November 14th 2023
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September 8th 2022
Equalizing Inequities™ in Multiple Myeloma Care: Shining a Light on Current Barriers and Opportunities for Improved Outcomes
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Medical Crossfire®: Maximizing Patient Outcomes in Shingles – Are You Leveraging Guideline Based Care?
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Understanding RSV: What You Need to Know to Prevent and Treat Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Your Patients
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Understanding the Infection Burden and Anticipating the Impact of Vaccines
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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Medical Crossfire®: Which Patients with Hematologic Malignancies are at Risk for Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID)… and How Can We Leverage Evidence to Improve Their Outcomes?
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities™ in Glaucoma Management – Understanding Challenges in Segmented Patient Populations (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Real-World Applications of Novel Therapies Across TNBC and Addressing Disparities in Care
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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease — Individualizing Vaccine Recommendations in Adolescent Populations
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Community Oncology Connections™: Overcoming Barriers to Testing, Trial Access, and Equitable Care in Cancer
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities: Bridging the Gap in Multiple Sclerosis – A Focus on Clinical and Healthcare Disparities in Black Patients
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Overcoming Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Outcomes and Clinical Trials: How We are Moving Care Forward Today
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Animal-to-Human Infection Transmission During Healthcare Setting Visits
July 27th 2016Gonzalo Bearman, MD, MPH, hospital epidemiologist, Virginia Commonwealth University, explains the risk of animal to human infection transmission during personal pet, service animal, and assisted-therapy animal healthcare setting visitations.
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Minimizing the Risk of Infection Transmission from Animal-assisted Therapies in Healthcare Setting
July 25th 2016Gonzalo Bearman, MD, MPH, hospital epidemiologist, Virginia Commonwealth University, describes possible protocols that healthcare institutions can implement in order to reduce the risk of animal to human infection transmission.
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What is Currently Being Done to Fight the Threats Associated with Antimicrobial-resistance?
July 24th 2016Marion A. Kainer, MD, MPH, FRACP, FSHEA, director, Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, Tennessee Department of Health, outlines currently available strategies to avoid antimicrobial resistance.
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Long-term Effects of Reduced Antibiotic Use for RTIs Far Outweigh Potential Short-term Consequences
July 19th 2016The belief that patients may face increased risks of complications following reduced antibiotic use after experiencing self-limiting respiratory tract infections (RTIs) may not be well-founded.
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MSM and HIV+ Individuals Urged to Get Vaccinated for Meningitis in Southern California
July 8th 2016Since May, there have been nine confirmed cases, with one fatality, in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Orange counties. According to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), most of those infected have been gay and/or bisexual men.
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CDC Issues Warning About Multidrug-Resistant Candida Species
July 7th 2016In a recent clinical alert, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned US healthcare facilities about Candida auris, an emerging multidrug-resistant (MDR) yeast that is causing severe, and sometimes fatal, healthcare-associated infections.
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Antimicrobial Considerations Specific to Solid Organ Transplant Population
June 19th 2016Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, clinical pharmacy coordinator of infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, explains the antimicrobial considerations that are specific to the solid organ transplant population.
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Old Therapy with a Modern Twist May Reduce the Incidence of Antibiotic-resistant Infections
June 17th 2016New research suggests that modernized phages therapy may be useful in extending the lifespan of currently available antibiotics and reducing the incidence of antibiotic-resistant infections.
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CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Tool Found to be "Double-edged Sword"
June 13th 2016Researchers at McGill University in Montreal revealed that the gene editing tool known as CRISPR/Cas9, which had previously been shown to hold some promise in removing HIV-infected cells from the human genome, may in fact be a “double-edged sword.”
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What are the Main Barriers in the Fight Against HAIs?
June 10th 2016Marion A. Kainer, MD, MPH, FRACP, FSHEA, Director of Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, Tennessee Department of Health, discusses some of the key points to aid in the fight against healthcare associated infections, nationwide.
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