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DE0183: Telemedicine: Using Technology to Bring Quality Healthcare to Remote Locations [Diabetes Online CDE]
This webinar is offered through a collaboration with the IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention, with the recording available on the DDTP website at https://www.ihs.gov/diabetes/training/cmece-online-edu/diabetes-online-cme-ce-education/. The course will be live on September 19, 2018 but the recorded version will be available for three years.
Many AI/AN communities are located in remote areas and have unique challenges in providing access to healthcare, including access to both general and specialty healthcare. Telemedicine has made this possible at ANMC and other places in Indian Country. This session will focus on the history of medicine at ANMC, the role of telemedicine in the care and management of chronic diseases [such as diabetes] in patients in remote locations, telemedicine resources, and the future direction of telemedicine.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Define remote monitoring and telehealth services.
2. Identify tools and resources that can be used for remote monitoring and telehealth patient care services.
3. Describe how remote monitoring and telehealth can improve patient care.
Chris Fore — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at chris.fore@ihs.gov.
Kena Desai — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at kkdesai@anthc.org.
It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.
None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org
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Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.
