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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center's Continuing Medical Education Office offers accredited online educational modules.  These modules are either audio-video recordings of a live CME event or a specially produced CME accredited learning module on a topic of importance to our Hospital.  All CME accredited learning activities require completion of a post-test  and evaluation to receive credit.  All current online activities can be accessed by clicking on the topic title below.  For more information or if you experience any difficulties please contact the CME office at 610-988-8335.

Rotenberg-Drimmer Memorial

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center designates this enduring materials activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 2 Credits:

Music, Medicine, and Beethoven: Richard Kogan, MD

Clinical Integration Design Teams Kickoff Session: 

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center designates this enduring materials activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 2 Credits:

Strategic Collaboration in Response to Healthcare Reform: Phil Polakoff, MD

Greeley Group Contemporary Peer Review: 

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center designates this enduring materials activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits:

Best Practice Peer Review: Mary Hoppa, MD, MBA

• Participate in interdisciplinary peer review
• Contribute to refinement of new processes
• Identify practical collection methods, sources, and uses for performance data 

PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT:

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center designates the following enduring materials activities for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits each:

ACO's- Current Status and Structural Needs: Rob Riner, MD

• Discuss the possible bundled payment programs that may impact your practice.
• Acquire a better appreciation for the infrastructure to support these types of programs.

Future of Medicine - Megatrends: Rob Kay, MD

• What you should be doing now to accommodate future developments?
• How will we define competitors and competitive advantage? What will be important to be a successful practitioner? 

Structuring Communication for a Hospitalists Program: Bruce Genovese, MD

• Enhance patient-physician communication with your hospitalist program
• Discuss the importance of potential scripted communications and the necessity to connect with  various constituents through the hospitalist program.
• Develop an understanding of how to positiong your hospitalist program to accomplish your organization's major strategic objectives.  

Teambuilding for Success in our Current Complex Healthcare Environment, Bruce Genovese, MD and Magdeline Aagard EdD, RN, MBA

• Review the importance of appropriate team formation
• Acquire a better appreciation for the physician perspective on operations teams.
• Discuss how to work with time-limited professionals for effective team functioning

Legal Alert - What You Must Know in Our Current Environment: Jeff Moseley, Esq. and Keelyn Meisinger, RN, MBA

• Describe major Fraud and Abuse Laws that regulate conduct in the healthcare marketplace
• Explain legal and ethical issues which may arise in relationships and transactions among healthcare entities
• Identify medical necessity compliance issues and to develop approaches to minimize risk 

Physician Leadership, Change, and Collaboration - What Really Makes a Difference?:  James Stoller, MD

• Recognize characteristics of great leaders and the competencies of effective physician leaders, including emotional intelligence
• Review the definition and concept of emotional intelligence
• Review impediments to collaboration among physicians
• Review change models 

Successful Governance Structures for Large Medical Practices:  Rob Kay, MD and Keelyn Meisinger, RN, MBA

• Review how to pragmatically and succinctly structure a medical group for success as it grows
• Discuss the dysfunctions that medical groups may encounter
• Acquire a better appreciation for the underpinnings of successful medical groups and the importance of good leadership 

METHOD OF PARTICIPATION:

To complete an online activity and obtain CME credit , you must do the following:

1. Read the course Introduction in its entirety
2. View the presentation and course material
   • Slides may be printed to follow along with the presentation and take notes if desired.
3. Complete the Post Test with a score of 70% or more
   • Sign into Healthstream via the link in the activity and complete the test for the activity you are participating in.
4. Submit the online activity evaluation form
   • Click the Evaluation link in the activity 
   • Click on My Evaluation on the top of the CME webpage
   • Sign in using your email address and CME password.  If you are new to the CME website you will need to create a profile and new password.

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:

It is suggested that you have the following hardware and software to use our educational website:

Hardware:

• Internet connection of 56k or better (DSL, cable, or broadband is recommended)

• Modem to support internet connection

• Soundcard (some activities include audio)

Software:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free Download)

• An HTML/XML Internet Browser such as Internet Explorer

• Some activities may require Windows Media Player (Free Download)

• Some activities may require Microsoft Office products such as MS Word