Online CME
June 2009 Update: EHR Project Delayed - Online CME Information Still Relevant and Timely
On April 7, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will not implement Phase II of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Demonstration. Georgia was to be a Phase II participant. According to officials at the Georgia Department of Community Health, Office of Health Information Technology & Transparency (HITT), CMS has determined that Phase II operations are similar to the functions of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed into law by President Obama. Therefore, to provide funding for the EHR Demonstration Project would duplicate the funding provided by the Recovery Act.
However, the information contained in this activity remains relevant to family physicians and the operations of their practice. Please proceed to the online CME activity.GAFP ONLINE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
The GAFP continues to expand and offer diverse CME offerings to our membership including online CME. Each lecture includes a pre-test that must be completed before beginning the lecture. Upon completion of a lecture, a post test and an evaluation will appear. After completing the pre-test, lecture, post-test and evaluation GAFP will report your credits to the AAFP.
The lecture, “CMS Electronic Health Records Demo Project,” was presented by Rhonda Medows, MD during the GAFP’s 60th Annual Scientific Assembly in November 2008. The activity was developed to educate family physicians on the benefits and challenges of implementing an electronic health records system in their office. Also, the activity explains the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Demonstration Project, which is a five-year, Medicare project that will provide incentive to physicians for using certified electronic health records to improve the quality of patient care. Participants can earn up to 1.5 hours of prescribed credit as assigned by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
The lecture, “Asthma Guidelines Update,” was presented by Leroy Graham, MD during the GAFP’s 60th Annual Scientific Assembly in November 2008. The GAFP elected to conduct this CME activity to educate family physicians on the disproportionate number of Georgians who suffer from Asthma and asthma-related illnesses. In addition, the 2007 Asthma guidelines are explored during the activity. The need for this lecture was determined by GAFP membership needs assessment survey, lecture evaluation results and data from the State of Georgia on asthma-related illnesses throughout the state.
This activity is acceptable for up to 2.0 hours of prescribed credit as assigned by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and up to 2.0 contact hours from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
The lecture, “The Clinical Content of Preconception Care: Evidence-based Recommendations,” was presented by Anne Lange Dunlop, MD during the GAFP’s 60th Annual Scientific Assembly in November 2008. The activity was developed to educate family physicians on ways to offer preconception care from the birth of one child through a subsequent pregnancy and ways to address specific risk factors that may have contributed to a previous poor pregnancy outcome. In addition, physicians learn ways to reduce infant mortality and morbidity and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity and improve women’s overall health. Dr. Dunlop’s online CME activity lets you earn up to 1.5 prescribed credit as assigned by the American Academy of Family Physicians and up to 1.3 contact hours from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
The online educational activity, "Patient Centered Medical Home," presented by Steven A. Crawford, MD was designed for family physicians as an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children, youth and adults. The goal of the patient centered medical home is to provide accessible, comprehensive, culturally-sensitive, and compassionate care to the patients in our community. You can earn up to 1.25 hours of prescribed credit for this activity.
The online lecture, "Achieving Optimal Care Consistently on Clinical Performance that Matters," by Dr. George Rust, was designed for family physicians as an approach to prioritizing clinical practice performance measures that are in the best interest of our patients. The goal Dr. Rust's presentation is to identify what clinical practices are valuable, set an achievable level of performance, and determine the best way to make those levels operational. This activity is acceptable for up to 1.25 hours of prescribed credit.
Dr. Anne Dunlop of Emory University developed the presentation, "Lowering Infant Mortality in Georgia: Strategies in Family Medicine," as an approach to identify and eliminate or reduce modifiable risks to a woman's health or her pregnancy outcome. Additionally, to identify and educate women about non-modifiable risks. This project also emphasizes factors that must be acted on before conception to have maximal impact. Dr. Dunlop's online CME activity is acceptable for up to 1.25 prescribed credit as assigned by the American Academy of Family Physicians; Category 2B Credit from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA); and up to 1.5 contact hours from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).