Project ECHO Diabetes/Hypertension

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Add to Calendar Project ECHO Diabetes/Hypertension 11/20/2020 12:00:00 PM 11/20/2020 1:30:00 PM America/New_York NA false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Occurs weekly every Friday starting on 11/20/2020 at 12:00 PM
Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, NA, Richmond, VA

Target Audience
Specialties - Academic/Research, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Family Practice, General Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant

Overview
This Project ECHO will focus on various kinds of diabetes and hypertension care to improve overall patient outcomes.


Objectives
  1. Apply current best practices for comprehensive diabetes and hypertension care to patient case scenarios.
  2. Recognize best practices for implementing team-based diabetes and hypertension care.
  3. Demonstrate awareness of opportunities to improve care provided to patients with diabetes and hypertension.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

Accommodation
All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law.  If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at ceinfo@vcuhealth.org for more information. 

Complaint Policy and Resolution Process
All complaints must be made in writing to ceinfo@vcuhealth.org.  

All complaints will be logged into the complaint log. The Director, Continuing Education will attempt to resolve the complaint within the first contact, when possible, and will respond to the client and customer's concerns within 5 business days of the initial complaint. At the time of the first contact, Director, Continuing Education will inform the complainant if more time will be needed to research the complaint.

 If the complaint is still unresolved after communication with the Director, Continuing Education, or if the initial complaint is not addressed in a timely manner, the complainant may contact the President & CEO, UHS-PEP. The President & CEO will then contact the complainant and endeavor to resolve the complaint within 10 business days after being contacted. 

 The complaint log will be regularly reviewed to identify areas of operations and service that may require improvement. The Director, Continuing Education will research reoccurring complaint matters and recommend process and procedure changes, when appropriate. These changes will be noted on the Complaint Resolution Log, and any necessary policy and/or procedure updates will be made within 15 business days thereafter.

Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health Continuing Education the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you.  



Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (1.50 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (1.50 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (1.50 hours)