Hatim Omar, MD, FAAP
Dr. Omar is a Professor in Pediatrics and Obstetrics Gynecology and Director of Adolescent Medicine and Young Parent Program at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Russell D. Cohen, MD
Dr. Cohen is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine/Section of Gastroenterology at the University of Chicago in Illinois. In addition, he is Co-Director of Clinical...
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Marc D. Cohen, MD
Dr. Cohen is Professor of Medicine with the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Cohen graduated from the George University School of Medicine and Health Science...
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As the United States becomes a more racially and ethnically diverse nation, health care systems and providers need to respond to patients’ varied perspectives, values, and behaviors about health and well-being. Failure to understand and manage social and cultural differences may have significant health consequences for minority groups in particular. Read More
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Roberto Dansie, PhD
Faculty
Psychosocial Trauma Institute
Missouri School of Medicine
Physicians often refer patients with amenorrhea either without a sufficient diagnosis and evaluation or they are referred with extensive diagnostic evaluation that is often excessive. Many diagnostic tests are unnecessary and expensive for the patient. A better knowledge of the management of these patients would benefit the physician and patient. This module will give the participant the opportunity to learn the management of amenorrhea and the knowledge to better inform...
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Emery A. Wilson, MD
Director
Office of Health Research & Development
Dean Emeritus
Professor of Obstetrics and...
Medicare has authorized Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) to review Medicare claims for a three-year period with the goal of identifying billing and coding errors and collecting fees and penalties for incorrect claims. The evaluation and management code assigned by the physician during an encounter and supporting documentation are essential to accurate coding and billing and appropriate reimbursement. Penalties created by the RAC audits may jeopardize the viability of safety net providers....
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Sherry Thomas, CCP, CCP-AS
CEO/Director of Education
PHIA/Medical Staff SOS, Inc.
Louisville, KY
Febrile seizures are the most common type of seizure in children. Although febrile seizures are now thought to be a relatively benign syndrome, children who have experienced them are more likely than other children to later develop unprovoked seizures and epilepsy. Even though the risk of unprovoked seizures after febrile seizures is on the order of a few percent, it is several times higher than what is seen in the general population. Furthermore, a history of febrile seizures is present in...
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Shlomo Shinnar, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology & Population Health
Hyman Climenko...
Recent heart disease and stroke statistics indicates that an alarming 23% of patients do not fill their cardiac medications within 7 days post discharge and 18% of patients do not fill the prescriptions even after 120 days. A majority of patients were found to have stopped taking β-blockers between 30 and 90 days with only 45% of the patients taking them at 1 year. Disturbingly, 12% of patients discharged with aspirin, β-blockers, and a statin were found to have discontinued all 3...
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Obesity has become a national issue. Kentucky, specifically, ranks in the top 10 states for obesity and sedentary lifestyle, in addition to diabetes. Type 2 diabetes used to be “adult onset diabetes”; however, in recent years, diabetes in adolescents is on the rise, primarily due to obesity. Health care professionals need to recognize the problem, identify children and adolescents at risk, and understand appropriate treatments.
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Holly Divine, PharmD, CGP, CDE
Associate Professor
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience Coordinator
Community Pharmacy...
CML – Growth, a CME-accredited educational program, systematically identifies, evaluates, and places into clinical context the most important recent studies into the science and medicine of growth. It provides rapid access for busy specialists to a critical and clinically relevant review of the developments that will have most impact on their day-to-day practice and is designed to provide management options for clinicians to allow them to better diagnose and treat patients with...
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) refer to a range of problem behaviours associated with poor attention span. These may include impulsiveness, restlessness and hyperactivity, as well as inattentiveness, and often prevent children from learning and socialising well. ADHD is sometimes referred to as hyperkinetic disorder. This learning activity will give the learner and overview of ADHD and how the symptoms of ADHD may...
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A recent study from the NIH indicates that there are 50 million or more Americans have high BP warranting some form of treatment. Periodically there are new guidelines released designed to increase awareness, prevention, treatment and control of hypertension. Educating providers on the new guidelines will hopefully increase patient care.
For more than three decades, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has administered the National High Blood Pressure Education...
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Steven Dunn, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Cardiology
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
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Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke or passive smoke, is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of tobacco products and the smoke exhaled by smokers. Approximately 50,000 persons die annually in the United States due to secondhand smoke exposure (Cal EPA, 2005; USDHHS, 2006). Secondhand smoke is associated with at least 46,000 coronary heart disease deaths (California EPA, 2005; NIH, 1999; USDHHS, 2006) and 3,400 lung cancer deaths annually among adult...
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Ellen Hahn, DNS, RN
Alumni Professor
Colleges of Nursing and Public Health
University of Kentucky, Director
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Opioid addiction is a significant public health problem in the United States, associated with the spread of infectious diseases, crime, premature death, and significant psychiatric and medical comorbidities. There are an estimated 1 million people meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV criteria for prescription opioid dependence according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and an additional 1 million people addicted to heroin according to the Office of National Drug Control...
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Lean management is increasingly popular in healthcare but there is a shortage of information applying lean management to primary care clinics. Through this training, primary care providers can expect to improve patient flow and increase their capacity to see patients.
There is a general gap in Lean involving leadership in that they don't understand or perform their role - without leadership, Lean will not work.
The inability to absorb certain sugars affects the lives of patients not only within Kentucky but also in the US and beyond. The symptoms that present themselves for these patients can be misdiagnosed due to the challenge of detecting them properly. The lack of information available concerning identifying and treating this condition prolongs the risk of misdiagnosis. This course will give the participant information concerning certain malabsorption and tolerance of certain...
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Jay A. Perman, MD
President
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Kentucky leads the nation in diseases related to tobacco. Secondhand smoke exposure is a major problem in our state with the high prevalence of adult smokers. This presentation will address the issues that concern Kentucky’s children who are being exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke. An understanding in the problems related to secondhand smoke exposure will help a healthcare provider better treat children and their families.
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Don Hayes Jr, MD, FAAP, FACP, FCCP
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics & Internal Medicine
University of Kentucky
College of Medicine,
