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Your Source for Gastroenterology Education and Tools
Challenges abound for patients and clinicians alike when it comes to managing gastrointestinal diseases, making it imperative that all stakeholders on the care team—including the patient—continue to hone their knowledge, confidence, and best practice strategies to improve outcomes. CME Outfitters’ Gastroenterology Education Hub provides clinicians with the education and resources necessary to optimize their approach to clinical care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic idiopathic constipation, and diabetic gastroparesis.
But direct patient care is just one piece of the puzzle. The burden of prior authorization can significantly impact clinical workflows. Yet, according to a recent survey from the AMA, only 30% of surveyed practices reported that their office lacks a formal process for handling the prior authorization workload. To help offices with best practice strategies, we’ve added CME/CE activities, checklists, and templates for the care team, as well as videos and checklists to share with your patients to help them better understand the process and how they can contribute as advocates for their care. Participants who complete the entire prior authorization series will receive not only CME/CE credit but will also be awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Prior Authorization.
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Live Webcast: @MondayNightIBD LIVE: Identifying the Factors That Impact Success in Your Practice
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Monday, October 26, 2020 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM ET |In this live webcast, CME Outfitters and @MondayNightIBD come together to bring you a panel of experts who will tailor a series of patient cases. These cases will focus on the application of cutting-edge data for novel therapies, identifying appropriate treatment strategies for special populations such as young patients and racial/ethnic minorities, and developing patient communication strategies, with the aim of achieving optimal patient outcomes. |
Live Webcast: Bringing UC Clinical Decision-Making into Focus for 2020: Identify the Right Treatment for the Right Patient at the Right Time
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Wednesday October 28, 2020 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM ET | The management of ulcerative colitis (UC) is evolving. In the last 2 years, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) released updated, evidence-based treatment guidelines with recommendations for disease stratification, prognosis, treatment options, and disease monitoring. In this CME Outfitters live webcast, expert faculty will compare the new AGA and ACG guideline recommendations and discuss recent clinical trial and real-world data in order to provide learners with recommendations on selecting the appropriate therapy for individual patients. In addition, faculty will discuss proven strategies to empower, educate, and engage patients in their UC care.
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Live Webcast: The Road to Remission: Assessing Today’s Treatment Goals in Crohn’s Disease
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM ET | In Crohn’s disease (CD), an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that affects at least 780,000 people in the United States, management goals have recently evolved from controlling symptoms to early treatment and achieving endoscopic and histologic remission, which can help a patient avoid progressive bowel wall damage. The only treatments effective in achieving endoscopic remission are novel targeted therapies, which makes it imperative for clinicians to have a working knowledge of these treatments and to optimally incorporate them into their clinical practice. This live webcast will feature case-based learning supported by expert faculty translation, providing a real-world roadmap for the management of CD that reflects these changing treatment goals. Special attention will be paid to identifying predictors for treatment response, differentiating targeted therapies, and translating available efficacy data into real-world effectiveness so that clinicians will be able to choose the appropriate therapies at the right times for individual patients. |
Beyond the Old Paradigms: Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation
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Chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) affects 35 million adults in the United States, making it one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders. Despite the high prevalence, CIC is often underdiagnosed and undertreated, which exacts a functional, psychosocial, and economic toll on patients and their loved ones. The current treatment goal in CIC is multi-symptom relief, but only 16% of patients with CIC are on prescription therapy, and they often only obtain partial relief, with many using laxatives on a regular basis without medical supervision.
This CME Outfitters Live and OnDemand will feature evidence-based dialogue that focuses on guideline recommendations for diagnosing patients with CIC, assessing the efficacy and safety of novel pharmacotherapeutic options, and implementing strategies for multidisciplinary collaboration, with the goal of providing full relief to patients with CIC. |
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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The COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges and uncertainty in our healthcare system. One component facing clinicians managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is whether or not to continue providing certain pharmacotherapies in patients who are at increased risk of infection because they are immunocompromised.
Dr. Rubin, Dr. Regueiro, and Dr. Dalal have been on the frontlines of the pandemic and have been leaders in guiding care for patients with IBD based on current evidence and experience. This CMEOCast podcast is a featured excerpt from the broader virtual symposium Ulcerative Colitis in the 21st Century: Incorporating Guidelines and Real-World Evidence in Practice to Enhance Patient-Centered Care presented to assist health care providers in optimizing the management of patients with IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Ulcerative Colitis in the 21st Century: Incorporating Guidelines and Real-World Evidence in Practice to Enhance Patient-Centered Care
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The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) released updated treatment guidelines in 2019 that include recommendations for disease stratification, prognosis, treatment options, and disease monitoring. These guidelines, along with new efficacy, safety, and comparative effectiveness data and the approval of additional therapies, facilitate the identification of the right treatment for the right patient at the right time. Clinicians who care for patients with UC must ensure that they are aware of these updates and incorporate them into practice in order to optimize patient outcomes. This CME Outfitters webcast features the UC guideline authors discussing the newest recommendations and their translation to practice. |
@MondayNightIBD On Demand: Addressing the Cases That Challenge Your Practice
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Gastroenterologists are trailblazers in health care social media, and @MondayNightIBD (@MNIBD) has harnessed that energy to establish gastroenterologists as not just social media influencers but as clinical practice influencers as well. @MNIBD is not just a weekly social media conversation – it is an international platform that is moving the field forward by crowdsourcing the expertise of leading inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experts, community clinicians, and patients to meet the many challenges of IBD. CME Outfitters has partnered with @MondayNightIBD to bring its founder Dr. Aline Charabaty’s hugely successful endeavor to learners via an on demand webcast. A panel of experts discuss a series of patient cases with the goal of helping clinicians better understand, share, and implement optimal management strategies for IBD. This activity is also available as a podcast>> |
Caring for Patients with IBD in an Evolving Treatment Landscape: Optimizing Outcomes and Minimizing Complications
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This CME Outfitters webcast features a panel of expert faculty utilizing an interactive, animated 3-D model to enhance the discussion on the mechanism of action (MOA) of JAK inhibitors, the pathophysiology of IBD, and the development of anemia, to assist health care professionals (HCPs) in selecting the appropriate therapy for patients with IBD. |
Streamlining Preventive Health for Patients with IBD Through Effective Care Models, Evidence-based Guidelines, and Patient Engagement
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Dr. Miguel Regueiro, moderator of this webcast, was instrumental in joining key departments (psychiatry, primary care, specialty pharmacy) to develop an IBD Medical Home to ensure patients receive immunization, preventive, and mental health services to promote wellness. Success with this model can be replicated in other health systems by sharing insights, tips, and best practices with the gastroenterology community. Education is an important component for creating a roadmap and gaining buy-in among clinicians to implement change more quickly in practice. |
2019 Management of Ulcerative Colitis: Where, When, Who, and What Now?
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In this CME Outfitters enduring activity, expert faculty will discuss risk stratification in patients with UC, incorporation of biologies into personalized treatment plans, and integrating the Clinical Care Pathway and real-world data into treatment algorithms. |
Stopping Ulcerative Colitis Progression in its Tract: Combining the Latest Evidence and Engaging Teaching Tools to Improve Patient Outcomes
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This enduring material provides clinicians with evidence-based direction to achieve sustained remission in UC through implementation of early intervention of treat-to-target approaches as recommended by the AGA UC Care Pathway. Credit is No Longer Available. |
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Interview With Mandy Leonard, System Director of Drug Use Policy and Formulary Management in the Department of Pharmacy at the Cleveland Clinic |
Best Practice Approaches to Prior Authorization for Your Patients with IBD: A Three-Part Series for Improving Processes and Success Rates
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In this three-part series, faculty will share their best practice approaches for improving PA success rates, including important clinical information that should be routinely gathered and documented in the patient’s EHR to minimize barriers to biologic approval. And when denials happen, they will provide strategies for creating a structured appeal that advocates for the best treatment choice for the patient. Following the successful completion of the series, in addition to credit, CME Outfitters will award a Certificate of Excellence in Prior Authorization. |
Uncovering the Secret Sauce: Strategies for Increasing Prior Authorization Success Rates for Patients with IBD
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The first module of this CME Outfitters 3-part series is designed to provide you with best practice strategies that you can use to improve your success rates for PA and to minimize the impact of prior authorization on staff administrative time, clinical workflow, and patient care. Have questions for our faculty? Use the comment box below the presentation. The faculty will be checking in to respond to learners! |
Best Practices for EHR Documentation to Overcome Barriers to Prior Authorization for Patients with IBD
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In the second module of this CME Outfitters 3-part series, expert faculty will share best practices for creating processes that ensure important clinical information needed for PA is routinely gathered and documented in the patient’s EHR to minimize barriers to biologic approval. Have questions for our faculty? Use the comment box below the presentation. The faculty will be checking in to respond to learners! |
No Doesn’t Necessarily Mean No: Strategies for Successful Prior Authorization Appeals for Patients with IBD
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In the third module of this CME Outfitters 3-part series on prior authorization strategies, expert faculty will focus on creating a structured appeals process for when their prior authorization request is declined. Have questions for our faculty? Use the comment box below the presentation. The faculty will be checking in to respond to learners! |
AGA Institute Guidelines For The Identification, Assessment and Initial Medical Treatment in Crohn’s Disease: Clinical Decision Support Tool – Download PDF
AGA Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Care Pathway: Clinical Care Pathway – Download PDF
Tip Sheet For Minimizing Prior Authorization Delays: Tip Sheet – Download PDF
Patient Checklist of important information about the PA process to share with patients – Download PDF
Prior Authorization Status Tracker Spreadsheet – Download PDF
PROMIS Measures (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) – Click Here To View
CCF Health Maintenance Checklist – Download PDF
ACG Guidelines for Preventative Care – Download PDF
IBD Medical Home Workflow – Download PDF
Patient FAQs on Preventative Health in IBD – Download PDF
Deep Remission, Mucosal Healing, and Top-Down Treatment Strategies in Ulcerative Colitis: An Infographic Journey
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This CME Outfitters interactive infographic explains the importance of initiating early targeted biologic therapy and provides evidence-based strategies to take action to achieve sustained remission and long-term clinical outcomes. Credit is No Longer Available. |
Free smartphone apps for patients with IBD
myColitis
This app allows you to track your symptoms. It features multiple trackers, a diary, personalized statistics, and valuable insights based on your data
SitOrSquat
This apps allows you to find the location of the nearest public restroom
Oshi: IBD Tracker & Magazine
This app allows you to track your lifestyle (stress, diet, sleep, and exercise) and your IBD symptoms to identify patterns and triggers and avoid flare-ups
Crohn’s and Colitis Support
This is an online support group that connects patients with IBD