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Featured Courses

NEW Massachusetts Medical Law Report Quarterly Risk Management CME Series based on articles from the Massachusetts Medical Law Report also includes summaries and risk management strategies.

ePrescribing Education
Electronic Prescribing Education: How to Improve Medication Safety and Reduce Drug Costs Through ePrescribing is jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and its Committee on Information Technology and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in collaboration with the eRX Collaborative and the eRx Forum, a committee of ePrescribing stakeholders facilitated by the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium. This online education program, presented in a slide format, will give participants an overview of ePrescribing, legal and risk management issues and barriers to implementation and adoption.

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Legal Advisor Risk Management Series
The Legal Advisor Risk Management series is based on the information contained in The Legal Advisor publication which is issued quarterly by the Massachusetts Medical Society and Adler, Cohen, Harvey, Wakeman & Guekguezian, LLP.  Topics include information on mandated reporting requirements, hearing impaired patients and patients with limited English proficiency.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Education
Risk Management courses intended for those in the early stages of EHR selection and implementation. Modules include basic terms, workflow redesign, implementation and change management.

Public Health, Patient Safety and Quality
Public Health and Patient Safety
 is a series of risk management courses on cultural competence, examining health disparities, communication, preparedness, patient safety, quality and the prevention of medical errors.

CME Accreditation: A Review for CME Providers and Surveyors
This activity is designed for Directors of Medical Education (DME), MMS Accreditation surveyors, CME committee members and CME Coordinators to help those involved in CME to review and update their understanding of the requirements for MMS accreditation.

The New England Journal of Medicine and Journal Watch Online
Weekly and bi-weekly exams, respectively, from the New England Journal of Medicine and Journal Watch.

 

Legal Advisor Risk Management Series
 
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society. 
CME Credit for the following Perspectives courses:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM , risk management study
 
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Education
 
EHR in Your Office - Let's Get Started! is jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society, Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMMS) and Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative (MAeHC).
CME Credit for each of the following courses: 
Patient Safety and Quality 

Unmasking Depression in Primary Care Practice: Strategies to Improve Health Care Quality was developed from a live program held on September 28, 2007 at the MMS Headquarters in Waltham, MA. This 3-module course is designed to identify barriers that impede early diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and effective/efficient management of depression in primary care settings.
CME Credit: Each presentation module is designated for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, risk management study
Unmasking Depression in Primary Care Practice: Strategies to Improve Health Care Quality 

Cost Performance Ratings was developed from a live program held on November 3, 2006 at the MMS Headquarters in Waltham, MA.
CME Credit: 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM, risk management study
Cost Performance Ratings: What You Need to Know About Episode Treatment Groups (ETGs)

Physician-Hospital Relationships: Where Do You Stand? was developed from a live program held on November 18, 2006 at the MMS Headquarters in Waltham, MA. Utilizing slides and audio you will experience the presentations on Hospital and Medical Staff Bylaws and The Peer Review Process presented by Elizabeth A. Snelson, Esq., Legal Counsel to the medical staffs throughout the country.
CME Credit: 3 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM, risk management study
Physician-Hospital Relationships: Where Do You Stand?

Public Health
 
Balancing Your Practice: Protecting the Public Health and Preserving Your Patients' Privacy  was developed from a live program held on March 7, 2007 at the MMS Headquarters in Waltham, MA. Utilizing slides and audio you will experience the presentations on The Need for Public Health Information and Surveillance and Privacy Principles and Bioethics of Medical Practice.
CME Credit: 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM, risk management study
Balancing Your Practice: Protecting the Public Health and Preserving Your Patients' Privacy
 
Recognizing and Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals is Sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and its Committee on Violence.
CME Credit: 3  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM
 
Cultural Competence in Women's Health is sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and its Committee on Women in Medicine in collaboration with the American Heart Association. 
CME Credit: 2  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM, risk management study
Cultural Competence in Women’s Health: Implications for Cardiac Risk Factors and Disease
 
Avian Flu and Pandemic Preparedness is sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and its Committee on Public Health, Committee on Physician Preparedness, and Committee on Global Medicine.
CME Credit: 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM, risk management study
Avian Flu and Pandemic Preparedness 
 
The 2nd Annual Public Health Leadership Forum: Examining Health Disparities, 5-module series, is jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society and Harvard School of Public Health, Division of Public Health Practice.
CME Credit: Each Module: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM risk management study