Live CME

This live accredited CME activity has been designed to change learner competence and focuses on the American Board of Medical Specialties area of systems-based practice and the ACGME/ABMS area of Practice-Based Learning and Improvement and the Institute of Medicine’s Utilize Informatics. The purpose of the Epic Efficiency and Accelerate programs is to show providers who use EMR in daily practice how to customize the software to accommodate provider workflows in in all areas of healthcare. The tr...

The E-FAST (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) examination looks for the presence of fluid that is presumed to be blood in the appropriate clinical setting by visualizing 10 structures or spaces in four areas: pericardial, perihepatic, perisplenic, and pelvic. Additionally, it surveys the anterior and lateral pleural spaces (thoracic view) to evaluate for a pneumothorax or pleural effusion, assumed to be a hemothorax in trauma patients. Indications include evaluation of injur...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been reports of people experiencing persistent symptoms in the weeks to months after the initial infection. Early studies in Europe reported persistence of symptoms in 87% of patients discharged from the hospital. It quickly became evident that persistent symptoms after COVID-19 are not restricted to those who were critically ill or hospitalized, but can occur in patients who had mild symptoms and never needed to be hospitalized. Current proje...