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Get Latest Update About Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia on Webcast

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Get Latest Update About Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia on Webcast.  This webcast will discuss Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. This presentation will first discuss the approach and diagnosis to lymphocytosis. It will use case presentations to highlight the presentation and evaluation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The presenter will also review complications and health maintenance implications for CLL. The second half of the talk will discuss staging and risk stratification. The presenter will review the rationale for observation and indications for treatment as well as the various different treatment options and their associated side effects.

Patients with CLL can have nonspecific symptoms like fatigue and lymphadenopathy—or be entirely asymptomatic. As a result, many cases of CLL are first detected incidentally through routine bloodwork showing lymphocytosis. Unlike many cancers, CLL often progresses so slowly that some patients may not need treatment. Others may not be so lucky and suffer devastating complications such as cytopenias, infections, and secondary malignancies. On this webcast, we’ve invited two Ohio State University’s Hematology experts who both specialize in CLL to discuss this common subtype of Leukemia. How do we diagnose it? And how do we manage it? We’re pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Hematology Dr. Aseel Alsouqi. Aseel treats not only patients with CLL but also non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is an investigator on several clinical trials for leukemia and lymphoma. We also have Associate Professor of Hematology Dr. Seema Bhat. In addition to her clinical treating of patients with CLL, Seema is also a principal investigator on clinical trials for novel CLL therapies.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Learn the basic diagnostic work up for CLL
  • Understand the health implications of CLL
  • Understanding Staging and Risk Stratification of CLL
  • Understand rationale of observation for early-stage asymptomatic patients with CLL and approach to select treatment for CLL when indicated.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Prognosis
  • Evolution of CLL
  • PCP’s role
  • Therapies
  • CLL Patients in the Hospital

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual.  You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Get Latest Update on Measles on CME Webcast

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Get Latest Update on Measles on CME Webcast.  This presentation will review the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, and prevention of measles virus infection. Common questions encountered in the outpatient clinic will also be discussed.

For this special program, we’ve brought in a Pediatric Infectious Disease & Epidemiology expert Dr. Matthew Washam.  Dr Washam is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and has presented and published nationwide about the 2022 Columbus Measles outbreak.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Identify the clinical features and complications of measles, such as prodromal symptoms and the characteristic rash phase
  • Describe the diagnostic methods, current management strategies, and preventive measures to control outbreaks

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Vaccine Efficacy
  • Early Vaccination

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual.  You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn Latest on Sickle Cell Disease on Webcast

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Learn Latest on Sickle Cell Disease on Webcast. This program will go through the challenges for people with sickle cell disease to obtain primary care, especially the challenges around the transition from pediatric to adult care. Learners will also learn about preventative, acute, and chronic care topics important for primary care physicians caring for individuals with sickle cell disease. The second half of the program will go over the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease, disease modifying treatments, and management of chronic pain.

For this webcast, we’ve invited two experts to discuss modern care of patients with Sickle Cell Disease with an emphasis on primary care. First, Dr. Rob Cronin is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics and is a clinician scientist who not only provides primary care for patients with sickle cell disease.  He also uses his clinical informatics training to study topics including sickle cell disease, disparities, and transitions from pediatric to adult centered care. Our second presenter is Dr. Andrew Schamess. Andrew is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine who has helped create a novel home-based primary care program for patients with sickle cell disease.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Describe preventive care for people with SCD, including nuances for this population
  • Describe some common acute and chronic issues in SCD that intersect with primary care and how to manage them
  • Identify three disease modifying agents that are used to treat sickle cell disease.
  • Identify three factors that can contribute to chronic pain in adults with sickle cell disease.
  • You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual.  You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn Latest About Skin Cancer on CME Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn Lastest About Skin Cancer on CME Webcast. Doctor Mohs’ technique has spread to being used in a variety of body sites and cases. And what was once an informal training of the surgical technique from Dr Mohs’ Chemosurgery Clinic itself, is now taught broadly with exposure to Mohs surgery in every Dermatology residency.

This CME webcast is on Skin Cancer, and we’re delighted to bring on the program one of Ohio State University & James Cancer Hospital’s Dermatology and Mohs Surgery experts to share what is Mohs micrographic surgery and how it is used to treat skin cancer. We are pleased to introduce Associate Professor of Dermatology Dr Llana Pootrakul.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

Review the primary goal and key features of Mohs Micrographic Surgery, and which cutaneous tumors are appropriate.
Discuss comprehensive histologic margin evaluation of melanoma in situ.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Mohs Training
  • Pathology
  • Setting
  • Anesthesia
  • Timing

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Watch Webcast to Learn Latest on CPT Coding Updates and Tips

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Watch Webcast to Learn Latest on CPT Coding Updates and Tips. On this webcast, we’re going to be focusing on the most common services, the codes for evaluation and management or E and M services. Joining us in the studio to discuss inpatient coding and billing is hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Eric Nolan. And then to discuss ambulatory coding and billing, we have general internist and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Jodi Grandominico.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

  • Learn ways to optimize the accuracy of documentation and billing
  • Learn how to optimize documentation, diagnosis, and problem association to accurately reflect the patient’s complexity in their Diagnosis Related Group (DRG)
  • Understand ambulatory coding updates
  • Document less
  • Big wins for primary care!
  • Get paid for the work you (already) do

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • New changes to inpatient CPT coding
  • Improvements to primary care reimbursement

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.