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Teleconference Series with Live Q&A Sessions
VTE Quality Measures: Advances in Hospital-Based Prevention and Care

Jointly sponsored by the University of Cincinnati and Princeton CME
Teleconference Dates

Participating Faculty
Presenter
Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP
Senior Staff Physician
Associate Residency Program Director
Co-Director Anticoagulation Clinics
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
Case Presenter
Edith Nutescu, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Pharmacy and Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Independent Clinical Reviewer
D. Keith Payne, MD
Bryn Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Louisiana State University
Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana
Target Audience
This activity is designed for hospital-based physicians, including cardiologists, hematologists, and oncologists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the burden of VTE in the hospital and the potential impact of more widespread risk stratification and prophylaxis, particularly among medical patients
• List the Joint Commission/National Quality Forum (NQF) National Consensus Standards in development for the prevention and care of VTE
• Summarize the American College of Chest Physician guidelines for the prevention and treatment of VTE
• Define the available anti-thrombin therapies and their benefits and limitations
• Implement the latest guidelines and recommendations to ensure compliance to the new Joint Commission/NQF standards for VTE prevention and care

Activity Overview
The teleconference lecture will be presented on 4 dates in June by Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP, and Edith Nutescu, PharmD, with a live question-and-answer session following each presentation.
To participate, dial toll-free 800-803-7101 approximately 5 minutes before the scheduled time of the teleconference. Upon calling in, provide the activity code, VTE.
An activity booklet, including the lecture slides, post-test, and evaluation form, will be forwarded to each participant prior to the start of the teleconference series. To be eligible for documentation of credit, participants must attend a full teleconference event, complete the 10-question post-test with a score of 70% or better, and complete the evaluation form. Participants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form online may immediately print their documentation of credit. Those who mail or fax back their successfully completed post-test and evaluation form will receive documentation of credit by mail within 6 weeks.
There is no fee associated with this activity.
CME Accreditation (Accepted for Physician Assistants)
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Cincinnati and Princeton CME. The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Cincinnati designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditâ„¢. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Creditâ„¢ from organizations accredited by ACCME.
CPE Accreditation
 Princeton CME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education (ACPE Provider #452) and complies with the Criteria for Quality and Interpretive Guidelines. This activity is approved for 1 hour credit (0.1 CEU) of continuing pharmacy education (ACPE #452-999-07-014-L01).
AANP Accreditation
This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours of continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0705222.
Grant Support
Supported through an educational grant from sanofi-aventis U.S.
Representatives of the granting organization may not register on behalf of participants. 
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