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2010 Update - CPT and ICD-9-CM Codes
6 clock hour(s)
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This course consists of a listing of new, deleted, reinstated and revised 2010 CPT and ICD-9-CM codes. This information is of value to all medical billers and coders. This course is not meant to be a substitute for CPT and ICD-9-CM official publications.
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Bipolar Disorder
1 clock hour(s)
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Bipolar disorder is a relatively new psychiatric diagnosis for the condition that in the past was called manic-depressive disorder.
This CE course will describe the disease in general, symptoms, conventional treatments, and alternate treatments for bipolar disorder.
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Brain Brawn - How Memory Works and Tips for Improving It
4 clock hour(s)
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This course provides the professional with a description of the basic functionality of memory, a gross overview of the nervous system anatomy, and tips for memory improvement. This course is for general information purposes only and is not intended to provide advice on diagnosis or treatment.
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Current Phlebotomy Topics
3 clock hour(s)
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This course will review numerous articles recently published regarding a variety of topics pertinent to the practice of phlebotomy. The topics include:
•Isolation rooms and phlebotomy procedures,
•Locating veins with new technology,
•Phlebotomy “splash” survey results,
•Avoiding infant burns with heel warmers,
•Certification and licensure,
•Order of draw,
•Add-on tests,
•Blood culture contamination rates,
•A hand hygiene detector,
•Specimen labeling errors, and
•Uniform and scrubs as a source of infection.
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Laws Prohibiting Employment Discrimination
3 clock hour(s)
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This CE course provides an overview of the statutes that cover employment discrimination and the necessary components to establish discrimination. This article will examine Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disability Act, the Age Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. These federal acts seek to prohibit discrimination in the healthcare industry as well as other industries.
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Medical Malpractice
2 clock hour(s)
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This course is a part of the series regarding negligence. This course will introduce the concept of medical malpractice, examples of medical malpractice and the potential liability of medical assistants in malpractice cases. While the course discusses medical assistants, any type of healthcare professional may be held legally liable in cases of medical malpractice.
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Needle Phobia
3 clock hour(s)
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Can you imagine being so afraid to have your blood drawn or to get an injection that you avoid any sort of medical care? Approximately 3.5% - 10% of the general population suffers from fear of needles or needle phobia. The medical term for needle phobia is belonephobia. Belonephobia is a recognized disease in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as Specific Phobia (SP), Blood-Injection-Injury Type. The 2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis code is 300.29, Other Isolated or Specific Phobias. It is important that healthcare professionals know how to recognize and manage this disorder.
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Resumes, Applications, and Cover Letters
3 clock hour(s)
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The chance of getting a job interview, and ultimately a job, may depend on how the job seeker highlights his/her skills on a resume, cover letter, and application form. This continuing education course will discuss how to write a resume and cover letter and how to complete a job application form to showcase the job seeker’s skills and catch the attention of the potential employer.
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The Legal Concept of Negligence
2 clock hour(s)
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This course introduces negligence and presents basic concepts and definitions in this subject matter. It seeks to explain the basic definition of negligence and the elements that consisted thereof. Negligence that occurs from a healthcare provider interaction is termed medical malpractice.
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Tomorrow's Jobs 2006-2016 - Outlook, Employment Sources, and Finding a Job
4 clock hour(s)
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Making informed career decisions requires reliable information about opportunities in the future. Opportunities result from the relationships between the population, labor force, and the demand for goods and services.
Population ultimately limits the size of the labor force—individuals working or looking for work—which constrains how much can be produced. Demand for various goods and services determines employment in the industries providing them. Occupational employment opportunities, in turn, result from demand for skills needed within specific industries. Opportunities for medical assistants and other health care occupations, for example, have surged in response to the rapid growth in demand for health services.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published projections of the labor force and occupational and industry employment for 2006-2016. This information is included in the continuing education course as well as information on sources of career information, finding a job, and evaluating a job offer.
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Vitamin D - The Hormone from the Sun
2 clock hour(s)
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Vitamin D, the “Sunshine Vitamin” has been in the news a lot lately! The purpose of this course is to provide some history of the medical uses of vitamin D as well as explore some of the extensive new research. Science has now identified this vitamin as a vital prohormone essential to the production of the hormone calcitriol, and far more important than has been thought.
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Webinar - Getting a Handle on Infections
1 clock hour(s)
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This webinar is designed to be a "quick and dirty" review of infection control measures. As professionals who are exposed to infectious disease, we "tow the line" and comply with what our administration and infection control officers require while we are on the job (or maybe we don't). But WHY? Why MUST we wear gloves, why MUST we use engineered sharps, or rather why SHOULD we wear gloves or why SHOULD we use engineered sharps? Are these really asking the same question? Might that watch or stethoscope be the culprit in spreading infection? What should we do to prevent spread of superbugs by inanimate objects?
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