Sepsis
Carol Knauff
1.00 Hours
Sepsis is attributed to one of the highest mortality and morbidity statistics in today’s health care. Sepsis affects more than 650,000 patients each year. The reported mortality rates are very widespread, 20-70%. Although death certificate reports indicate that sepsis is responsible for 6% of all deaths, administrative claims da....
Breathing Easy: Examining Asthma at Work
Robert Harrison, MD, MPH
1.00 Hours
Ricardo is a 35 year old man from Oaxaca, Mexico who mixes flour and other ingredients to make pizza at a local restaurant. In the last five years he has experienced progressive wheezing, cough and shortness of breath at work. Laboratory testing suggests new-onset asthma caused by flour dust. Ricardo is unable to return to his j....
Promoting Sexual Health
Industry Specialist
5.00 Hours
This course provides highlights of a technical consultation with experts in the field of sexual health convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC sought current perspectives on the topic to inform their work in the area. This meeting was the first of a series of conversations held with a broad range....
Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information (HIPAA)
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
3.00 Hours
Everyone has a role to play in the privacy and security of electronic health information. This CE course helps health care providers better understand how to integrate federal health information privacy and security requirements into their practices.
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect - Evidence-Based Core Strategies
Beverly Fortson, Ph.D., et al.
3.00 Hours
Child abuse and neglect is a serious public health issue with far-reaching consequences for the youngest and most vulnerable members of society. This CEU course provides strategies that focus on preventing child abuse and neglect from happening in the first place as well as approaches to lessen the immediate and long-term harms....
Parenting Interventions for Men Who Batter
Katreena Scott, Ph.D. C. Psych.
2.00 Hours
Fathers today are spending more time with their children, taking more responsibility for child care tasks, and sharing in more parenting decision. This CEU course describes developments in the field of parenting programs for men who batter, identifies commonalities across pioneering programs in approach and philosophy, and high....
Pursuing Organizational Cultural Competence
Industry Specialist
3.00 Hours
This course provides organizational strategies to promote the development and implementation of culturally responsive practices from the top down, beginning with organizational self-assessment of current services and continuing through implementation and oversight of an organizational plan targeting initiatives to improve cultur....
Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Centers
Industry Specialist
3.00 Hours
As a focus point for the community, senior centers connect older adults with a range of critical services and programs, including meals and nutrition programs, transportation services, health and wellness programs, and social and recreational activities. Therefore, these centers play an important role in promoting emotional hea....
Case Management, Care Planning, and Behavioral Health for Homeless Individuals
National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Claudia Davidson, MPH
0.25 Hours
In the United States and other industrialized countries, rates of disease and mortality are high among those experiencing homelessness and youth represent one of the largest sub-groups of the overall homeless populations. This CEU course provides an overview of the health issues among youth, case management, and advance care pl....
REG202 - SAFETY FAIR: Infection Control
Mary McGeough, R.N., B.S.N.
Review safe infection control practices utilized in the healthcare setting.
Challenges of Home Infusion Reimbursement
Linda Payne
1.00 Hours
Infusion reimbursement provides challenges and coverage issues in today's health care system. The complexities of the services, equipment, and medication contribute to billing and reimbursement challenges between home infusion providers and payers. Successful organizations strategize and disseminate the challenges and processes....
Conference Highlights: IDWeek 2016
Chris Cole
0.50 Hours
New research was presented at IDWeek 2016, the combined annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, HIV Medicine Association, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, from October 26-30 in New Orleans. The features below highlight some of the studies presente....
Chronic Pain & Mental Health
Chris Cole and Kurt Kroenke, MD
0.50 Hours
According to published research, chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions account for four of the top nine diseases that contribute to years lived with disability in the United States. These disorders are associated with significant adverse health-related, work, and economic effects on patients. In many cases, conventional ana....
Opioid Addicted Patients: Medical Problems
Steven Batki, M.D.
4.00 Hours
Some medical problems are more prevalent and often more severe in people addicted to opioids than in the general population. This CEU course identifies medical problems commonly encountered in people addicted to opioids, discusses their treatment in opioid treatment programs (OTP), and notes important considerations in deciding....
Detoxification of Chemically Dependent Inmates
Federal Bureau of Prisons
2.00 Hours
This CEU course provides recommended standards for the medical management of withdrawal from addictive substances for federal inmates.
Child Welfare and Human Trafficking
Child Welfare Information Gateway; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1.00 Hours
Often, the lack of stability in a child’s living situation, physical distance from friends and family, and emotional vulnerability put them at risk for traffickers who are actively seeking children and teens to exploit. This CEU course provides a broad overview of the crossover between the child welfare field and the work curre....
Behavioral Health for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Males
Kevin Nadal, Ph.D., et al.
1.00 Hours
This short CEU course summarizes best practices and expert consensus on culturally appropriate approaches, treatment modalities, and effective tools in working with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) men and boys.
Preventing Suicide Through Improved Collaboration for Juvenile Justice Youth
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This short CEU course provides recommendations for systems and practitioners in juvenile justice, law enforcement, mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, and education to work collaboratively to successfully prevent suicide.
Addiction - Neurobiology, Prevention, and Treatment
Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.B.A
9.00 Hours
This CE course explains the neurobiological basis for substance use disorders and provides the biological, psychological, and social frameworks for improving diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol and drug misuse. Evidence-based prevention strategies, effective treatment strategies, and recovery support services are al....
Caring for Homeless Patients with Opioid Use Disorders: Clinical Guidelines
Daniel Meges, MD, FACP, et al.
6.00 Hours
Numerous factors associated with homelessness may increase the risk of developing severe opioid use disorders and make treatment more difficult. This CE course discusses optimal care for people with opioid use disorders who are homeless or marginally housed, addressing clinical and programmatic issues.
OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens, Waste, Sharps and Catheters
Industry Specialist
1.00 Hours
This course covers OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.1030 regarding healthcare worker exposure to bloodborne pathogens. It gives an overview of the standard, and addresses specifics on what employers are required to do when an incident occurs, protective measures employers need to take, equipment available to reduce the risk of incident....
Asbestos Toxicity
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
4.00 Hours
The goal of the CEU is to increase the primary care provider’s knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients.
Carbon Monoxide
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
3.00 Hours
The purpose of oxygen therapy for the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning is to reduce the amount of carbon monoxide in the blood and restore the oxygen level to normal as quickly as possible. For hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the affected person lies down on a stretcher that slides into an acrylic tube about 7 ft (2.1 m) lon....
Preventing Slips and Falls
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
4.00 Hours
Slips and falls in hospitals represent a great percentage of “risk management-oriented” losses. In terms of money and in terms of staff down time, the problem is enormous. Prevention of those slips and falls is something that is overlooked in the chaos that often occurs in the hospital setting. In this course, we are going to pr....
Physical Activity for Older Adults
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
6.00 Hours
This course summarizes accurate scientific information to serve as recommendations for policies and strategies that can increase the physical activity levels of older adults in the State of Michigan—and elsewhere in the United States. Performing regular physical activity is a valuable health practice for older adults. It can pre....