ReachMD CME

• Patient Voices: Patient/Clinician Communication About Urinary Incontinence and Overactive Bladder
  08/16/2010 with Geoffrey Leung, MD
  More than 33 million people suffer from problems related to overactive bladder (OAB).  Patients mistakenly believe that leaking urine is an unavoidable part of aging and are embarrassed to discus...
• Current Cardioprotective Strategies: Dealing with Dyslipidemia
  07/26/2010
  

  Attention: Primary care & family physicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, nurses, cardiac imaging specialists, diabetes educators, physician assistants, ph...

• Medical Management of Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: The biological basis of contemporary management
  07/21/2010
  Attention: Primary care & family physicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, nurses, cardiac imaging specialists, diabetes educators, physician assistants, pharmacists.

• Hypertension Management: Optimizing Therapy and Maximizing Patient Compliance
  07/20/2010
  Attention: Primary care & family physicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, nurses, cardiac imaging specialists, diabetes educators, physician assistants, pharmacists.
• The Lung in COPD: What's Left
  06/28/2010 with R. Stokes Peebles, Jr., M.D., FAAAI
  How confident are you in differentiating COPD from other chronic respiratory conditions? In this segment entitled The Lung in COPD: What's Left, hear Dr Stokes Peebles speak on improving diagnosis and...
• Scenes from the Lipid Clinic
  05/24/2010 with Peter Jones, MD
  Welcome to CME on ReachMD XM 160. This radio broadcast/podcast is the first in a series that will discuss a selection of virtual patients, Howard and Joseph, which are fully presented online on the we...
• ACPE program for The Informed Patient: Individualized Patient Communication, Education, and Improved Quality of Care in Gout Management
  04/26/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Patient knowledge about gout and its treatment is poor and often hinders effective management. Patient education, including improved physician-patient communication, disease education, and long-term g...
• The Informed Patient: Individualized Patient Communication, Education and Improved Quality of Care in Gout Management
  04/26/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Patient knowledge about gout and its treatment is poor and often hinders effective management. Patient education, including improved physician-patient communication, disease education, and long-term g...
• CancerMinds: Optimizing Chelation Therapy for Pediatric Iron Overload: Emerging Strategies
  04/26/2010 with Elliott Vichinsky, MD, and John B. Porter, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPath
  Iron overload is a disorder characterized by the accumulation of excess iron in bodily tissues. It can be caused by hemochromatosis or may be a complication of frequent, regular blood transfusions use...
• Key Factors to Consider: The Impact of Comorbidities on Gout Management
  04/12/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Gout is associated with a number of risk factors and comorbid conditions such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, or obesity. Considering these comorbidities when developing a treatment plan is n...
• ACPE program for Key Factors to Consider: The Impact of Comorbidities on Gout Management
  04/12/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Gout is associated with a number of risk factors and comorbid conditions such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, or obesity. Considering these comorbidities when developing a treatment plan is n...
• The Culprit of Gouty Flares: Step-by-Step Control of Chronic Gout and Hyperuricemia
  03/29/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Gout treatment is often limited to treating typical signs, such as acute monoarthritic flares which affect 90% of initial cases. Clinicians can often ignore the flare as a warning sign of the underlyi...
• ACPE program for The Culprit of Gouty Flares: Step-by-Step Control of Chronic Gout and Hyperuricemia
  03/29/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Gout treatment is often limited to treating typical signs, such as acute monoarthritic flares which affect 90% of initial cases. Clinicians can often ignore the flare as a warning sign of the underlyi...
• CancerMinds: Evolving Treatment Paradigms and Future Directions in Advanced Prostate Cancer: Highlights From an Ancillary Satellite Symposium at the 2010 Genitourinary Symposium
  03/22/2010 with Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, and Charles George Drake, MD, PhD
  It is estimated that prostate cancer accounted for more than 27,300 deaths in the United States during 2009, which makes this malignancy the second leading cause of cancer death among men. Most cases ...
• Acute Answers for a Chronic Care Problem: Identifying and Addressing the Long-Term Management of Gout
  03/15/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Gout is a common and increasingly prevalent cause of acute and chronic arthritis and is the most common inflammatory arthritis in men. Nevertheless, gout has not been widely recognized and managed as ...
• ACPE program for Acute Answers for a Chronic Care Problem: Identifying and Addressing the Long-Term Management of Gout
  03/15/2010 with Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, and Joseph Lieberman III, MD, MPH
  Gout is a common and increasingly prevalent cause of acute and chronic arthritis and is the most common inflammatory arthritis in men. Nevertheless, gout has not been widely recognized and managed as ...
• Challenges in Hereditary Angioedema: Expert Viewpoint
  03/01/2010 with Marc Riedl, MD, MS
  There are many obstacles to timely diagnosis and effective management of hereditary angioedema (HAE). Because the symptoms of HAE can resemble other conditions (such as allergic reactions and gastroin...
• Addressing Language Access: A Practice Assessment for Health Care Professionals
  01/25/2010 with Alice Hm Chen, MD, MPH
  "What the scalpel is to the surgeon, words are to the clinician ... the conversation between doctor and the patient is the heart of the practice of medicine." Tumulty P. What is a clinician and ...
• Home is Where the Heart is: Establishing the Medical Home
  01/11/2010 with Richard G. Roberts, MD, JD, FAAFP
  Patient-Centered Medical Home concept is not new. It has been around for 40+ years originating in 1967 by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to enhance the care of children with special needs. T...
• The Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Part 1 of 5: Improvement in Patient Care through Patient Education and Measurement of Disease Activity
  12/21/2009 with John J. Cush, MD, J. Timothy Harrington, MD, and Bernard R. Rubin, DO, MPH, FACP
  

  Note: The remainder of the activities in this free CME series will be available for participation at www.cmeoutfitters.com/R...

• The Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Part 2 of 5: Comorbidity and Complications of Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis - Cardiovascular Risk
  12/21/2009 with John J. Cush, MD, and Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MPH
  Note: The remainder of the activities in this free CME series will be available for participation at www.cmeoutfitters.com/RMD beginning in January 2...
• CancerMinds: Integrating Therapeutic Advances for Overcoming Treatment Resistance in CML: Highlights From a Friday Satellite Symposium Preceding the 51st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
  12/21/2009 with Jorge E. Cortes, MD, and Jane F. Apperley, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath
  Statement of Need
  Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) accounts for approximately 20% of adult leukemias diagnosed in the United States. CML is characterized by the presence of the Phi...
• Assessing and Managing Migraines
  11/30/2009 with Mark W. Green, MD
  Are you underestimating the effect of migraines on your patients? A recent study suggests you might be. In this program, we'll explore how you can improve communication with your patients with migrai...
• Lipid Insights from the American Heart Association 2009
  11/19/2009 with Alan S. Brown, MD, Christie Ballantyne, MD, and Michael Davidson, MD
  The pharmacological armamentarium available to mitigate cardiovascular (CV) risk continues to grow, as do the options for assessing the impact of pharmacological interventions. Dr. Alan Brown leads a ...
• Deep Vein Thrombosis in Focus: Expert Perspectives on Reducing the Burden of Venous Thromboembolism
  VTE Prevention in High-Risk Surgery Patients
  11/10/2009 with Joseph A. Caprini, MD, MS, FACS, RVT
  To download the Resource Guide for this program, click here. ACTIVITY PURPOSE:
  More than 900,00...
• Deep Vein Thrombosis in Focus: Expert Perspectives on Reducing the Burden of Venous Thromboembolism
  Guideline-Based VTE Risk Stratification Upon Hospital Admission
  11/10/2009 with Franklin Michota, MD
  To download the Resource Guide for this program, click here. ACTIVITY PURPOSE
  Mo...
• Deep Vein Thrombosis in Focus: Expert Perspectives on Reducing the Burden of Venous Thromboembolism
  Completing the Course — Implementing and Adhering to Guideline-based VTE Prophylaxis Across the Continuum of Care
  11/10/2009 with Ann K. Wittkowsky, PharmD, CACP, FASHP, FCCP
  To download the Resource Guide for this activity, click here. ACTIVITY PURPOSE
  M...
• Deep Vein Thrombosis in Focus: Expert Perspectives on Reducing the Burden of Venous Thromboembolism
  VTE and Cancer: A Focus on Prevention in the Oncology Patient
  11/10/2009 with Thomas DeLoughery, MD
  To download the Resource Guide for this program, click here. ACTIVITY PURPOSE:
  More than 900,000...
• Not Just for Kids: The Crucial Role of Immunizations in the Care of Adult Patients
  11/09/2009 with Gregory Poland, MD
  This expert interview is designed to dispel misconceptions that many physicians and practice managers have about vaccine-preventable diseases in order to close clinical practice gaps related to the pr...
• Is Depression Over Diagnosed: The Primary Care Challenge
  11/02/2009 with Baren, Brent, Schroeder
  Primary care providers are on the front line of recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of depression in the U.S. This activity is designed for family physicians and primary care physicians - Learn how...
• The Role of Antiplatelet Therapy in the Management of Patients With NSTE ACS
  10/28/2009 with L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA
  In the United States each year, over 1.4 million people will be hospitalized for unstable angina (UA) and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Multiple antiplatelet agents have bee...
• Individualized Therapy for Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
  10/19/2009 with Bendell, Grothey, Marshall, Venook
  This unique continuing medical education (CME) initiative allows you to critically assess the progress of treatment for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) through means of a CRC curriculum and will...
• Exploring Reports Suggesting a Possible Link Between Insulin Glargine and Cancer Risk
  10/19/2009 with Lawrence Blonde, MD, FACP, FACE
  The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) recently reported findings from four studies that suggest a link between use of insulin glargine and increased cancer risk. The American Diabe...
• Top 5 Pearls to Improve Smoking Quit Rates
  09/14/2009 with Carol Havens, MD
  The health of smokers impact physicians everyday through illness, co-morbidities, and premature death. The 2008 U.S. Public Health Service release of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco...
• The Pharmacist's Role in Epilepsy Management: Current Treatment Issues and Future Trends
  09/07/2009 with Timothy E. Welty, MA, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
  Epilepsy continues to pose significant challenges to health care practitioners and represents one of the more difficult neurological disorders to effectively treat. However, areas such as bioequivalen...