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ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Practicing EBM is important in today’s health care environment because this model of care offers clinicians a way to enrich quality, provide patient satisfaction, reduce costs and improve outcomes. A common implementation of EBM involves the use of clinical practice algorithms during medical decision making to encourage optimal care. This widely recognized practice is designed to address the persistent problem of clinical practice variation with the help of actionable information at the point of care. The goal of this series is to rapidly transition high-quality clinical research into daily practice and thereby reduce the delivery of low-value care. Current literature will be reviewed to enable health care professionals to put new EBM into practice.
This activity, part of the Optimal Care – B2B program, will address EBM practices in pulmonary.
Provider
This activity is provided by OptumHealth Education.
Commercial support
This activity is supported by OptumCare.
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Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, PAs, nurses, nurse practitioners and other health care professionals (HCPs) who have an interest in pulmonary care.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the principles of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the management of pulmonary conditions.
- Describe the role of EBM as a means to reduce costs and improve quality, patient satisfaction and outcomes in pulmonary conditions.
- Explore the role of EBM as it applies to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management and the optimal diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea.
- State the use of the dichotomized Wells score and D-dimer in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolus.
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Faculty/Planners
Sarah Chart, RN
Vice President
OptumHealth Education
Ken Cohen, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
New West Physicians
Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education
Lori Fuller
Education Manager
Clinical Performance, OptumCare
Tania M. Miedico, MD
Medical Director
Clinical Performance, OptumCare
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial SupportSM, OptumHealth Education (OHE) requires all those involved in the development of activity content to disclose their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if such person (or his/her spouse/partner) has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
Ms. Chart and Ms. Gleason have indicated that they are employees of and own stock in UnitedHealth Group.
The remaining activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Method for calculating CE credit
CE credit was calculated by the complexity of content.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, OptumHealth Education 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 health care team.
Credit designation statements
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 0.75 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Physicians
OptumHealth Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been pre-approved for credit. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 0.75 AMA - Physicians
- 0.75 ANCC - Nurses
- 0.75 Attendance - General Attendance
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