MD
Professor Emeritus, Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, Stroke and General Neurology

Susan A. Gauthier, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty area, Multiple Sclerosis

Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Specialty area, Movement Disorders

Dara G. Jamieson, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, Headache

Padmaja Kandula, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty area, Epilepsy

Louise M. Klebanoff, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, General Neurology

Dana Leifer, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, Stroke

Michael Rubin, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor of Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, Neuromuscular Disorders

Joseph Safdieh, MD
Vice Chair and Associate Professor
Specialty area, Neurology Education

Alan Z. Segal, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Specialty area, Stroke and Critical Care

Objectives:

• Discuss current scientific data regarding the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disease;
• Discuss the pathogenesis and treatment of pain;
• Describe the basic science of brain function;
• Discuss new information regarding new drugs for commonly diagnosed neurological conditions and new uses for traditional drugs;
• Identify nonclinical issues of importance for the neurologist.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for neurologists.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 annually). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians participate in this CME activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

OB/GYN Clinical Alert provides clinicians with unbiased expert physician commentary on the most current topics in women’s health research. Every month, this time-saving publication examines studies from leading peer-reviewed journals and highlights the most relevant information for obstetricians and gynecologists. Each 8-page issue includes 4-5 peer-reviewed abstracts of studies and provides valuable commentary added by distinguished experts at leading medical schools. These noteworthy reviews save readers valuable time.

Subscribers can earn up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue (24 credits per year). Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from  OB/GYN Clinical Alert.

OB/GYN Clinical Alert Covers:

• Obstetrics
• Gynecology
• Infertility
• Family planning and contraception
• Pregnancy
• Gynecologic oncology
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from OB/GYN Clinical Alert.

Benefits of Subscribing to OB/GYN Clinical Alert Include:

• 12 Issues
• 2 credits/contact hours per issue (24 per year)

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Rebecca H. Allen, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Women & Infants Hospital,
Providence, RI

Peer Reviewer:

Sarah J. Betstadt, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
URMC Family Planning
Director, Ryan Residency Training Program
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Nurse Planner:

Jeanine Mikek, MSN, RN, CEN
Maternal Child Health Educator, Labor & Delivery,
Mother Baby, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit & Pediatrics
IU Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN

Editorial Advisory Board:

Nicole Cirino, MD, CST, IF
Reproductive Psychiatrist
Associate Professor
Department of OB/GYN and Department of Psychiatry,
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland

Ahizechukwu Eke, MD, MPH
Associate Professor in Maternal Fetal Medicine
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore

Chiara Ghetti, MD
Associate Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis

Mitchell Linder, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY

Rebecca B. Perkins, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center
Boston

Katherine Rivlin, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Explain the latest data regarding diagnosis and treatment of various diseases affecting women;
• Discuss new data concerning prenatal care, neonatal health, and complications arising in pregnancy and the perinatal period;
• Discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and cost effectiveness of new testing procedures in women's health.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for obstetricians and gynecologists.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (24 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

2 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (24 per year).

California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

The multidisciplinary demands of primary care make Primary Care Reports a must-have for busy physicians who want to stay up-to-date on the latest treatment protocols and diagnostic methods. Primary Care Reports, a peer-review, monthly monograph, provides clinicians with unbiased peer-reviewed articles on the most current developments in primary care medicine. (Winner of the 2015 Specialized Information Publishers Association's (SIPA) First-Place Award for "Best Scientific Writing or Technical Reporting Category" for its special issue on hyperlipidemia and its management.)

Primary Care Reports features original, state-of-the-art review articles on important clinical issues in primary care, with practical treatment recommendations. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Primary Care Reports.

Note: This publication continues to offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association Category 2-B credits, and the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Maintenance of Certification points. Effective with the January 2019 issue, Primary Care Reports does not offer American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) credits. Subscribers can still earn AAFP Prescribed credits by rereading past issues that offer that credit and taking each online test with a passing score.

Primary Care Reports Covers:

• Cardiovascular disease
• Osteoporosis
• Obesity
• Rheumatic disorders
• Diabetes
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Primary Care Reports.

Benefits of Subscribing to Primary Care Reports Include:

• 12 issues annually

Other Awards: 

• Third place, Best Scientific Writing or Technical Reporting, “Palliative Care Principles Primary Care Physicians Should Know,” 2014 Specialized Information Publishers Association
• Honorable mention, Best Single Topic Newsletter, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2003
• Second place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2002
• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2001

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Gregory R. Wise, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Oscar Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
Sole Shareholder, Kettering Physicians Network
Dayton, OH

Editorial Advisory Board:

Nancy J.V. Bohannon, MD, FACP
Private Practice
San Francisco

Clara L. Carls, DO
Program Director
Hinsdale Family Medicine Residency
Hinsdale, IL

Norton J. Greenberger, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston

Udaya Kabadi, MD
Professor
University of Iowa School of Medicine
Iowa City, IA

Dan L. Longo, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Deputy Editor,
New England Journal of Medicine
Boston

David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Dean
Jefferson School of Population Health
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia

Karen J. Nichols, DO, FACOI
Dean
Professor, Internal Medicine
Midwestern University
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Downers Grove, IL

Allen R. Nissenson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Dialysis Program
University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine

Kenneth L. Noller, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of OB/GYN
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston

Robert W. Piepho, PhD, FCP
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Toxicology
& Dean Emeritus
University of Missouri Kansas City School of Pharmacy
Kansas City, MO

Robert E. Rakel, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston

Glen D. Solomon, MD, FACP
Professor and Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Wright State University
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton, OH

Leon Speroff, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Portland, OR

Robert B. Taylor, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Family Medicine
Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Portland, OR

Roger D. Woodruff, MD
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA

Objectives:

• Summarize recent, significant studies related to the practice of primary care medicine;
• Evaluate the credibility of published data and recommendations related to primary care medicine;
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the primary care setting.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for primary care and family practice physicians.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (36 annually). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2.5 AOA Category 2-B credits (30 per year).

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.0 MOC (36 per year) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. 

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Re-review date for all 2014 Primary Care Reports CME activities: July 26, 2016

New expiration date for all 2014 Primary Care Reports CME activities: 48 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions For Participation:

 Physicians participate in this CME activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports (PDMR) is a must-have for busy ED physicians treating critically ill pediatric patients. PDMR provides clinicians with meticulously written, monthly reviews of trending topics in pediatric emergency medicine. This fully-referenced monograph informs readers of the latest treatment protocols and diagnostic methods, helping emergency providers keep pace with the multidisciplinary demands of emergency medicine. PDMR is practical, evidence-based, and peer-reviewed to ensure top-notch learning.

PDMR includes useful tables, diagnostic images, clinical pathways, and a pull-out rapid access card. Plus, readers can earn valuable CME credits with each issue – up to 36 CME/CE hours annually.

Bonus CME/CE! Trauma Reports automatically comes with subscriptions to PDMR. It offers an additional 18 trauma-specific CME/CE credits.

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports.

Benefits of Subscribing to Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports Include:

• 12 issues annually
• 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per issue (36 per year)
• 3 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit (36 per year)
• 2.5 American Academy of Pediatrics credits (30 per year)
• 2.5 American Osteopathic Association Category 2-B credits (30 per year)
• 3 nursing contact hours (36 per year)

Awards:

• Third place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2014
• Third place, Best Single Topic Health Newsletter, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2000

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Ann Dietrich, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Associate Professor of Primary Care-Lead
Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine
Associate Pediatric Medical Director,
MedFlight

Nurse Planner:

Lee Ann Wurster, MS, RN, CPNP 
Trauma Coordinator
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH

Editor Emeritus:

Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia

Editorial Advisory Board:

Jeffrey Bullard-Berent, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Medical Director Child Ready Virtual Pediatric Emergency Department
Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of New Mexico School of Medicine

James E. Colletti, MD, FAAP, FAAEM, FACEP
Associate Residency Director
Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

George L. Foltin, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Associate Professor of Pediatric and Emergency Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
New York

Michael Gerardi, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
New Jersey Medical School
Director, Pediatric Emergency Services
Goryeb Children’s Hospital,
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, NJ

Christopher J. Haines, DO, FAAP, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Children’s Specialized Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Attending Physician
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Philadelphia

Dennis A. Hernandez, MD
Medical Director
Pediatric Emergency Services
Walt Disney Pavilion
Florida Hospital for Children
Orlando, FL

Steven Krug, MD
Head
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago

Aaron Leetch, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics
Residency Director Combined Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics Residency
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson

Jeffrey Linzer Sr., MD, FAAP, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and ­Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director for Compliance
Emergency Pediatric Group
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Hughes Spalding
Atlanta

Daniel Migliaccio, MD
Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Charles Nozicka, DO, FAAP, FAAEM
Medical Director
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Advocate
Condell Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University
Libertyville, IL

Alfred Sacchetti, MD, FACEP
Chief of Emergency Services
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
Camden, NJ
Clinical Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia

John P. Santamaria, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Affiliate Professor of Pediatrics
University of South Florida School of Medicine
Tampa, FL

Robert W. Schafermeyer, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FIFEM
Associate Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC

Ghazala Q. Sharieff, MD, MBA
Clinical Professor
University of California, San Diego
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Palomar Health System
Escondido, CA

Jonathan I. Singer, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, OH

Milton Tenenbein, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, FAACT
Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology
University of Manitoba
Director of Emergency Services
Children’s Hospital
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

N. Ewen Wang, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Director Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

James A. Wilde, MD, FAAP
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA

Steven M. Winograd, MD, FACEP  
St. Barnabas Hospital, Core Faculty
Emergency Medicine Residency
Albert Einstein Medical School
Bronx, New York

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Recognize specific conditions in pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department;
• Describe the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, historical, and examination findings associated with conditions in pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department;
• Formulate a differential diagnosis and perform necessary diagnostic tests;
• Apply up-to-date therapeutic techniques to address conditions discussed in the publication;
• Discuss any discharge or follow-up instructions with patients.

Target Audience:

This education activity is intended for emergency medicine and pediatric physicians.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (36 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

3 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (36 per year).

California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 3 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit (36.00 per year).

This continuing medical education activity has been reviewed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and is acceptable for a maximum of 2.5 AAP credits (30 per year). These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD Award available to Fellows and Candidate Members of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2.5 AOA Category 2-B credits (30 per year).

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:

 Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Same-Day Surgery explores outpatient surgery in all settings, including freestanding surgery centers, hospital-based outpatient surgery programs, and office-based surgical suites. As changes in healthcare drive increasing numbers of procedures to the outpatient setting, we help you stay one step ahead of potential liability, accreditation and regulatory noncompliance, and financial downfall. Same-Day Surgery provides all the information an administrator, business manager, or clinical manager needs to know, including patient safety, cost savings, reimbursement, regulations, accreditation, and infection control.

Same-Day Surgery Covers:

• Tips from your peers on QI studies and benchmarking
• What you need to know before your accreditation survey
• New surgical procedures and trends
• How to address staffing difficulties
• Learn how to improve staff satisfaction and boost retention
• Latest news on infection control in outpatient surgery
• And much more...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Same-Day Surgery.

Benefits of Subscribing to Same-Day Surgery Include:

• 12 Issues
• 21 Nursing contact hours and 21 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
• Quarterly Accreditation Supplement
• Monthly Column on Management Topics

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Steven A. Gunderson, DO, FACA, DABA, CASC
CEO/Medical Director
Rockford (IL) Ambulatory Surgery Center

Nurse Planner:

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Consultant/Educator
Adjunct Professor, Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Editorial Advisory Board:

Stephen W. Earnhart, RN, CRNA, MS
President and CEO
Earnhart & Associates
Austin, TX

Ann Geier,  MS, RN, CNOR, CASC
Vice President
Clinical Informatics, Surgery
SourceMedical
Wallingford, CT

John J. Goehle, MBA, CASC, CPA
Chief Operating Officer
Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies
Rochester, NY

Jane Kusler-Jensen, BSN, MBA, CNOR
Specialist Master, Service Operations/Healthcare Providers/Strategy & Operations
Deloitte
Chicago

Mark Mayo, CASC
Mark Mayo Health Care Consultants
Round Lake, IL

Roger Pence
President, FWI Healthcare
Edgerton, OH

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP
President
Sheldon S. Sones & Associates
Newington, CT 

Rebecca S. Twersky, MD, MPH 
Chief of Anesthesia
Josie Robertson Surgery Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York City

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Identify clinical, managerial, regulatory, or social issues relations to ambulatory surgery care;
• Identify how current issues in ambulatory surgery affect clinical and management practice;
• Incorporate practical solutions to ambulatory surgery issues and concerns into daily practice.

Target Audience:
This education activity is intended for administrators, clinical leaders, business office leaders, and all clinicians and staff in all outpatient surgery settings.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (21 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.75 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (21 per year).

This activity in effect for 36 months after the date of publication.

Instructions For Participation:
Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

Trauma Reports is a 12-page monograph published six times per year with information on evaluating and treating patients with moderate to severe traumatic injuries. For more than 20 years, it has kept physicians up to date on the latest information and techniques regarding the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of trauma patients.

Trauma Reports offers hard-to-find continuing education credits for physicians and nurses that fulfill the trauma CME requirements for individuals affiliated with ACS-verified centers. Each year you can earn up to: 18 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, 18.00 hours of ACEP Category 1 credits, 15 AOA Category 2-B Credits, and 18 nursing contact hours.

Trauma Reports Covers:

• Trauma Resuscitation
• Traumatic Injuries
• Trauma in Pediatric Patients
• Head Trauma
• Abdominal Trauma
• And much more ...

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Trauma Reports.

Benefits of Subscribing to Trauma Reports Include:

• Earn hard-to-find trauma credits
• Meets requirements for trauma CME for those at ACS-verified centers in one place

Awards:

• Third place, Best Scientific Writing or Technical Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2017
• Second place, Best Interpretative or Analytical Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2014
• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2012
• Third place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2011
• Honorable mention, Best Single Topic Newsletter, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2001

Objectives:

• Discuss conditions that should increase suspicion for traumatic injuries;
• Describe the various modalities used to identify different traumatic conditions;
• Cite methods of quickly stabilizing and managing patients; 
• Identify possible complications that may occur with traumatic injuries.

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Ann Dietrich, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Lead Primary Care Clinician, Associate Professor
Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine
Associate Pediatric Medical Director
MedFlight
Columbus, OH

Nurse Planner:

Julie M. Matson, MSN, RN, TNS, CEN
Manager of Trauma Services and PAEMS
OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, IL

Editorial Advisory Board:

Mary Jo Bowman, MD, FAAP, FCP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Ohio State University College of Medicine
PEM Fellowship Director, Attending Physician
Children’s Hospital of Columbus
Columbus, OH

Lawrence N. Diebel, MD
Professor of Surgery
Wayne State University
Detroit

Robert Falcone, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH

Dennis Hanlon, MD, FAAEM
Vice Chairman
Academics Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh

Jeffrey Linzer Sr., MD, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director for Compliance
Emergency Pediatric Group
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Hughes Spalding
Atlanta

S.V. Mahadevan, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Associate Professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director
Stanford University Emergency Department
Stanford, CA

Andrew D. Perron, MD, FACEP, FACSM
Professor and Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME

Eric Savitsky, MD
UCLA Professor Emergency Medicine/Pediatric Emergency Medicine
UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles

Thomas M. Scalea, MD
Physician-in-Chief
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Francis X. Kelly Professor of Trauma Surgery
Director, Program in Trauma
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Steven M. Winograd, MD, FACEP
Attending Physician
Mt. Sinai Queens Hospital Center, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Mt. Sinai Medical School
Jamaica Queens, New York

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for emergency, trauma, and surgical physicians and nurses.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (18 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

3 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (18 per year).

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 18.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit (12-month subscription).

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 15 AOA Category 2-B credits per 12-month subscription.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

For more than 30 years, emergency physicians have counted on Emergency Medicine Reports (EMR) for concise and reliable coverage of the most up-to-date information in emergency medicine. EMR is a quick-read, 12-page monograph that is published 24 times a year.

Each issue focuses on a single, relevant clinical topic and includes the latest information on treatment protocols and diagnostic methods. EMR is practical, evidence-based and peer-reviewed to ensure top-notch learning. Plus, readers can earn up to 72 CME/CE hours annually (see more on the credit types offered and details below).  

Bonus CME/CE! Trauma Reports automatically comes with subscriptions to EMR. Trauma Reports is published six times a year with leading information on evaluating and treating patients with moderate to severe traumatic injuries. It offers an additional 18 Trauma-specific CME/CE credits.

^NEWWe now offer Emergency Medicine Reports as a stand-alone subscription! Save 17.5% when you choose this option. Use the code: EMROLY when checking out online – your discount will apply automatically and we will handle the rest.

Emergency Medicine Reports Covers:

• Cardiovascular emergencies
• Infectious diseases
• Neurologic emergencies
• Musculoskeletal emergencies
• Toxicology

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Emergency Medicine Reports.

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to Emergency Medicine Reports Include:

• 24 issues per year
• 72 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ (3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue)
• 72 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit
• 60 AOA Category 2-B credits
• 72 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians
• 72 nursing contact hours
• Six free issues of Trauma Reports
• Online archives available on our web site

Awards won by Emergency Medicine Reports:

• Third place, Best Scientific Writing or Technical Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2018
• Third place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2017
• Second place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2014
• Second place, Best Instructional Reporting, Specialized Information Publishers Association, 2011
• Third place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2006
• First place, Best Single Topic Newsletter, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2004
• Second place, Best Single Topic Newsletter, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2003
• Honorable mention, Best Single Topic Newsletter, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation, 2002
• Third place, Best Single Topic Newsletter, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1999
• First place, Best Single Topic Health Newsletter, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1998
• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1989
• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1988
• First place, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Association, 1987

Faculty:

Physician Editors

Sandra M. Schneider, MD, Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Scholarly Projects Advisor, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix Emergency Department

Nurse Planner

Andrea Light, BSN, RN, EMT, TCRN, CEN, Trauma Program Manager, Mt. Carmel East, Columbus, Ohio

CME Question Reviewer

Roger Farel, MD, Retired, Newport Beach, CA

Editorial Advisory Board

Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM, Redlich Family Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

William J. Brady, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response, University of Virginia; Operational Medical Director, Albemarle County Fire Rescue, Charlottesville, Virginia; Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director, Allianz Global Assistance

Michael L. Coates, MD, MS, Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Alasdair K.T. Conn, MD, Chief of Emergency Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Charles L. Emerman, MD, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Chad Kessler, MD, MHPE, Deputy Chief of Staff, Durham VAMC, Chairman, VHA Emergency Medicine Field Advisory Committee, Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Kurt Kleinschmidt, MD, FACEP, FACMT, Professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine, Director, Section of Toxicology, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, and Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas

Frank LoVecchio, DO, FACEP, Vice-Chair for Research, Medical Director, Samaritan Regional Poison Control Center, Emergency Medicine Department, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia

Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, FACEP, FCCM, MACP, Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Public Health, and Chair, Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, and Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas

Charles V. Pollack, MA, MD, FACEP, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert Powers, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia

David J. Robinson, MD, MS, MMM, FACEP, Professor and Vice-Chairman of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Chief of Emergency Services, LBJ General Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas

Barry H. Rumack, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Director Emeritus, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, Colorado

David Sklar, MD, FACEP, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gregory A. Volturo, MD, FACEP, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Steven M. Winograd, MD, FACEP, Attending Physician, Mt. Sinai Queens Hospital Center, Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical School, Jamaica Queens, New York

Allan B. Wolfson, MD, FACEP, FACP, Vice Chair of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Senior Advisor, GME Emergency Department Attending Physician, University of Pittsburgh, PA

Objectives:

The objectives of Emergency Medicine Reports are to:

• Recognize specific conditions in patients presenting to the emergency department;
• Apply state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to patients with the particular medical problems discussed in the publication;
• Discuss the differential diagnosis of the particular medical problems discussed in the publication;
• Explain both the likely and rare complications that may be associated with the particular medical problems discussed in the publication.

Target Audience:

This CME activity is intended for emergency and family physicians.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation:

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (72 per year). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

3 ANCC contact hours will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion (72 per year).

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 3 hours of ACEP Category I credit (72 per year).

This Enduring Material activity, Emergency Medicine Reports, has been reviewed and is acceptable for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Term of approval begins 01/01/2018. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Approved for 3 AAFP Prescribed credits.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2.5 AOA Category 2-B credits (60 per year).

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791, for 3.0 Contact Hours.

Expiration:

This CE activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions For Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

ED Management keeps emergency department directors, administrators, physicians, and nurse supervisors on top of developments in the business and management of emergency medical care in a concise, easy-to-read format.

These glimpses into the hospital will help you manage your ED in a manner that is efficient, compliant, safe, and which generates high satisfaction for staff and patients, and provides positive clinical outcomes. This practical, authoritative publication covers the issues that affect you most, such as improving patient flow, new federal regulations, cost savings, and accreditation details. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from ED Management.

Note: This publication continues to offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and continuing education contact hours recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Effective with the January 2019 issue, ED Management does not offer American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Category I credits. Subscribers can still earn ACEP Category I credits by rereading past issues that offer that credit and taking each online test with a passing score.

ED Management Covers:

• Reducing delays, improving patient flow, and reducing overcrowding
• Improving staff and patient satisfaction
• Complying with federal regulations, such as EMTALA and reimbursement changes
• Managing risks and improving patient safety
• Obtaining benchmarking/best practices from your peers.

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from ED Management.

Benefits of Subscribing to ED Management Include:

• 12 Issues per year
• 1.25 nursing contact hours for each issue and a maximum of 15 hours annually
• 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ per issue and a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^™ annually
• Quarterly supplement ED Accreditation Update covers compliance with Joint Commission standards

Faculty:

Physician Editor:

Robert Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP
President
Bitterman Health Law Consulting Group

Nurse Planner:

Nicole Huff, MBA, MSN, RN, CEN
Clinical Manager
Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital
Emergency Department
Solvang, CA

Editorial Advisory Board:

Nancy Auer, MD, FACEP
Vice President for Medical Affairs
Swedish Health Services
Seattle

Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH

Larry Bedard, MD, FACEP
Senior Partner
California Emergency Physicians
President
Bedard and Associates
Sausalito, CA

Richard Bukata, MD
Medical Director, ED
San Gabriel (CA) Valley Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

Diana S. Contino, RN, MBA, FAEN
Executive Director, Accountable Care Organization
Memorial Care Health System
Fountain Valley, CA

Caral Edelberg, CPC, CPMA, CAC, CCS-P, CHC
President
Edelberg Compliance Associates
Baton Rouge, LA

Gregory L. Henry, MD, FACEP
Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Risk Management Consultant
Emergency Physicians Medical Group
Chief Executive Officer, Medical Practice
Risk Assessment Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI

Marty Karpiel, MPA, FACHE, FHFMA
Emergency Services Consultant
Karpiel Consulting Group Inc.
Long Beach, CA

Thom A. Mayer, MD, FACEP
Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA

Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Vice Chairman, Academic Affairs
Interim Section Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Residency Director
Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

Robert B. Takla, MD, FACEP
Medical Director and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Detroit

Michael J. Williams, MPA/HAS
President
The Abaris Group
Walnut Creek, CA

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• apply new information about various approaches to ED management;
• discuss how developments in the regulatory arena apply to the ED setting;
• implement managerial procedures suggested by your peers in the publication.

Target Audience:

This educational activity is designed for emergency physicians, ED nurses, and other clinicians.

Accreditation and Credit Designation:

Relias LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Relias LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (15 per year). Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Relias LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Contact hours [1.25] will be awarded to participants who meet the criteria for successful completion. California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP#13791.

Expiration:

This CME activity is in effect for 36 months from the date of the publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Physicians and nurses participate in this CME/CE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research, and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment and an evaluation, they will receive their credit letter.

For more than 25 years, Hospital Peer Review has provided the latest news, techniques, and protocols for quality managers across the country. Hospital Peer Review gives you peer-reviewed practical news and advice on how to help your hospital meet the accreditation and credentialing demands of today's ever-changing healthcare market.

A one-year subscription price includes 12 issues per year. Earn up to 15 nursing contact hours annually with your subscription. Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Hospital Peer Review.

Hospital Peer Review Covers:

• The latest updates on what The Joint Commission surveyors are looking for in facilities just like yours;
• How to comply most effectively with The Joint Commission standards and CMS regulations;
• Tips and techniques from your peers to help you prepare for your next survey;
• Cost-saving performance improvement ideas to help boost your facility's bottom line;
• Efficient and effective techniques to improve discharge and transitional planning.

Recent Topics from Hospital Peer Review Include:

• Stage 3 EHR meaningful use proposals include eight core goals
• Proposed: Eight Stage 3 meaningful use objectives and their measures
• ICD-10 is finally on the horizon
• Medication reconciliation: Make it somebody’s job
• Successful sepsis program leads to national award
• Alarms top safety list again
• ICU program gets patients moving sooner
• The Joint Commission issues Sentinel Event Alert on health IT

Click here to see all recently published issues/articles from Hospital Peer Review.

Additional Benefits of Subscribing to Hospital Peer Review Include:

• 12 issues
• 15 contact hours per year
• Accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing

AFULL: AHC Media’s All-Inclusive Digital Healthcare Education Library                    
Click here to learn more about AFULL

Awards won by Hospital Peer Review:

• Honorable mention, Best Instructional Reporting, Newsletter Publishers Foundation, 1995
• Best Investigative Reporting, Newsletter Association of America, 1980

Faculty:

Consulting Editor:

Patrice L. Spath, MA, RHIT, Consultant in Health Care Quality and Resource Management Brown-Spath & Associates, Forest Grove, OR

Editorial Board:

Claire M. Davis, RN, MHA, CPHQ, FNAHQ, Director of Quality, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT

Susan Mellott, PhD, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ CEO/Healthcare Consultant Mellott & Associates Houston, TX; Associate professor, Texas Woman’s University, Houston

Nurse Planner:

Fameka Leonard, RN, MSN, Director, UAB Hospital, Quality Management Office, Birmingham, AL

Continuing Education Information:

Objectives:

• Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and performance outcomes.
• Describe how clinical, legal, or educational issues related to quality improvement and performance outcomes affect nurses, healthcare workers, hospitals, or the healthcare industry in general.
• Cite solutions to the problems associated with quality improvement and performance outcomes based on guidelines from relevant authorities and/or independent recommendations from clinicians at individual institutions.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for hospital-based quality professionals.

Accreditation:

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation:

This activity is approved for 1.25 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour (15 per year).

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP14749, for 1.25 Contact Hours (15 per year). Nurses licensed in California should retain this credit letter for four years.

Expiration:

This activity in effect for 24 months after the date of publication.

Instructions for Participation:

Nurses participate in this CNE activity by reading the issues, using the provided references for further research and studying the questions at the end of each issue. Participants will then be directed to a website, where they will complete an online assessment to show what they've learned. They must score 100 on the assessment in order to complete the activity, but they are allowed to answer the questions multiple times if needed. After they have successfully completed the assessment, they will be directed to an online activity evaluation form. Once that is submitted, they will receive their credit letter.