Understand Resistant Hypertension with On-line Education

Understand Resistant Hypertension with On-line Education. On this MedNet21 CME Webcast, we’re going to hear more about resistant hypertension: what some of the causes are, what the pharmacologic approach is, and how a new endovascular procedure might hold the promise of improved blood pressure control for these patients in the future.  Let me welcome today’s guests in the studio with Dr. Jim Allen.  First, we have from the Division of Nephrology, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Dr. Christopher Valentine. Joining him from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and the Medical Director of the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital at the Wexner Medical Center, Dr. Ernest Mazzaferri.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: REVIEW secondary causes of hypertension; Discuss therapy of resistant hypertension; and RECOGNIZE the Role of Sympathetic N.S. in HTN.

You’ll also learn about the following:

• Epidemiology of resistant hypertension
• Consequences of inadequately treated hypertension
• The future of catheter-based renal denervation
• Patient selection for renal denervation
• An On-line Webcast about Secondary Causes of Hypertension
• Lab testing of patients with resistant hypertension

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Understanding the Affordable Health Care Act

Understanding the Affordable Health Care Act can be much easier by watching our on-line CME education discussing the topic. Our latest CME Webcast discusses the the Affordable Care Act with key individuals at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center.  The Affordable Care Act, also called Obama Care, is the latest plan to improve our quality and reduce our costs. But will it? I don’t think anyone knows for sure but whether you lean to the political right or the political left, the ACA is here now and it will affect the way that you practice medicine next year. The law itself is 906 pages long and few physicians have the time to actually read the original document.  Here in the studio with our moderator, Dr. Jim Allen, is the director of Healthcare Reform Strategy at Ohio State University, Assistant Professor from the College of Public Health and Dr. William Hayes and OSU Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Dr. Randall Wexler. They will help distill the Affordable Care Act down to the information that you need.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: COMPREHEND the health care coverage and health system performance factors that predate the passage of the Affordable Care Act and led to its creation; UNDERSTAND the provisions in the Affordable Care Act that seek to address increase access to health care coverage and address the growth in US health spending and health system effectiveness challenges; DESCRIBE new trends in managing patient populations; and RECOGNIZE what a Patient Centered Medical Home is.

You’ll also learn about the following:

• The genesis of the Affordable Care Act
• The ACA and the average primary care physician
• What will all of the new enrollees need from the health system?
• The future of traditional commercial insurance plans
• What you can do now
• Small employers and the new health insurance exchanges
• Whether employers will cut worker’s hours to get out of buying health insurance
• Pre-existing conditions and compulsory insurance for healthy persons

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.
Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.