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INNOVATIX
Innovatix is the nation’s leading non-acute care group purchasing organization. Since 1993, we have been committed to providing individualized purchasing, business, and supply chain solutions to more than 16,000 members in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Our membership consists of infusion, specialty, long-term care, retail, combo shop, and mail order pharmacies; senior living facilities; behavioral healthcare facilities; independent oncologists; and K-12 schools.
Innovatix offers one of the most extensive and competitive purchasing portfolios available today. Our relationship with Premier allows members to access some of the same discount pricing that was typically available only to the nation’s largest acute care institutions. In addition, we have negotiated exceptional pricing and advantageous purchasing terms directly with vendors and manufacturers in order to cater specifically to the markets we serve. We provide our members with access to a $36 billion purchasing portfolio that comprises over 1,700 contracts through 900-plus suppliers.
Members can save on
- Brand Name & Generic Pharmaceuticals
- Blood Products
- Medical Supplies
- Capital Equipment
- Facility Maintenance & Construction
- Office & IT Supplies
- Cellular Voice & Data Services
- And more!
In addition to helping our members save money, we also offer
- Supply Chain Consulting, Spend Analysis, and Rebate Management
- Clinical Support
- Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities
- Discounts for Members’ Employees
- Unparalleled Customer Service
- Industry Tools, Publications, and Updates
Membership is FREE. Join today by visiting our website.
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Hospice Provider Group
Pharmacies • Hospices
Manufacturers
The Hospice Provider Group Inc. is a collection of pharmacies, hospices and medical equipment companies that provide materials for hospice use. Supplies obtained are specific for hospice use only and cannot be used for retail or other sales.
Hospice organizations are encouraged to join Hospice Provider Group, Inc. Hospices should request that their contracted suppliers become members of HPG. This will insure that those hospices can take advantage of the negotiated contracts.
- Changes the classification of hospice patients to institutional
- Brings together hospices and their providers to obtain favored pricing supplies
- Alleviates the upward spiral of costs associated with hospice care
- Obtains price reductions and value added services
- Maintains a formulary specific to hospice
- Publishes a newsletter of topics for the hospice market
- Members may be pharmacies, medical equipment suppliers or hospices
- Hospice members pay no fee to join HPG. Pharmacy members have a nominal, annual fee for membership in HPG
- Members shall guarantee that products obtained through an HPG contract will be sold for hospice use only
- Pharmacy members shall keep products obtained through HPG contracts separate from similar items for sale to any other market
- Pharmacy members shall keep a record of products purchased under HPG contracts so that Hospice Provider Group, Inc. can guarantee suppliers that all items are being utilized for hospice care
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PDM Healthcare
PDM Healthcare is a leading national supply chain management company offering services to thousands of healthcare clients nationwide. PDM Healthcare is an innovative company well known for their innovations.
PDM has negotiated group purchasing contracts with leading manufacturers for branded and generic pharmaceuticals, specialty/biotech and OTC products medical/surgical supplies, HME/DME equipment, wound care, nutritionals, diabetes care, office supplies, and technology products in order to offer our members a truly diversified portfolio of contracts to fully maximize savings. On average, PDM members save 10%-20% on their total annual spend.
Because of our diverse contract portfolio, PDM Healthcare is able to offer our services to all healthcare facilities, including:
- Long Term Care Providers
- Retail Pharmacy
- Mail Order/Managed Care Pharmacy
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Compounding Pharmacy
- Home Health Care
- Chain Pharmacy
- Long Term Care Facilities
- Hospitals
- Surgery Centers
- Physician Practices and Clinics
- Travel Clinics
PDM Healthcare's Group Purchasing Division is dedicated to providing our members with the best quality products and technology at competitive (discounted) pricing. Compliant and committed members can achieve significant savings and unparalleled service for all of their business needs. We work with both consortiums and independent facilities nationwide to streamline operational efficiency, decrease overhead, manage purchasing budgets, and enhance revenue. The discounts we can provide to members is a direct result of the volume of purchases represented by our own member consortium, which amounts to over $7 billion in purchasing transactions per annum.
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Innovatix
Innovatix is the nation's leading non-acute care group purchasing organization. Since 1993, we have been committed to providing individualized purchasing, and supply chain solutions to our members nationwide. Read More...
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Hospice Provider Group
Hospice Provider Group, Inc. - The answer to have your hospice purchase at an institutional price from your pharmacy. Be a Hospice Provider Group Pharmacy and you can obtain the benefit for your hospice. Join HPG, have your hospice join HPG and together we can use the power of one of the fastest growing healthcare markets to increase the products available to hospice while reducing the price. Read More...
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Innovatix
Innovatix is a leading group purchasing organization serving pharmacies nationwide. Read More...
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20 Ways
The 20Ways mission is to educate pharmacy management on products and services that serve to improve patient care or improve a pharmacy’s financial bottom line while distilling and presenting this relevant information via twenty product-profiles. 20Ways is published on a quarterly basis and subscriptions are free for pharmacy management. Read More...
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Innovatix
Innovatix is the nation's leading non-acute care Group Purchasing Organization. Since 1993, we have been committed to providing individualized purchasing, business, and supply chain solutions to our members nationwide. We are dedicated to conducting our business with the utmost integrity and transparency. Read More...
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Innovatix
Innovatix, the nation’s largest alternate care group purchasing organization (GPO), is a leading provider of individualized top-quality purchasing, business, and clinical programs and services.
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Armada Healthcare
Armada Health Care is the nation’s largest Specialty Pharmacy Group Purchasing Organization and is leading the industry in establishing “Specialty Pharmacy” as a separate trade class. In 2006, Armada members purchased over $6 billion in specialty pharmacy products, representing nearly 20% of the specialty pharmacy market. Armada’s unparalleled success is driven by its ability to deliver new, never-before-seen specialty pharmacy contracts that provide enhanced profitability to their members |
Innovatix, LLC
Innovatix is the nation’s largest Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) serving non-acute care providers. Through our affiliation with Premier, we are able to offer our members access to some of the most competitive pricing for a variety of products and services. With over 14,000 members, Innovatix is the leader in providing purchasing solutions and operational efficiencies for long-term care (dispensing) pharmacies, retail and mail-order pharmacies, home infusion therapy providers, specialty pharmacies, senior living providers, independent oncologists, and physicians. Membership is free so join today! |
Amerinet
Amerinet is a group purchasing organization the promotes quality healthcare and help deliver providers with effective solutions to manage expenses. |
Consorta
Consorta is committed to providing members with benefits through resource management to control total supply spending for acute and non-acute facilities in order to ensure cost effectiveness and quality through evidence-based clinical, operational, and financial practices. |
MAGNET, Inc.
MAGNET, Inc. is one of the nations largest, oldest, and most experienced shared services organizations and is committed to providing programs and services designed to deliver quality, value, and cost advantages to participating facilities. |
Premier, Inc.
Premier's analytics, group purchasing contracts, and consulting services allow hospitals and healthcare providers to save hundreds of lives and billions of dollars annually. For more information, visit the Premier homepage above. |
Broadlane
At Broadlane, our heritage is healthcare. We've been where you are, and we've taken clients where you want to go. Broadlane began by introducing a new model for addressing fundamental business problems in healthcare organizations. Our roots in hospital operations enabled us to focus on the supply chain from a new perspective, combining innovative technology with best-practice business process expertise.
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Hospice Provider Group Inc
The Hospice Provider Group Inc. is a collection of pharmacies, hospices and medical equipment companies that provide materials for hospice use. Supplies obtained are specific for hospice use only and cannot be used for retail or other sales.
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Managed Health Care Associates, Inc.
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc (MHA) is the largest provider of contract purchasing services to Long-Term Care (LTC) pharmacies and also offers a variety of services to pharmaceutical manufacturers selling to the LTC industry, including contract administration, marketing, and continuing education. Created in 1989, MHA has grown to be the market leader.
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MedAssets
MedAssets HSCA, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is the largest independent group purchasing organization in the country, serving more than 16,000 healthcare providers. MedAssets was recognized as "Purchaser of the Year" at the 2002 HIGPA International Expo. Its philosophy is to use a team approach that involves the customer in researching and developing best-value, broad-based contacts and services.
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Novation
Novation delivers to the thousands of health care organizations it serves. Our value is built on competitive pricing and cost avoidance, complemented by member-focused service, programs that provide value beyond price, and innovation that helps to keep VHA and UHC members at the forefront of the evolving health care marketplace.
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Pharmaceutical Buyers, Inc.
Pharmaceutical Buyers, Inc. is a full-service buying group that delivers contracts and innovative services to an extensive alternate site provider market. Since 1983 PBI has grown to service over 5,000 local and regional providers across the alternate site market including medical distribution, home infusion pharmacies, long term care providers, specialty pharmacy and hospice.
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July 08, 2011
RXinsider Enters into Strategic Alliance with HIGPA and HISCI West Warwick, RI 7.10.2011 - Building on its strength within pharmacy and healthcare, RXinsider begins a long-term, robust multimedia partnership with HIGPA and HISCI. As the nation's most influential supply chain event, RXinsider establishes a prominent presence at the 2011 International Expo in Washington, D.C., while affording many great exposure and lead-generation opportunities to HIGPA and HISCI across its numerous web-based and print properties. Both organizations anticipate significant growth targeting industry suppliers/manufacturers and GPO's. |
June 15, 2011
RXinsider Adds new Aisle to Virtual Trade Shows: "Reverse Expo" RXinsider Adds new Aisle to Virtual Trade Shows: "Reverse Expo". West Warwick, RI 6.15.2011 - Building on its 116 existing Aisles in the Virtual Pharmacy and Virtual Healthcare IT Tradeshows, RXinsider has added a new "sub aisle" dedicated exclusively to "Reverse Expos" in thealthcare. Focus of the new aisle includes Pharmacy, Healthcare IT, Radiology & Imaging, Hospital O.R. & Surgery and Group Purchasing and will serve to educate healthcare professionals on leading reverse expo providers. |
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MMLI: Strategic Leadership
Provided by: Inquisit
This program will describe the concepts and attributes of becoming a strategic leader for supply chain excellence within your organization. This will include descriptions and actions that will inform the participants on building relationships, becoming a respected agent of change, and how to assume a leadership role within your organization. Seve... |
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Mythbusting... Pressure Ulcers Don't Have to Happen in ICU
Provided by: Inquisit
Pressure ulcers are common in patients in critical care units, with national numbers reaching 30% incidence in some groups. When combined with pressure ulcers from medical devices, these patients may be the highest risk group of all! Can anything be done to reduce the risk? Are patients simply "too sick" to save the skin? Join us for this interacti... |
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Prescription Disposal & Hosting an Unwanted Medication Collection: A View from the Pharmacy
Provided by: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)
Abstract
Upon the completion of this activity, the pharmacist will have an enhanced knowledge of problems surrounding improper medication disposal and will have the tools available to guide patients in the proper disposal of prescription medication. Additionally, the pharmacist will have the knowledge needed in hosting a collection event.
Tar... |
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Updates in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): With an Emphasis on Existing and Emerging Treatment Options
Provided by: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)
Abstract
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Report (GOLD), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), was recently revised to include significant changes to the way clinicians classify disease severity. Since its initial release in 2001, an expansive body of evidence has led to a new paradigm for treatment of pati... |
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CMS Medication Administration New Guidelines for Hospitals: Getting Rid of the 30 Minute Rule
Provided by: Inquisit
CMS has changed the problematic standard relating to the 30-minute rule for medications which also includes standing orders, protocols, and order sets With these new guidelines comes the need for a revision of policies and procedures as well as the requirement to educate staff on the changes.... |
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CMS ASC Freestanding Conditions for Coverage Series: Medical Staff & Nursing Services
Provided by: Inquisit
CMS issued new Conditions for Coverage that every freestanding ambulatory surgery center (ASC) must meet if the ambulatory surgery center wants paid for Medicare and Medicaid patients. The standards apply to all patients treated in the ASC including worker comp and patients with commercial insurance.
There is a section on both medical staff and n... |
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North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI) 39th Annual Meeting (DVD-ROM)
Provided by: Meetings By Mail®
Meets ACR CME Requirements for Accreditation in BOTH CT and MR!
A globally renowned society for almost 40 years, NASCI encourages the development and dissemination of knowledge regarding Cardiovascular Imaging through its highly acclaimed annual meetings. The NASCI 39th Annual Meeting is available here, containing almost thirty hours of presenta... |
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FREE Pain Management CE / CME Mobile App Download
Provided by: CEAppCenter
Seven of the U.S. states require physicians to maintain CME credit in pain management. Find accredited materials covering chronic pain, medication management, ethical and legal issues, etc. Download the FREE mobile app onto your mobile device by visiting the Healthcare’s Continuing Education App Center at www.CEAppCenter.com.... |
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Operative Vaginal Delivery and Birth Trauma, a Case Study
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Operative vaginal delivery has a definite time and place in obstetric practice and is associated with reduced maternal complications compared to cesarean section. While vacuum extraction now exceeds the use of forceps, the indications and efficacy for them are essentially the same. A case study will be presented that illustrates how to manage risk... |
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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) and Radioimmunotherapy as a Special Treatment Option for These Patients
Provided by: Inquisit
Please join us in an overview of current treatments for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas, including new research findings, disease-specific treatment updates and data review from recent trials using radioimmunotherapy in clinical practice for lymphoma patients.... |
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TJC Medication Management Standards: Meeting Compliance in 2012
Provided by: Inquisit
Medication errors are the number one cause of medical errors in hospitals. IHI states that adverse drug events continue to be one of the largest contributors to patient harm accounting for over 30% of all hospital acquired conditions. The Joint Commission medication management standards were drafted with this in mind. This program will cover the 20... |
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Facebook Firing: Time to Update Your Social Media Policies
Provided by: Inquisit
The Labor Board''s recent Connecticut decision only increases the anxiety level for employers. Can you or can''t you enforce a policy that bars employees from trash-talking their company or co-workers on social media web sites? Is it prudent to consider social media postings when screening job candidates or monitoring employee behavior?This 90-minu... |
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Behavioral Tools You Can Use, Parts 1 & 2
Provided by: American Headache Society
At the completion of this presentation, participants should be able to:
-Identify psychiatric comorbidities of chronic and episodic migraine
-Discuss clinical and prognostic significance of psychiatric comorbidities of migraine
-Describe tools for screening and assessment of psychiatric comorbidities of migraine in clinical practice
-Recogniz... |
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Hot Topics in Pharmacy Law
Provided by: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)
Abstract
This course is targeted towards pharmacists interested in furthering their knowledge on the topics of pharmacy law.
Target Audience
Practicing pharmacists
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the future online Prescription Monitoring Program and how it will affect prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances
2. Identify t... |
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Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring online education program
Provided by: GE Healthcare
The Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring program introduces a comprehensive, systematic, evidence-based approach to standardized intrapartum fetal heart rate interpretation and management that reflects consensus in the medical literature, is practical, and teachable.
Unlike other fetal heart rate monitoring education programs,
this course mov... |
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Module 10: Pharmacotherapy for Infectious Diseases - 2010
Provided by: American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
Course Objectives
10.01 Pneumonia in the Elderly
* State the prevalence and mortality associated with nosocomial pneumonia
* Describe the pathogens responsible for both community acquired and nosocomial pneumonia
* List risk factors for pneumonia in the elderly
* Describe common signs and symptoms presented by patients with... |
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Creating and Fostering a Good Food Safety Culture
Provided by: Inquisit
With an estimated 48 million foodborne illnesses in the US each year, food safety is a hot topic in healthcare facilities, homes, restaurants, grocery stores and child care settings. Peppers, papayas and pot pies contaminated with microorganisms have all caused illnesses and generated media coverage in recent years. Through examples drawn from rece... |
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Across the Continuum of Pain Management: Pharmacists’ Key Role in Impacting Outcomes
Provided by: ASiM
OVERVIEW
Notable changes have affected the practice of managing patients with pain. Sadly, treatment of patients with both acute and chronic pain remains strikingly inadequate, regardless of a better understanding of the underlying pathology and a growing range of therapies. Pain is one of the most common reasons patients seek medical attention. W... |
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Infection Control for California 2013
Provided by: My Dental Continuing Education & OSHA Training
California Infection Control 2013 is designed to meet California code legal requirements and Dental Board approved new regulations adopted in August 2011 for mandated Infection Control instruction. This course meets the standards for dental license renewal for dentists and auxiliaries. The course is also aligned with the most current CDC guidelines... |
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How to Survive a DEA Inspection Series: Due Diligences of a Pharmacy (Part Three of a Four-Part Series)
Provided by: IACP / International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP)
Part Three of a Four-Part Series.
Today’s pharmacy staff, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, will need to familiarize themselves with the stringent laws and regulations enforced by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) through the Office of Diversion Control (Diversion). The focus of any DEA investigation is the legitimacy of... |
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Understanding and Reducing Diagnostic Error
Provided by: Medical Interactive Community
Diagnostic error in medicine has been estimated at about 10% or more from claims data, autopsies, and retrospective studies. A growing body of literature on this topic is reviewed by the acknowledged expert Mark Graber who has studied, lectured and published extensively on the subject. Graber dissects the systems-related and cognitive sources of er... |
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A Comprehensive Review of Movement Disorders for the Clinical Practitioner
Provided by: College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
This course is designed for general neurologists, neurology residents, and others in the health profession who wish to enhance their knowledge of movement disorders. This program will deal with classification of these disorders, their differential diagnosis and treatment. The goals of the course are twofold: to introduce the field to the novice, an... |
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New Drug Update: Series 23 - 10 Hours of CME/CE at the location of your choosing ... Anywhere , Anytime
Provided by: University Learning Systems
The New Drug Update consists of 10 hours of CMECE in a DVD format. Take the program with you on your next vacation.
At the completion of this program, the participant should be able to:
Discuss the new drugs with respect to their pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, approved and unapproved indications.
Describe their adverse effects and... |
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Navigating Latin American Regulatory Compliance Requirements for Clinical Trials
Provided by: The Center for Professional Innovation and Education
This training sessions highlight the implemented regulatory compliance requirements and procedures for Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Biologics and Combination Products in Latin America. The primary countries covered will include: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
The course will cover topics relating to pre-clinical and clinical requir... |
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7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise - Internal Medicine: Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology - Holland America's ms Nieuw Amsterdam
Provided by: Continuing Education, Inc.
7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise Conference
from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
December 22 - 29, 2013
All social events are complimentary for guests traveling with conferee and whose cabins are booked in the meeting group.
All social events are complimentary for guests traveling with conferee and whose cabins are booked in the meeting group.
BI... |
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Investigating Employee Complaints: Be Ready to Respond Objectively, Thoroughly and Quickly
Provided by: Inquisit
If your employees don’t complain, you aren’t just lucky – you’re probably doing business in an alternative universe. It’s inevitable that every organization will need to evaluate the merits of a complaint based upon facts that they don’t have at their finger tips. That means that an investigation will need to occur before a well-infor... |
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Comprehensive Migraine Education Program (CMEP)
Self-Assessment and Performance in Practice Modules
Provided by: American Headache Society
Self-Assessment and Performance in Practice (PIP) activities are required for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Maintenance of Certification. Self-Assessment activities cover knowledge and/or “best-practices” in one or more competency areas and provide feedback that can be used as the basis for focused Continuing Medical Edu... |
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e-CysticFibrosis Review - Volume 3
Provided by: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Course Description
eCysticFibrosis Review is a free bi-monthly CME/CNE/CEU certified electronic newsletter designed specifically for pulmonologists, pediatric pulmonologists, pediatric gastroenterologists, pediatricians, infectious disease specialists, respiratory therapists, dieticians, nutritionists, nurses, nurse practitioners and physical the... |
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Domestic Violence & Dental Professionals (all 50 states)
Provided by: My Dental Continuing Education & OSHA Training
The 2 CE course is specifically designed for dental professionals to satisfy state board licensing requirements for continuing education concerning Domestic Violence and the clinical dental setting. Domestic or family violence exists in every city, neighborhood, and community. Domestic violence is often a silent cycle of physical, emotional, and ve... |
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Immunization Update 2011
Provided by: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Immunization Update 2011: “Vaccines in 2011 – What’s New?”
Links
â– Presentation (Password Protected)
â– Registration
In this application-based continuing pharmacy education activity, Dr Jennifer Girotto, PharmD, BCBS, will discuss updated immunization information on several vaccines.
Target Audience:
Pharmacists who are in... |
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