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Opioid Stewardship®: Challenges During Times of Public Crisis

Opioid-related deaths are up by as much as 100% in first 5 months of 2020! This webinar pulls together expert faculty from the ProCE / University of Illinois Opioid Stewardship Certificate Program to discuss challenges, best practices, and pearls of wisdom from those currently working under the pressures of the unprecedented year 2020.

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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Meeting Critical Care Needs

This activity will focus on foundational PAH knowledge including signs and symptoms, etiology, treatment, and patient education. Opportunities for nurses to use patient-centered care approaches during transitions of care including cost management, anticipated side effects, the importance of adherence will also be discussed.

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Addressing Risks Associated with IV Push Medication Use in Adults

Experts will address the variability of practice with IV push medication use, including unnecessary unit-based preparation and dilution and unsafe injection practices, highlighting strategies necessary for the mitigation of risk.

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Advancing Personalized Treatment of Patients with Hemophilia Through Comprehensive Pharmacokinetic Assessment

This activity will review the latest PK recommendations for Factor VIII and IX replacement and how to use and interpret PK parameters to assess treatment plans.

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Contemporary Practice Pearls for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This activity will focus on individualized treatment strategies for PAH therapy. Faculty will cover insights into PAH pathophysiology, therapies and the most recent data surrounding their uses, and navigating clinical guidelines.

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Creating Impact in the Treatment and Prevention of Recurrent C. Difficile Infection

This activity will address patient education and counseling reminders to reduce the risk of recurrence, patient-specific risk factors for recurrent CDI, recommended and emerging treatments for recurrent CDI, and factors in health-system reduction of rCDI.

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Emerging Practices in the Management of Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia

This continuing education activity will explore the current prevalence and burden of CABP, discuss practice considerations in the use of rapid diagnostics, and examine studies and data surrounding the use of antibiotics currently available as well as emerging agents in the pipeline.

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Evaluating Practices in the Treatment of HABP/VABP

This activity will discuss the prevention and treatment of HABP/VABP for clinical and infectious diseases pharmacists. Special attention will be given to available and emerging treatment options, along with pertinent patient considerations and monitoring strategies.

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Examining Strategies to Manage Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms

This activity will discuss mechanisms of resistance, management strategies for highlighted community and hospital-acquired infectious diseases with the most resistance-related concerns, and substitute therapeutic options when guideline or protocol-directed therapies are found to be ineffective.

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Management and Trends in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This activity will provide learners with foundational knowledge of PAH, including the role of several unique pathways.

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MS-101: Pathogenesis, Diagnostic and Clinical Course Treatment Considerations in MS (A CSPE Core Curriculum Series)

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 400,000 people in the U.S., with approximately 10,000 new cases reported every year. This activity provides an introduction to MS pathology, epidemiology, and symptom management to specialty pharmacists and nurses.

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MS-102: Navigating the MS Therapeutic Landscape (A CSPE Core Curriculum Series)

As a chronic and progressive neurologic disease that requires lifelong, dynamic treatment via costly, high-touch medications that also require special handling and storage, multiple sclerosis therapies are often delivered via specialty pharmacy programs. This activity provides an in-depth discussion of the various therapies used in the treatment of MS.

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MS-103: The Role of the Specialty Pharmacy Professional in Managing MS Treatment: Care Transitions, Patient Education/Adherence, and Financial Considerations (A CSPE Core Curriculum Series)

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects an estimated 400,000 people in the U.S., with approximately 10,000 new cases reported every year. This activity discusses the transitions of care, patient adherence strategies and financial considerations in the management of MS.

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MS-104: Optimizing MS Treatment: Case Studies and Applications in Specialty Pharmacy Practice (A CSPE Core Curriculum Series)

As a chronic and progressive neurologic disease that requires lifelong, dynamic treatment via costly, high-touch medications that also require special handling and storage, multiple sclerosis therapies are often delivered via specialty pharmacy programs. This capstone activity of the MS curriculum uses case studies to allow participants to apply what was learned in modules MS-101 through MS-103.

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Opioid Stewardship® - A Certificate Program for Healthcare Professionals

The Opioid Stewardship Certificate Program is a practice-based activity for clinicians impacted by the opioid crisis. The program emphasizes a health care team approach to foster the development of a strong knowledgebase regarding opioids, pain management, opioid use disorder and skills to impact the appropriate use of opioids in healthcare and our communities.

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Product Quality Verification of Dietary Supplements

This activity is designed to support patient counseling efforts by examining dietary supplement regulation. Topics include the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, voluntary quality verification programs, counseling points, and the adverse event reporting process.

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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Individualized Treatment Strategies

This activity will provide pharmacists and nurses with an improved knowledge of PAH, including a review of pathophysiology, disease subcategories, diagnosis, treatment guidelines, approved therapies, disease progression, and disease monitoring recommendations.

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Replacing Old Practices with New Paradigms: Adopting Safe Practices for IV Push Medications

This webinar will describe the latest changes in procedural and practice expectations and will educate participants about Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) guidelines for adult IV push medications, which were developed as a result of a national summit.

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Sexual Harassment: Awareness and Prevention in the Healthcare Workplace (meets requirement for IL, CA*, DE, ME, NY)

This activity will assist in increasing awareness of what constitutes sexual harassment, the impact of harassment, what do to if you are harassed or a witness, the responsibilities of the employer, and the protections that are place for those reporting harassment.

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Specialty Pharmacy Considerations in the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

This activity will provide pharmacists and nurses education on developments within the PAH space and perspectives on the cost/benefit equation associated with therapies in the treatment of PAH.

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True Penicillin Allergy in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance

This activity will provide actionable information to address incorrect or outdated beta-lactam allergy reports and to provide pharmacists, nurses, and other key stakeholders opportunities to impact care and antimicrobial stewardship best practices.

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