Balancing Your Practice: Protecting
the Public Health and Preserving Your Patients' Privacy
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Original Publish Date:
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August 1, 2007
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Review Date(s):
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October 2008
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Term of Approval End Date:
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October 31, 2009
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Estimated Time to Complete:
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2.5 Hours*
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Risk Management:
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Yes
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Course Format:
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Slide - Audio Lecture
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Course Fee:
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Mbrs-$10 per module
Non Mbrs-$20 per module
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To participate in this CME
activity: (1) review the information on this page which includes the
learning objectives and faculty disclosures; (2) listen to the
presentation; (3) complete the exam; (4) view/print
certificate.
*Presentation 1: The Need for
Public Health Information and Surveillance is designated for 1 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit™ and Presentation 2: Privacy Principles and
Bioethics of Medical Practice is designated for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit™.
Course Information
General Information
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If you need to stop in the middle
of a course, you may return to the course at anytime to finish.
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When you have
finished viewing the presentation slides with audio, close the
window and click on CME Exam in the Course Section box (top
right).
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To begin this
CME activity, read through the information on this page and
then click on the Start Course button.
Course Overview
This CME activity was developed from a live
program Balancing Your Practice: Protecting the Public Health and
Preserving Your Patient's Privacy, held on March 7, 2007 at the MMS
Headquarters in Waltham, MA and sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical
Society and its Volunteer Surveillance Corps in collaboration
with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health . 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.
The presentations focus on
balancing the competing interests of patient privacy and the need for
public health information and surveillance. Maintaining the public
health often requires the disclosure of sensitive health information in
order to implement control measures and treatment. Physicians need to
know which health information they should disclose and what they are
required to reveal under the law. Information will center on complying
with those requests while still maintaining confidentiality and
fostering a trusting doctor-patient relationship. This dynamic becomes
increasingly complex in an emergent public health or disaster situation
when standards of care may be altered. Participants will gain a greater
understanding of how to preserve patient privacy rights in everyday
practice and in the face of a public health emergency.
About The Volunteer Surveillance Corps
The Volunteer Surveillance Corps is
a database of active and retired physicians who promote disease
reporting and vigilance among their colleagues in order to enhance
emergency preparedness. Participation is completely voluntary and there
is no minimum time commitment.
The types of activities volunteers
may be asked to assist with include calling clinicians in the event of a
suspected outbreak or an emergent situation, disseminating critical
information from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health,
assisting with vaccine promotion or distribution, and providing support
to their local board of health.
No credentialing is required. Free
CME training and support is provided. For more information about the
VSC, contact Vanessa Kenealy at vkenealy@mms.org or (781)
434-7319.
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Intended Audience
This online CME activity is
intended for all physicians need to balance their patients’
privacy rights with the need for health information. Understanding these
competing interests enhances communication among providers, patients,
and public health workers. This topic is of importance to physicians,
nurses, and those who work in the public health field.
Course Objectives
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Explain the role of surveillance
in a communicable disease emergency or disaster-response situation and
cite why diseases are reportable to the Department of Public
Health
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Demonstrate increased knowledge
and understanding of privacy principles and bioethical issues in
everyday medical practice
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Balance patient privacy rights
with the need for public health information and surveillance
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Discuss the human rights aspects
of pandemic and emergency preparedness
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Course Credit
Deadline for completing the course
is October 31, 2009.
The Massachusetts Medical Society
designates Balancing Your Practice: Protecting the Public Health and
Preserving Your Patients' Privacy for a maximum of 2.5
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim
credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
This program meets the criteria of
the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk
management study.
Participants will receive a
confidential report of their examination score. You must receive a score
of 70% or better to receive AMA PRA Category 1
Credit™. A confirmation of credit will be issued at the
end of the course to those who successfully complete the
examination.
The Massachusetts Medical Society
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.
*Presentation 1: The Need for
Public Health Information and Surveillance is designated for 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and Presentation 2:
Privacy Principles and Bioethics of Medical Practice is designated
for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
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Course Fee
Balancing Your Practice:
Protecting the Public Health and Preserving Your Patients' Privacy
course and all associated course materials are available free of
charge. An opportunity to complete an exam and receive AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit for a nominal fee is available at the end of the
course. The course fees are as follows:
Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS)
Member: $10 per presentation module credit
Non-MMS member: $20 per
presentation module credit
Course Materials
While viewing the presentation you
will have the option to print the slides and transcripts by going under
"documents" in the tab located on the top left within the recording
window.
(Requires Microsoft Adobe Reader)
Course Faculty
Alfred DeMaria, Jr., M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Director, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
State Epidemiologist
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Wendy E. Parmet, Esq.
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law
Northeastern University of Law
AlFRED DEMARIA, JR.,
MD, is the chief medical officer and the state epidemiologist
at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. He also serves as the
director of the Center for Laboratories and Disease Control, the
director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, and is the
acting director of the Massachusetts State Laboratory Institute and the
Bureau of Laboratory Sciences. He is a graduate of Boston University and
Harvard Medical School. He trained in internal medicine at Montefiore
Medical Center in the Bronx, and in infectious diseases at Boston City
Hospital and the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. DeMaria is a
Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and is a member of
many other professional associations. He serves on the boards of the
Massachusetts Public Health Association and the Public Health Museum. He
is currently lead consultant for blood safety and for nosocomial
infections for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
(CSTE) and sits on the Transfusion Transmitted Disease Committee of the
AABB. He served on the federal Healthcare Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee from 1997 to 2003.
WENDY E. PARMET,
Esq., is the George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews
Distinguished Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law
and program director of the law school’s dual degree (JD-MPH)
program with Tufts University School of Medicine. She teaches public
health law, health law, disability law, bioethics, torts, and
constitutional law. Professor Parmet has published numerous articles in
medical journals and law reviews on public health law, disability law,
constitutional law, and health care access. She coauthored Ethical
Health Care, published by Prentice Hall in 2005, with Professor Patricia
Illingworth. Professor Parmet is president of the board of directors of
Health Law Advocates and is on the board of directors of the Public
Health Law Association. She is also on the ABA’s Commission for
Mental and Physical Disability Law. She received her JD from Harvard Law
School in 1982 and her BA from Cornell University in 1979.
Disclosure/Commercial Support
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Alfred DeMaria, Jr., M.D. has no
financial interests to disclose.
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Wendy E. Parmet, Esq. has no
financial interests to disclose.
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Off-Label Disclosure
This course does not include any
discussion of an off-label use of a commercial product or an
investigational use not yet approved for any purpose by the FDA.
Commercial Support
No commercial support was received
for this online program.
Content Disclaimer
The views expressed are not
necessarily those of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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Online Course Developers
Nancy L. Bennett, Ph.D., Education
Consultant
Kathleen Bellisle, Manager of Distance Learning, MMS
Bibliography
A list of diseases reportable in Massachusetts is
available at www.mass.gov/dph/cdc/surveillance/rprtbldiseases_hcp.rtf
Information on individual communicable diseases can be
found at www.mass.gov/dph/cdc/factsheets/factsheets.htm
The MDPH Division of Epidemiology and Immunization has
an epidemiologist on call during normal business hours at (617) 983-6800
or (888) 658-2850 to answer questions about investigation and control
measures.
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Hardware & Software Requirements
Supported Browsers
Internet Explorer v.7 or greater
(for Windows)
Mozilla Firefox v.2 or greater (for Windows, Mac, Linux)
Minimum System Requirements
Windows Systems Requirements
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A Pentium-based PC or compatible
computer.
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At least 64MB of RAM.
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Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista
system software.
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A Sound Blaster or compatible
sound card and speakers.
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DirectX version 3.0 or later
recommended.
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Screen resolution of 1024 x 786
or larger recommended.
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Browser Plug-in: Adobe
Flash Player version 9 or higher.
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PDF Reader: Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher, Foxit Reader 2.0 or likewise.
Mac OS System Requirements
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Contact us at continuingeducation@mms.org
or (800) 322-2303, ext. 7306. Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter
Street, Waltham, MA 02451.
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