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Nursing Home Patients: Risk Management in Long Term Care
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Nursing home patients today are older, sicker, and more frail than ever before. Multiple chronic conditions, reduced mobility and cognition put them at risk for polypharmacy, falls, malnutrition, and pressure ulcers. Primary care physicians not based in the nursing home have the disadvantage of practicing remote medicine. If end-of-life wishes ha... |
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Prescribing Controlled Substances
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Prescribing Controlled Substances has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Along with it, there has been an increase in patient mortality and medical malpractice claims. Prescribing controlled substances presents a conundrum for physicians and practitioners: adequately treating patients for pain and other problems while avoiding the h... |
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Improving MS Care: Perspectives from a Medical Director, Pharmacy Director, and Specialty Pharmacist
Provided by: ASiM
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a costly disease in terms of its effects on patients’ quality of life and its financial cost to society. The introduction of treatments that are designed to change the natural disease course has focused attention on the economic burden of MS. Balancing cost-effective treatment with current guidelines and optimal therapy... |
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Expanding the Treatment Armamentarium for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Pharmacist Perspectives
Provided by: ASiM
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States, accounting for more than 200 000 new cancer cases and more than 150 000 cancer-related deaths each year. Non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for more than 85% of lung cancer cases, and is usually associated with a poor prognosis. Health-system pharmacists p... |
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Managing the Risks of Anticoagulant Therapy
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Primary care physicians manage many of the patients on long term anticoagulant therapy. They perform a difficult balancing act on a daily basis, weighing each patient’s risk of thromboembolism versus hemorrhage. The preponderance of current medical literature identifies under-utilization of anticoagulants as a major problem, and cites the burden ... |
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Top 10 Occupational Diseases
Provided by: The Ohio State University Medical Center
Description
According to the National Institutes of Health, Occupational health problems occur at work or because of the kind of work you do. These problems can include cuts, broken bones, sprains and strains, or amputations, repetitive motion disorders, hearing problems caused by exposure to noise, vision problems or even blindness, illness cause... |
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Club Drugs
Provided by: NetCE
The drugs methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), ketamine, flunitrazepam, and gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), collectively known as "club drugs," have become widely used by college students and by a segment of the youth population that attends all-night dance parties known as "raves." This course will provide the most pertinent up-to-date information r... |
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Actionable Insights to the Evolving Management of MS: Important Considerations in Improving Outcomes
Provided by: ASiM
The introduction of treatments designed to change the natural disease course of multiple sclerosis (MS) has focused attention on the economic burden of this disease. Economic evaluations, which analyze the burden of MS on society and the cost effectiveness of new therapies, stress that the economic burden of a disease should be seen in a global per... |
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Optimizing Disease Control to Manage RA-Associated Pain in Adults
Provided by: U.S. Pharmacist
This accredited activity is targeted to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Estimated time to complete this activity is 120 minutes.
GOAL:
To review the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and discuss pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options for managing pain associated with RA in adults.
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After completing this acti... |
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Methods for Improving Quality of Life for Patients with Spasticity
Provided by: ASiM
Spasticity occurs across the spectrum of upper motor neuron disease and complicates the course and quality of life of those affected. It contributes to pain, insomnia, and fatigue; can interfere with mobility, transfers, self-care, activities of daily living, and social functioning; and increases caregiver burden. This activity will discuss the pat... |
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