Innovative Health!
The 2nd Annual CE You! CME Conference
December 11th and 12th, 2024

Helping mothers and children: Iron deficiency. A common, overlooked important condition that's treatable

10:00 AM - 11:15 PM EST

Iron deficiency in women in common (about 40% of American women; more worldwide), and this is especially significant for women who are contemplating pregnancy or are pregnant. That's because low iron levels are associated with worse maternal outcomes and neurodevelopmental problems in children. The diagnostic tests are straightforward, and treatment is readily available with oral iron or an intravenous infusion. Yet, this is not being done routinely. Using source material from medical journal articles, this presentation will enable clinicians at all levels (and patients and family members) to understand this and advocate for better care.

Trainer - Dan Morhaim, M.D. brings a unique background: Emergency Medicine physician (40 years); Maryland state legislator (24 years, 1995-2019); faculty Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (16 years); healthcare consultant; and author of articles for medical journals and general media. His book, from Johns Hopkins Press, is “Preparing for A Better End” (www.thebetterend.com).

What's that spot in the lungs? A guide to pulmonary nodule workup and management

11:30 PM - 1:00 PM EST

This course is designed as an overview of the workup of an incidentally detected pulmonary nodule or nodules.  While pulmonary nodules are profoundly common, they are often presumed to be malignant when the majority of nodules are benign.  Inappropriate presumption of malignancy leads to unnecessary diagnostic evaluation and can inappropriately induced fear and anxiety amongst patients.  This course will review radiographic findings common of incidentally detected pulmonary nodules, appropriate diagnostic tests based on aforementioned radiographic findings in a stepwise fashion to lead to an appropriate diagnosis and, if necessary, subspecialty referral for treatment.  Case examples will be presented.

Trainer - Robert serves as a nurse practitioner in the Department of Pulmonary critical care at Mayo Clinic. His primary clinical specialty revolves around the screening, early detection, and staging of lung cancer. He has research interests in early critical care mobility, vascular access, medical device development, virtual reality as a modality of patient education. He serves as an educator in courses and conferences both nationally and internationally.

Public Health Law - Part A

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST

Part A reviews concepts such as hierarchy of laws, balance of powers, civil vs. criminal law, Administrative Procedure Act, burdens of proof, statutes of limitation, role of judge vs. jury, elements of tort vs. contract, malpractice, federal-state-private regulation of health care, police power, parens patriae, HIPAA, HITECH Act, confidentiality-privilege-privacy, informed consent, standard of care, competency, fed vs. state public health powers, tests of constitutionality, inspection-subpoena-licensing power, quarantine & isolation, reporting obligations, emergency management, vaccine laws, provider-patient relationship, national practitioner data bank, good Samaritan acts, Patient Self-Determination Act, end-of-life & right-to-die, substituted judgment, durable powers of attorney EMTALA-Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, COBRA-Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, ERISA-Employee Retirement Income Security Act, JCAHO-Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, National Incident Management System, Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Act, Sherman & Clayton Antitrust, Stark Law, Sarbanes-Oxley, False Claims Act, and the Affordable Care Act.

Trainer - Dr. Jack Snyder (Sr. Director, Medical Affairs) (BS, MD Northwestern, JD Georgetown, PhD Medical College of Virginia, MFS Geo Washington, MPH-MBA-MSIS Johns Hopkins) is a physician-attorney-scientist-executive with >35 years of clinical, research, and administrative experience in academic, governmental, and industrial sectors of biomedicine. For >15 years, Jack has evaluated and developed new business partnerships, authored and reviewed non-clinical, clinical, and regulatory documents, monitored & designed clinical trials, developed regulatory strategies, and trained clinical research professionals in toxicology, cardiology, dermatology, pulmonology, infectious diseases, rheumatology, orthopedics, immunology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hepatology, neurology, ophthalmology, oncology, and pain medicine. Dr. Snyder maintains licenses to practice law and medicine in several states, and is Board-Certified in Addiction Medicine, Medical Toxicology, General Toxicology, Clinical Informatics, Occupational Medicine, General Preventive Medicine, Pathology (Anatomic, Clinical & Chemical), Chemistry (Toxicological & Clinical), Quality Assurance & Utilization Review, Legal Medicine, Public Health, and Regulatory Affairs (US, Europe, Canada, Global). Jack also is certified as a Project Management Professional, Physician Investigator, Physician Executive, Medical Device Professional, and Medical Review Officer, and maintains a New York Certificate of Qualification to direct clinical laboratories.

Ethics of being a Mandated Reporter: When Personal and Professional Ethics Collide

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST

Parents, Professionals, Advocates, Relatives, and Neighbors represent our community. We embrace and protect our children, yet when does community intervention cease to be enough, when does the duty to protect require the intervention of the government? Government is a public trust, yet what happens when you don’t trust the government will intervene in the most ethical wholistic way? What is my obligation as a member of society?

This interactive training will help people confront their bias and determine their obligation to the child regardless of personal beliefs. This training will help mandated reporters address their own internal conflict so that they might act to protect the child while remaining part of the safety plan for the child in accordance with their local law and municipal regulations (using examples from DC/ MD/ VA), providing guidance on national standards.

This class can be used to fulfill the NEW Washington DC criteria for topics identified as “Key Public Health Priorities”.

Trainer - Christian Greene is a clinical social worker who has been practicing in DC Child Welfare since 2005. On behalf of the District and qualified by OAG has provided expert testimony in DC Superior Court. She has touched thousands of investigations in her career. Furthering her expertise to include DC Ombudsman and other DC Investigatory entities during her career as DC’s child welfare Ombuds. She is committed to ensuring the safety of children, the well-being of the child welfare workforce, and a standardized Ombudsman Office. Her Whistleblowing resulted in DC city Council taking decisive action with passage of the Office of the Ombudsperson for children in 2021. Currently she provides teletherapy with a focus on trauma, grief, and perinatal mental health.