CME Saves Lives: A Pep Talk For The CME Community

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YEAHYOU

DO YOU WORK IN

CONTINUINGMEDICAL

EDUCATION

EVER GET FRUSTRATED

WITH IT?

EVER GET SICK OF THE NEGATIVE

PUBLICITY?

TIRE OF HEARING

MORE ABOUT

COMPLIANCE THAN

EDUCATION?

EVER FEEL LIKE

QUITTING

DOING SOMETHING

EVER WONDER IF IT’S WORTH

I’M HERE TO TELL YOU

IT’S WORTH IT

YOU DO GOOD WORK

CME DOES GOOD WORK

CME DOES GREAT WORK

CME EDUCATES

CME CHANGES PRACTICE

CME IMPROVES

PATIENT CARE

CME SAVES LIVES

HERE ARE A FEW

REMINDERS

OF WHAT CME CAN

Decreased incidence of VTE

by 35%https://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/282634/newcmemodel.html

Decreased blood orders, reducing the potential

for unnecessary or overtransfusions

https://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/282634/newcmemodel.html

Improved physicians’ ability to recognize COPD in a patient

presenting with dyspnea

http://www.dovepress.com/measuring-the-impact-of-a-live-case-based-multiformat-interactive-cont-peer-reviewed-article-COPD

Increased physicians ability to deliver

evidence-based COPD care

http://www.dovepress.com/measuring-the-impact-of-a-live-case-based-multiformat-interactive-cont-peer-reviewed-article-COPD

Increased patient referrals to a physician

or clinic for follow-up of hypertension by more

than 40%

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00423.x/full

Improved physicians and nurses obtaining a patient’s history of

hypertension by 19%

Improved physicians and nurses obtaining a

patient’s treatment of hypertension history by

Increased the likelihood of 22,304 hypertensive

patients receiving evidence-based from

their health care providers

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00399.x/abstract

Improved the ability of health care providers to select the appropriate

BP goal

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00399.x/abstract

Improved the rate of adherence to

semirecumbent positioning in the ICU

http://www.policymed.com/2011/01/jama-continuing-medical-education-improves-icu-patient-care.html

Improved the rate of ICU adherence to all 7 components of the catheter insertion

bundle

http://www.policymed.com/2011/01/jama-continuing-medical-education-improves-icu-patient-care.html

Decreased unadjusted hospital mortality from

37% to 30.8% over 2 years

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2010/02000/The_Surviving_Sepsis_Campaign__Results_of_an.1.aspx

Increased compliance with resuscitation

guidelines

Increased compliance with management

guidelines for severe sepsis and septic shock

Improved outcomes among patients with

coronary artery disease

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22337214

Increased diagnostic sensitivity for glaucoma

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/11/12

Provides expert guidance on adjuvant treatment of breast

cancer that positively impacts clinicians’

treatment decisions and improves patient care

http://www.policymed.com/2011/06/cme-program-helps-clinicians-estimate-risk-in-breast-cancer-patients.html

Decreased mortality in patients with CHD

http://www.annfammed.org/content/9/3/211.full?ijkey=a345ffa2b0f4e955f699c89573a2942bb6590dd1

SO KEEP IT UP

YOU ARE MAKING A

DIFFERENCE

CME MAKES A

DIFFERENCE

CME DOES GOOD WORK

CME DOES GREAT WORK

SAVES LIVES

CME Saves Lives: A Pep Talk For The CME Community

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