Internal Medicine

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lumbar Spine Disease (2 User Ratings) This activity will provide education for primary care physicians in spine care. It will also help identify red flags and make a more specific diagnosis. As a result, patients will get the correct treatment and... Faculty Rouzbeh Motiei-Langroudi, MD Kathryn Karem, APRN, FNP-C

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.50 CNE: 0.50 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Jun 13, 2026 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Approach to the Patient with Back Pain - "Oh My Aching Back!” (enduring) (1 User Rating) This activity will provide education will for primary care physicians in the care of the back. It will also help identify red flags and make a more specific diagnosis. As a result, patients will get the... Faculty Kyla Gilbert, DNP, APRN Francis Farhadi, MD, PhD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 8, 2026 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Event Reporting and Patient Safety Optimization (1 User Rating) Increased reporting of medication safety events by all practitioners within our health system. Lack of knowledge related to the impact that reporting all medication events, regardless of level of harm that may... Faculty Mary Keen, PharmD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.75 CPE: 0.75 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Jul 31, 2025 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Can we talk? Navigating the Challenging Conversation Concerning Suicide (1 User Rating) In a time when behavioral health issues are being discussed... Faculty Kelly E. Ruff, LPCC-S

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 23, 2025 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Questions and Scenarios for Navigating Healthcare  (1 User Rating) Healthcare workers have... Faculty Katrina Nickels, MD

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Updated Overview of Substance Use Disorder (2 User Ratings) Understanding addiction is essential to successfully addressing it. By understanding the neurological responses to substances and theories of addiction, participants will better be able to treat patients with... Faculty Michelle R. Lofwall, MD, DFASAM

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 23, 2025 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Q&A and Scenarios for Substance Use Disorder: Language and Stigma (0 User Ratings) In recent years, there has been an increase in the use and subsequent harm from synthetic substances available in “headshops” and online. Awareness of these substances and their effects is... Faculty Devin A. Oller, MD, FACO, FASAM

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 23, 2025 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Questions and Scenarios for Behavioral Addictions (0 User Ratings) In recent years, there has been an increase in the use and subsequent harm from synthetic substances available in “headshops” and online. Awareness of these substances and their effects is... Faculty Liza B. Bastin, MD Devin A. Oller, MD, FACO, FASAM

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Apr 23, 2025 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Leveraging Physician Extenders in the Infusion Center (0 User Ratings) The number one underlying reason for ED visits in the US is cancer.  Presenting to the ED results in hospital admission about 70% of the time for cancer patients. Leveraging physician extenders... Faculty Erin Neward, BS, RDMS Ashley Mahon, RN, BSN, OCN

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Other: 1.00 CHES: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Palliative Cancer Care: What Are You Waiting For? (0 User Ratings) Palliative care is the medical subspecialty focused on providing relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of serious illness. Palliative care services include focused management of symptoms, pain and... Faculty Megan Mitchell, PharmD, MS

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.75 CPE: 0.75 CNE: 0.75 Other: 0.75 CHES: 1.00 CTR: 0.75 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Optimizing Genetic Counselor Access in Oncology Care (0 User Ratings) Genetics is a continually growing and evolving field in oncology care and across healthcare. Genetic counselors are scarce in many communities and community hospitals throughout the United States and within... Faculty Justine C. Pickarski, MS, LGC Joseph Kim, MD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Other: 1.00 CHES: 1.00 CTR: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Maintaining CoC Accreditation Amidst COVID-19 (0 User Ratings) The Commission on Cancer is delivering on their commitment to quality cancer care by enhancing new programs, products and services and responding to changes in work resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The... Faculty Karen Stachon, BS

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.75 CPE: 0.75 CNE: 0.75 Other: 0.75 CHES: 1.00 CTR: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Caring for Transgender Patients (0 User Ratings) To maintain regulatory compliance, it is important for covered entities to understand guidelines from Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, as well as documented disparities specifically related to the... Faculty Sarah Hesler, MS Catherine Masoud, CHPC, CPC Lance Poston, PhD

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Mental Health in Cancer Care (1 User Rating) In 2020 the National Cancer Institute identified that people who have cancer and a mental health diagnosis live longer if they receive mental health treatment. Better outcomes are related to the... Faculty Diane Neltner, LCSW, OSW-C

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The COVID-19 Recession: How the Pandemic Has Affected Kentucky’s Economy (0 User Ratings) The pandemic has taken a significant toll on Kentucky’s economy. All major sectors reported employment declines as businesses reduced operations to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. While Kentucky... Faculty Michael W. Clark, PhD

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Qualitative and Quantitative Measures Associated with Community Hospitals Participating in the Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network (0 User Ratings) The majority of cancer patients in the USA are treated at community hospitals (Petrelli NJ, 2010). This percentage is very likely even higher for common malignancies such as breast or colon cancer that can be... Faculty Thomas Tucker, PhD, MPH Mary Charlton, PhD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 CNE: 0.00 Other: 1.00 CHES: 1.00 CTR: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

The Changing Healthcare Landscape (0 User Ratings) Throughout history, health care policy has determined how care is provided to patients in the United States. In an ever-changing world, it is important to understand the trends in policy as well as how it is... Faculty Mark D. Birdwhistell, MPA

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Community Engagement to Implement a Lung Cancer Screening Education Program in Western Kentucky (0 User Ratings) Lung cancer (LC) is the deadliest cancer worldwide. In the U.S, Kentucky has the highest LC mortality disproportionately affecting racial/ethnic/minority/rural populations. Low dose computed tomography (LDCT)... Faculty Lovoria B. Williams, PhD, APRN-BC,FAANP, FAAN Maria Gomez, DrPH, MPH

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Other: 1.00 CHES: 1.00 CTR: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

The Effect of Pandemics on Cancer Patients: Ethical Issues (2 User Ratings) Oncologists are currently dealing with an unprecedented clinical context due to the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 because in 1918 -- the last time there was a similar global pandemic affecting American... Faculty M Sara Rosenthal, PhD, HEC-C

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Other: 1.00 CHES: 1.00 CTR: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Taking ACTION to Train the Next Generation of Cancer Professionals from Appalachian Kentucky (0 User Ratings) Kentucky has the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates in the US with the greatest burden of the disease occurring in the Appalachian region of the state. As an example of the cancer disparities in this... Faculty Nathan Vanderford, PhD, MBA Chris Prichard

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 CNE: 1.00 Other: 1.00 CHES: 1.00 CTR: 1.00 ASWB ACE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Feb 3, 2024 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

HPV - Value of Champions in a Healthcare System (0 User Ratings) More than 80% of the US population will be infected with the human papilloma virus (HPV) at some point in their life. The majority of cervical cancers are caused by an HPV infection. Both screening with... Faculty Sharon E. Robertson, MD, MPH

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Telehealth – the New Normal in Healthcare (0 User Ratings) In March, 2020, most health systems were forced to stop performing elective medical procedures and patients were reluctant to come to a medical center for outpatient clinic visits, fearing they would be... Faculty Robert Sprang, MBA

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Don’t Get Lost in the Data Weeds (0 User Ratings) Too often, when healthcare public relations employees knock on the door of another department director, they are met with hesitation as to what they are about to be asked. Public relations employees are... Faculty Jana B. Bray, BA

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Thoracic Oncology Business Model – Saving Lives & Driving Value (0 User Ratings) Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer along with high mortality rate. One of these reasons is because typically patients are diagnosed with late stage cancer. By having a comprehensive early... Faculty Kim Parham, RN, BSN, CN-BN

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The Changing Landscape of Oncology Navigation (0 User Ratings) Patient navigation has continued to evolve and transform along with the changing healthcare environment since its inception. Dr Freeman’s use of patient navigators to educate on the value of early... Faculty Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN

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Portal Hypertension (0 User Ratings) Gastroenterology is a new specialty that has been re-introduced to Ephraim McDowell Health. As a result, patients with specific GI-issues are now more frequently cared for in the Regional Medical Center. Staff... Faculty Edgar R. Salas, MD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.00 CPE: 1.00 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 17, 2023 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

At the Heart of Telehealth: Extending the Reach of Diabetes Care and Education (1 User Rating) Telehealth has been shown to be a very effective method for delivery of diabetes care and education in various geographic areas with patients across the lifespan. The authors... Faculty Shawn Crouch, MPH Kristen R. Stakelin, MD, MLDE, CDCES

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.75 CPE: 0.75 CNE: 0.75 Other: 0.75 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 2, 2023 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Prediabetes and Metabolic Risk Factors (2 User Ratings) Prediabetes affects 1 in 3 adults in the US population and the majority of patients impacted by the disease do not even know they have this condition. Even if patients are not aware of their diagnosis it can... Faculty Chlodys E. Johnstone, PA-C

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Glucose Lowering Medications and CVD Risk (SGLT2 Inhibitors, GLP Receptor Agonists) (1 User Rating) Medications used to treat diabetes have rapidly increasing emergent evidence about their impact on cardiovascular risk and heart failure. The recommendations and FDA approved indications for these therapies... Faculty Kristina Naseman, Pharm.D., MPH, BCACP, CDE

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Antiplatelet Therapy and CVD Risk Reduction (1 User Rating) Recent studies have more clearly defined the risks and benefits of aspirin for primary prevention of CVD in diabetic patients necessitating review. This video addresses the risk and benefits.  Faculty Tracy E. Macaulay, PharmD

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Heart Healthy Dietary Patterns for Diabetes (2 User Ratings) Diabetes is a major cardivascular risk factor, with lifestyle management forming the cornerstone of prevention and management Faculty Emily Bugay, MS, RD, LD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.75 CPE: 0.75 CNE: 0.75 Other: 0.75 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 1, 2023 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

AADE7 Self-Care Behaviors (1 User Rating) Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES), delivered by an interdisciplinary team with specialized training, is an essential component of diabetes medical treatment. DSMES improves A1C, reduces... Faculty Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MSEd, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 0.75 CPE: 0.75 CNE: 0.75 Other: 0.75 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 1, 2023 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Children/Adolescents with Diabetes and Heart Health (1 User Rating) A diagnosis of pre- diabetes is often delayed or entirely missed in the pediatric population. An early diagnosis of pre-diabetes allows for early intervention, varied options for management and improved... Faculty Alba E. Morales Pozzo, MD Andrea Francis, MS LD RDN LDE Aurelia Radulescu, MD, FAAP, FTOS

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.25 CPE: 1.25 CNE: 1.25 Other: 1.25 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 1, 2023 Cost: Free E-mail Begin

Women with Diabetes and Heart Health (0 User Ratings) Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity/mortality in type 2 DM.  Faculty Kayla Kreft, PharmD AACC BCPS Emily Bugay, MS, RD, LD Gretchen L. Wells, MD, PhD

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Seniors with Prediabetes and Heart Health (0 User Ratings) Prediabetes affect 1 in 2 older adults. Proactive care of older adults with prediabetes can effectively reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes. This educational panel discussion shares tools from a... Faculty Daniel Stinnett, MS RD LD MLDE CDCES Martha Parks, LCSW James Keck, MD

Activity Details Credit Amounts: CME: 1.25 CPE: 1.25 CNE: 1.00 Other: 1.25 Type: Video Webcast Expires: Nov 1, 2023 Cost: Free E-mail Begin