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OverviewSince 2002, CME Outfitters has delivered over 1,400 innovative evidence-based educational activities to thousands of clinicians each year and offers expert accreditation and outcome services for non-accredited organizations. CME Outfitters focuses on delivering education to primary care, specialty audiences and community-based clinicians with strong expertise in neuroscience, gastroenterology, dermatology, rheumatology, immunology, virology, transplant, and cardiology. CME Outfitters is certified as a women’s business enterprise through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. |
Addressing Racial Disparities in Patients with Schizophrenia: Making the Commitment to Do Better
Schizophrenia is a persistent, debilitating disease that depletes individuals and their families of their general well-being, as well as psychosocial and cognitive functioning. Compounding its impact, racial disparities exist in the diagnosis and management of schizophrenia, resulting in racially and ethnically diverse individuals being less likely to have access to mental health services, seek ...
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As We Age: Considering the Impact of Renal Impairment When Choosing an HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Formulation
Lack of knowledge about PrEP remains a major barrier for optimal PrEP uptake. Furthermore, knowledge of PrEP and long-term risk mitigation related to renal impairment and use in individuals with medical comorbidities is necessary for improving widespread uptake. This is particularly important in aging individuals who are at risk for contracting HIV, as they may have medical comorbidities and ris...
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Call to Action for Health Equity: Racial Disparities in the Care of Patients with Cardiometabolic Disease
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for adults in the US. However, patients from minority populations with cardiovascular disease have disproportionately poor health outcomes and are particularly vulnerable to health disparities. Racial inequities in health also result in higher risk-burden in minority groups for metabolic syndromes such as Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes, which i...
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Call to Action: Racial Disparities in Maternal Health
The United States ranks 61st in the world for maternal mortality, and African American/Black women are three times more likely to die due to poor maternal health, while Native American women are two times more likely than White women to die. Pregnancy-related mortality is 2.4 times higher than it was in 1987, however, approximately 65% of maternal deaths are preventable. Action steps to mitigate...
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Data-Driven Decisions in Crohn's Disease: Positioning Patients for Success
While there is a tendency for clinicians to rely on one approach to treating Crohn's disease (CD), making confident data-driven treatment decisions in moderate-to-severe CD is imperative for durable, long-term remission. The traditional approach that has been based on progressive, step-wise treatment intensification with re-evaluation of response according to symptoms does not improve long-term ...
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Developing an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol: Best Practices to Reduce Complications in Surgical Patients
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) protocols represent comprehensive, multidisciplinary efforts to expedite postoperative recovery while reducing avoidable complications. Successful implementation of these protocols requires proper coordination between the surgeon, anesthesiologist, nursing personnel, pharmacist, patient, and patient's caregivers in the postoperative period. This has led to ...
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Differentiators When Choosing Novel Treatment Options for EDS
Reducing excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is an important treatment goal for patients with narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In order to achieve reduced EDS, cataplexy and sleep paralysis/hypnagogic hallucinations must be controlled to improve disturbed nighttime sleep, which then improves fatigue and brain fog and reduces psychosocial dysfunction, therefore improving quality of lif...
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Hitting Refresh on Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: Managing Patients with Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Central disorders of hypersomnia such as narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) can be debilitating as both disorders are characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) which conveys a high degree of disability and burden. While there are safe, effective therapies that promote sustained reduction of symptoms in narcolepsy, there is often a failure to implement them in a timely manner. M...
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How to Use Digital Cognitive Testing Tools to Aid in the Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Dementia
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a condition in which individuals demonstrate focal or multifocal impairment with minimal impairment of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) that does not cross the threshold for dementia diagnosis. It can be the first cognitive expression Alzheimer's disease (AD) or secondary to other disease processes that can cause cognitive deficits. Early diagnosi...
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Implementing a Shingles Protocol in Pharmacies
Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a common secondary infection that can impose a significant burden, impacting cerebrovascular, cardiovascular, neurologic, ophthalmic, and dermatologic systems. Therefore, despite common perceptions, shingles is more than just a rash, and its extensive burden highlights the need for an effective prevention strategy. While highly effective vaccines exist, shingles va...
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Irregular Care: Racial Inequities in the Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders
Structural racism and classism leads to many of the social determinants of health (SDoH) that cause disparities in cardiovascular (CVD) care, such as unequal preventative care, heart arrythmia treatment, and research inclusion. Interpersonal racism, including unconscious bias, worsens disproportionate CVD care, and is also a stand-alone factor for this health inequity. Underrepresented minority ...
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Managing Patients with HFrEF Post-Discharge: Discussion of the Latest Evidence
In 2021, new practice guidelines, updated clinical pathways, and a universal definitions and classification document were released to help clinicians better diagnose, stage, and manage patients with heart failure (HF). The recommendations include direction on sequencing foundational therapies and integrating the latest FDA-approved additions to the HF armamentarium – SGLT2 inhibitors and an or...
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Matching Treatment Choice to the Pathophysiology of Sleep
The neurobiology of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has no identified pathophysiology. This can make it difficult for clinicians to determine a target for therapeutic intervention; therefore, awareness of the mechanisms of action of current and novel therapies is vital when selecting an optimal treatment.
In the second episode of this CME Outfitters podcast...
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Promoting Equitable Oral Health in Patients of Color
There are many vulnerable and underserved populations in oral health. Gaps in health and health care are often caused by the disconnect between medical and dental care and a fragmented system that has left 74 million people without dental insurance, leading to knowledge gaps and a lack of dental-medical collaboration and coordination in patient care. These issues are exacerbated in patients of c...
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Schizophrenia is a Whole-Body Disease: Examining the Impact of Comorbidities on Morbidity and Mortality
Schizophrenia is a clinically complex, multi-system disorder that is associated with an increased incidence of medical comorbidities, complicating management. Overlooked or undermanaged medical comorbidities increase morbidity and all-cause mortality risks. Comprehensive management of medical comorbidities is essential to improve whole patient care and optimize clinical outcomes.
In the first...
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The Complete Response: Addressing Antidepressant Failure in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a profoundly debilitating, lifelong disorder. Many patients do not achieve remission with initial first-line antidepressant therapy, which is typically comprised of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). Subsequently, patients endure a high burden of treatment failure, though it is often unrecogn...
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The Epidemic Within the Pandemic: Managing Complications in Populations with Obesity
Obesity is increasingly recognized as a multi-causal chronic disease that leads to structural and physiological abnormalities and functional impairments. Despite the growing prevalence and substantial burden of obesity in terms of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), healthcare utilization, and healthcare costs, obesity remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. The recent recognition that ob...
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The Pediatric Patient with HIV: Translating Data to Practice
When a child is exposed to HIV perinatally, it is imperative that providers be proactive about repeat testing of the mother to assess the child’s risk of HIV even into the third trimester and delivery.
This CMEO BriefCase will introduce Cynthia, who is 24 weeks pregnant and has recently found out that her partner has begun injecting drugs. This case study will focus on the importance of HIV...
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